Uniforms at Camp Kosciuszko

The new recruits arrived at the camp with a variety of civilian clothing, but they were quickly outfitted with surplus rifle green or dark blue uniforms of the pre-1907 Canadian Militia era. The men were also issued a straw hat with a distinctive red over white headband. The Officers of the Polish Army were issued the red Canadian Militia tunics and the peaked cap of the Canadian Army with a special Polish cap badge. Some of the men at the camp were eventually fortunate enough to be issued the sky-blue French uniform with square Polish czapska hats (seen on both the men on the far right and left of the above image) or with the peaked cap. Uniforms from Left to Right: the French uniform, the Canadian uniform, the blue pre-war Militia uniform, and the French uniform. Image courtesy of the Polish Army Veterans Association of America Inc. Archives, New York.