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Contents 1 American 2 Sykes link 3 American Zouaves 4 Should I be on there? 5 References are very incomplete

[edit] American

The article on Zouave. I believe that some American Legion posts have worn the uniform for parades. In the Danny Kaye film "The Court Jester," a credit appeared for them for a scene involving drilling knights.71.106.207.23 20:06, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sykes link

The link to Sykes doesn't lead anywhere useful.

Fixed. Hal Jespersen 15:23, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] American Zouaves

The article stated, Several Zouave Regiments were organized from American soldiers who adopted the name and the North African inspired uniforms during the American Civil War. Several implies four or five; the number of Zouave regiments was considerably higher than several. I edited accordingly.

The article also stated, The Zouave uniform was quite elaborate, to the extent of being unwieldy. For some regiments, yes, but for others, no. The 23rd (Birney), 72nd, and 95th (Gosline) Pennsylvania regiments -- all Zouaves -- had relatively simple uniforms which were rather close to the standard issue. So I edited accordingly.

The article further stated, a tight fitting short jacket without buttons. This is not correct. Some Zouave regiments had jackets without buttons but others clearly did, having what are often called "ball buttons." The three Pennsylvania Zouave regiments I referenced above all wore jackets with ball buttons. I therefore edited accordingly. David Hoag 21:05, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Should I be on there?

I was just wondering... Should a link to my user page be on there? --Zouavman Le Zouave 10:47, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

You should go see a shrink about your ego-issues, more like...82.176.216.87 11:36, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] References are very incomplete

There's just ONE reference, that definetely does not address the whole topic. What are the other references?