Full dress

—( army ) the prescribed uniform worn on state occasions at home and abroad; when receiving or calling upon the President or upon the ruler or member of royal family of other countries; and at ceremonies and entertainments when it is desirable to do special honor to the occasion, or when f. d. is prescribed for enlisted men. For general officers, dismounted; f. d. coat and trousers, chapeau, epaulets, sash, white gloves, f. d. belt, saber, black shoes; same, mounted: f. d. coat, dre breeches, f. d. cap, shoulder knots, sash, drab leather gloves, f. d. belt, saber, black boots, spurs; officers of staff corps and departments: officers of cavalry, artillery, infantry and engineers, dismounted: f. d. coat and trousers, f. d. cap, white gloves, f. d. belt, saber, black shoes, and a i gulets and shoulder belts for those authorized to wear them; same, mounted: f. d. coat, dre breeches, f. d. cap, drab leather gloves, f. d. belt, black boots, spurs; a i gulets and shoulder belts as authorized; chaplains, dismounted: f. d. coat and trousers, chaplain’s hat, white gloves, black shoes; same, mounted: f. d. coat, dre breeches, drab leather gloves, black boots, spurs, chaplain’s hat; for enlisted men, worn at reviews, parades, and other ceremonies under arms, unle otherwise prescribed; dismounted: dre coat, with breast cord, dre trousers, dre cap, black shoes, white gloves, ru et leather belt and cartridge box; mounted: dre coat with breast cord, dre breeches, dre cap, leggings, ru et leather shoes, drab leather gloves, spurs, saber belt, and cartridge box (when prescribed).