In addition to hitting the young soldiers ( with their bare knuckles, with sword belts, or with sticks ), they force some to run around for hours with a " bitch " ( the regimental Maxim gun ) on their back, or to hold aim while staring directly into the sun.
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This uniform is the same as No 2B ( Mess ) Dress when the shirt and tie is replaced with a white shirt and bow tie, or the No 1 ( Ceremonial ) Dress that includes ceremonial web or sword belt and sword, medals and other service specific accoutrements such as gloves.
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Using metal detectors to sweep an area where a portion of a chain mail glove had been found in the 1960s, Blakeslee and his team found numerous crossbow points and horseshoe nails, as well as a part of a buckle from a sword belt, what appears to have been a brass coin and numerous shards from 16th century Pueblo Indian pottery.
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Executions of treasonous knights included a process of removing the physical representations of their titles, such as breaking of the traitor s sword and striking of his spurs, removing his sword belt, and publicly stripping him of the rich clothing that visually communicated his status . Punishments could also include an either literal or symbolic emasculation of the accused, through dismemberment or disembowelment.
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That same year, in 1875, Marine officers once again were permitted to wear their traditional Mameluke swords, which had been discontinued since 1859 . At some point after 1875, Marine senior staff NCOs wore swords fitted with carrying rings, for attachment to sword belt slings, as opposed to traditional attachment by a stud in a sliding frog; this practice ceased during WWII and was not continued.
