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The colors were: Artillery-scarlet Cavalry-yellow Engineers-scarlet piped with orange Hospital Corps-maroon piped with white Infantry-light blue Ordnance-black piped with scarlet Post QM Sergeant-buff Signal Corps-orange piped with white West Point Band-light blue and West Point Detachment-buff.Īs early as 1820, chevrons were worn with the point down, although there was not an official direction of this to appear in regulations until 1821 when chevrons were authorized for both officers and enlisted men. It also provided for the following colors as had been directed in Army Regulation No. To assure uniformity in both color and position of the new colored chevrons, War Department Circular 61, dated 30 November 1905, stated that the points of the chevrons would be worn points upward. Because of the number of gold insignia available, troops were permitted to wear the old-type chevron until the supply became exhausted. This confusion period, from 1903 to 1905, was the result of the color change in the chevrons provided for in the regulation which also directed a standard color for each branch, corps, or organization and replaced the gold-colored chevrons. They were worn with the points both up and down between 19 after the first reversal from "down" to "up" was authorized on in Army Regulation No. The lozenge or diamond used to indicate first sergeant is a mark of distinction and was used in heraldry to indicate achievement.Ĭhevrons were sewn on the sleeves of uniforms with the point down from approximately 1820 to 1903. It is believed from this resulted its use as an insignia of grade by the military. One legend is that the chevron was awarded to a knight to show he had taken part in capturing a castle, town, or other building, of which the chevron resembled the roofs. The chevron in heraldry was employed as a badge of honor to mark the main supporters of the head of the clan or "top of the house" and it came to be used in various forms as an emblem of rank for knights and men-at-arms in feudal days.

"Chevron" is an architectural term denoting the rafters of a roof meeting an angle at the upper apex.