15 JULY 1916, Page 3

An Army • Order issued last week authorizes the wearing

of a strip of gold braid on the sleeve by any officer or man who has been wounded since August 4th, 1914. A strip is to be worn for each occasion on which a wound has been received. As Mrs. Alec Tweedie pointed out in a letter to the Times, the French wear distinguishing marks for length of service as well as for wounds. Further, Frenchmen invalided out of the Service wear a ribbon in the buttonhole ; and a special emblem is worn by regiments which have particularly distinguished themselves.