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"Ten
Years in the Ranks - U.S. Army" by Augustus Meyers
“The
most objectionable part of the whole uniform was the leather stock or “dog
collar,” as we called it, intended to serve as a cravat and keep the soldier’s
chin elevated. It was a strip of stiff black shoe leather about two and
one-half inches high and arranged to fasten at the back of the neck with a
leather thong. It was torture to wear it in hot weather, but we found
means to modify the annoyance by reducing the height of the stock and shaving
down the thickness of the leather until it became soft and pliable.”
From the U.S. Army Regulations of
1861
1496. For all Enlisted Men -
black; leather according to pattern. |
