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Utah Bob #35998

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  1. The question was “Can ?…I”.

    I had an instructor in Constitutional Law at the police academy. He would be asked questions such as “ Can I arrest a guy who is yada yada yada?”

    He would answer, “Sure you can. You Can arrest anybody.You have a gun and handcuffs” 
    “But if you do, would it be legal? Will you end up in prison yourself?”

    Know the law and use your head.

     

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  2. 13 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

    The stripes on the pants were for NCOs and officers.

     

    Sergeants had, if I recall,  a 1 1/2" stripe, corporals a 1" stripe.

     

    Officers had 1/2" or 1/4" stripes, I don't remember which.

     

    The only green jackets, so far as I know,  were 1st US Sharpshooters.  Medics/hospital stewards wore a green sash, or had a wide green stripe on each sleeve and possibly a green collar.  I don't know how accurate the reproduction is

     

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    Officers had a branch color welt in the trouser seam rather than a wide stripe. It was changed to a 1 1/2 “ stripe in 72

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  3. I yam alive and relatively well..physically.;)

    Just returned from NM on Monday. Attended the Historical Society Conference and the Wild West Dance in Albuquerque. Unbeknownst to me they had a costume contest and I won Best Lawman outfit. Donna was deessed as Olive Oatman, chin tattoo and all. She should have won best historical lady. I even made a dance card for her. Uneducated judges I reckon. She did let me wear her bonnet for awhile. 

    Back in Cahone now enjoying the fine spring weather.

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  4. I always heard the term referring to military chaplains. But I was watching an episode of Death Valley Days and a guy called the new reverend in Carson City a Sky Pilot. I wondered why they would use a modern term like that. 
    But a little research revealed the first use was around 1865 and again in 1883 and refers of the a pilot in the nautical guide sense. Guiding souls to heaven.

    Ya larn something new every day. 

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