1810: French uniform coat with cut-in skirt fastened in front sleeved roundabout jacket for fatigue and field service.1782: Red facings only with branch of service white (infantry) or yellow (artillery) metal buttons.Washington would soon accept the additional field command of another four independent companies: in Prince William, Fauquier, Richmond, and Spotsylvania Counties. Washington used Thomas Webb’s A Military Treatise on the Appointments of the Army as a guide for outfitting this particular unit. Borrowing the colors of the English Whig party, the Fairfax Independent Company wore blue uniforms with buff facings and white stockings. While Washington was in Philadelphia, one hundred neighbors in Fairfax County (VA), under the tutelage of George Mason, had organized themselves into a voluntary militia-probably the first in the colony-electing Washington their commander.
(Historical Note/Ref: The origin of "blue" as the primary uniform color is earlier during the Colonial period of the Continental Association or First Continental Congress which met in Philadelphia, PA and adjourned on Oct 26, 1774.) George Washington was the appointed Presiding Officer. 1774: Blue Continental Army coat, with state facing colors, and white waistcoat and breeches or overalls.3.8 Insignia, awards, badges and accoutrements.It also recalls the Civil War Union Army's blue uniforms. It has its roots in the "army blue" uniform, which dates back to the Revolutionary War, in which the Continental Army outfitted its soldiers in blue to distinguish them from the red uniform coats of the British Army. It will be based on the current dress uniform known as the "dress blue" uniform. The ASU is replacing two uniforms already in use – the "army green" service uniform and the "army white" service uniform. It was issued to new soldiers starting in the fall of 2010, and must be worn army-wide after 1 October 2014. The blue ASU was adopted for optional wear in 2008. It can be worn at most public and official functions. It is worn in most workday situations in which business dress would be called for, while the Army Combat Uniform is used in combat situations. The Army Service Uniform (ASU) is the military uniform worn by United States Army personnel in situations where formal dress is called for.
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