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TO THE CUTTING OF MILITARY GARMENTS
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West India Regiments.—Trousers are made from white material for all ordinary occasions.

Chinese Regiments.—Trousers are made from white infantry pattern; from Oxford Mixture in cold weather, with red welt or piping down side seams; in hot weather kharki trousers are worn.

Army Service Corps.—Trousers of blue cloth, two strips of white cloth each ¾ inch wide and ¼ inch apart down the sides.

Army Medical Corps.—Trousers of blue cloth with scarlet stripe 2½ inches wide down side seams.

Army Ordinance Officers.—Trousers of blue cloth with two stripes of scarlet cloth 1116 inch wide and ⅝ inch apart at each side seam.

Officers in the Army Pay Department.—Trousers of blue cloth, with two yellow cloth stripes ⅝ inch wide ⅛ inch apart down each side seam.

Army Veterinary Department.—Trousers of blue cloth with maroon cloth stripes 1½ inches wide.

Provost Marshal, Military and Mounted Police, Governor of Military Persons.—Trousers of blue cloth with scarlet sloth stripe 1¾ inches wide dawn side seams.

Instructors of Army Schools.—Trousers made of blue cloth, with two stripes of scarlet cloth, each ¾ inch wide, with light blue cloth between ¼ wide.

INFANTRY TROUSER SYSTEM.

Proceed to mark off the length of side and leg; make O to 6 16 of seat, O to 9 ¼ seat, O to 12 ⅓ of seat. Square down from 6, and up from 9. Make A to to 10 ¼ waist plus ½ inch, and spring out from 10 to 13 as illustrated. Find the position of knee by measuring down from 6 to K, 2 inches less than ½ leg measure; from K mark off ¼ size of knee, on the side seam side of B, make the width of top side ¼ of bottom minus ¼ inch.

On the leg seam side of B mark the width of bottom ¼ bottom, minus ½ inch. Complete the draft of top side as shown. Take out 1 inch dress in the usual way.

For the undersides mark up from 9 * 16 of seat plus 1 inch, from 9 to 13½, ½ of seat, add 1 inch to the underside at the knee and 2 inches at the bottom. Draw line from 12 up through *, add 4 inches of body rise. and find top of seat piece 2 inches from the seat seam.

Measure up the sent to measure plus 2 inches, add on ½inch of spring at the bottom, carefully adjusting the size of knee and bottom, and see that only 1 inch is allowed for making up and complete as illustrated.

CAVALRY OVERALLS.

Mark off the length of side and leg as illustrated. Mark from O to 6 16 of seat, O to 9 ¼ seat, O