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"It has officially been decided that the A.E.F. has grown up and must now wear pants."

A 1919 order appeared in THE STARS and STRIPES indicating that the era of army-issued olive drab knee breeches had passed and soon all American Army personnel would be issued long pants:

"Experts have decided that the breeches legs shrink when wet and impede the circulation, and it is assured that the kind that he used to wear in civilian life will not cause the Doughboy cold feet..."

"To supply the A.E.F. until August, 2,500,000 pairs of pants have been ordered, and these, which will cost only nineteen cents a leg more than breeches did, will be of better quality than the latter."

     


Doughboy Uniforms: Breeches vs. Long Pants  (The Stars and Stripes, 1919)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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