This uniform, both winter (with blue pants) and summer (with white
pants) was worn extensively. All of the military personnel on the Santa Fe expedition was
uniformed records of the expedition reveal. The numerous requisitions indicate that most,
perhaps all of the pioneers (as they were called), received the undress uniform with both
the blue and white pants, plus the gray fatigue uniform and the all-white summer fatigues.
Presumably they meant to make an impressive appearance on arrival and expected to be gone
a long time. This officer wears the blue cloth fatigue cap. His stock is black silk or
black leather. The tail coat is cut on civilian lines with a "falling collar,"
rather than the usual standup collar. This type of falling collar in recent times has been
called a stand-and-fall collar.
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