...order is as follows: War Department, AG 0., Washington, July 6, 1848. General Order 35. Paragraph 11. The hair to be short, or what is generally termed...(except by Cavalry regiments) by officers or men on any pretense whatever (Army Regulations, page 215). The non-observance of the ab'ove regulation (tolerated...

...design as now, save that they were pointed downward. It was prescribed that the hair should be "cut short or what is generally termed cropped ; the whiskers...not to extend below the lower tip of the ear, and in a line thence with the curve of the mouth." Promotion for company officers was within the regiment;...

...Regulations (Paragraph 1292), only dragoons were allowed to wear mustaches. Otherwise, the hair was to be "short, or what is generally termed cropped;...ear, and a line thence with the curve of the mouth." Cited in Randy Steffen, Ttte Horse Soldier, 1776-1943, Vol. 1, The Revolution, The War of 1812, The...

...DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, ) WASHINGTON, DC, July 6, 1848. f GENERAL ORDERS No. 25. II. The hair to be short, or what is generally termed...or men on any pretence whatever. (Army regulations, p. 215.) The non-observance of the above regulation (tolerated during the war with Mexico) is no longer...

...military propriety prevailing at different periods of our history; as in 1848, the order prescribing "the hair to be short, or what is generally termed...regiments) by officers or men on any pretence whatever. The non-observance of the above regulation (tolerated during the war with Mexico) is no longer permitted."...

...allowed again to enter the army. 11. "The hair to be short, or what is generally termed croppe ihe whiskers not to extend below the lower tip of the ear, and line thence with the curve of the mouth ; moustaches .will not •worn (excijjt by cavalry regiments)...