This article is about the gesture. Thailand also has the same rule like Indonesia wherein all persons present regardless of nationality are expected to stand at attention and respectfully during the flag raising and lowering and upon hearing the Thai National Anthem every 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. or hearing the Sansoen Phra Barami. A salute returned by the officer is on behalf of the Queen. 4. Powered by Discourse, best viewed with JavaScript enabled, US Military Salute: Palm Out vs. Palm Horizontal. A salute is a privileged gesture which shows a sign of trust and respect among soldiers. When carrying a sword (which is still done on ceremonial occasions), European military forces and their cultural descendants use a two-step gesture. In the movie Glory, set in the US Civil War, officers are saluted the British way. Protocol dictates that the Monarch, members of the Royal Family, the Governor-General and State Governors are to be saluted at all times by all ranks. Walter Lippmann, journalist, one of the founders of The New Republic Magazine in 1914. Please improve this article by adding a reference. In the Commonwealth of Nations, only commissioned officers are saluted, and the salute is to the commission they carry from their respective commanders-in-chief representing the Monarch, not the officers themselves. Sometimes the arm is raised upward at an angle, sometimes it is held out parallel to the ground. Many different gestures are used throughout the world as simple greetings. An officer salutes a senior officer and the salute is returned. Muslim men will clasp both hands, prayer-like and palm together at the chest and utter the correct Islamic slametan (greeting) phrase, which may be followed by cheek to cheek contact, quick hug or the loose handshake. HistoryNet.com is brought to you by Historynet LLC, the world's largest publisher of history magazines. In Polish military forces, militarymen use two fingers to salute, and when they wear headdress (including helmet) only (an expression of the Polish struggle towards the ultimate egalitarian society: not saluting the person per se). The system of odd numbered rounds is said to have been originated by Samuel Pepys, Secretary to the Navy in the Restoration, as a way of economising on the use of powder, the rule until that time having been that all guns had to be fired. It's not uncommon for tourists to be detained for performing the salute for photos, and one man was sentenced to jail for teaching his dog Adolf to give the Hitlergruss on command. Many former colonies of European countries salute in a manner resembling their former rulers. According to the US Army Quartermaster school, hand salute was a long established military custom for the soldiers to remove the headgears in the presence of the seniors but this being a tedious task at times, this act was gradually converted into simply touching the visor and bowing during early 1740’s by a British order then it evolved to become a conventionalized modern hand salute that … Two sovereign monarchies officially outside the Empire were granted a higher honour: 31 guns for the royal houses of Afghanistan (under British and Russian influence), and Siam (which was then ruled by the Rattanakosin Kingdom). Am I right in saying the old CSA used a palm-out salute? Untrained recruits are obliged to salute as without headdress, i.e. Learning to salute is, by the way, pretty tricky. In the Philippines, civilians salute to the national flag during flag raising and upon hearing the Philippine National Anthem by standing at attention and doing the hand-to-heart salute.