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=== United States of America === [[File:George Washington at Princeton-PAFA.jpg|thumb|upright|''[[Washington at Princeton]]'' by [[Charles Wilson Peale]] (1779)]] In the United States, [[George Washington]], who served as [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[Continental Army]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]] and later served as the first [[President of the United States]], was noted for wearing a blue ribbed sash, similar to that of the British [[Order of the Garter]], early in the war, as he had in 1775 prescribed the use of green, pink, and blue sashes to identify aides de camp, brigade-majors, brigadiers general, majors general, and the commander in chief in the absence of formal uniforms. He later gave up the sash as "unrepublican" and "pretentious for all but the highest-ranking aristocracy", according to historians. Washington is seen wearing the sash in [[Charles Wilson Peale]]'s 1779 painting ''[[Washington at Princeton]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Keller|first=Jared|date=November 16, 2016|title=The Strange Case of George Washington's Disappearing Sash|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/strange-case-george-washingtons-disappearing-sash-180961105/|access-date=September 4, 2020|website=[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]]|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Rogers|first=James|date=August 29, 2017|title=George Washington's 'rediscovered' Revolutionary War sash on display|url=https://www.foxnews.com/science/george-washingtons-rediscovered-revolutionary-war-sash-on-display|access-date=September 4, 2020|website=[[Fox News]]|publisher=[[21st Century Fox]]|language=en-US}}</ref> Sashes continued to be used in the [[United States Army]] for sergeants and officers. In 1821 the red sashes (crimson for officers) were limited to [[first sergeant]]s and above. In 1872 the sashes were abolished by all ranks but generals continued to wear their buff silk sashes in full dress until 1917. Waist sashes (in combination with a sabre) in the old style are still worn by the officers and senior NCOs of the [[Commander-in-Chief's Guard (3rd Infantry Regiment)|Commander-in-Chief's Guard]] of the [[3rd Infantry Regiment (United States)|3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard)]] as well by the West Point Band drum major along with the West Point cadet officers.<ref>Fredrick Todd, "Cadet Gray: A pictorial history of life at West Point as seen through its uniforms", Sterling Publishing 1955, p. 40</ref><ref>West Point Band</ref> The drum major of the [[Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps]] also still wears a waist sash, but no sidearms. At the time of the [[American Civil War]] (1861β65) generals of the regular US Army wore silk sashes in buff. Officers were authorized silk sashes in crimson (medical officers: [[emerald]]) while red woollen sashes were entitled to senior non-commissioned officers (''Army Regulations of 1861''). In the [[Confederate Army]] sashes were worn by all sergeant ranks and officers. The colour indicated the corps or status of the wearer. For example: yellow for cavalry, burgundy for infantry, black for chaplains, red for sergeants, green or blue for medics, and grey or cream for general officers.
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