9. The President's colors in design are sim- 

 ilar to the President's flag afloat (2), but are 

 made of silk, with heavy silk embroidery and 

 bordered with gold and silver fringe, with red, 

 white, and blue cord and tassels, and a gold 

 eagle on the pike. The colors are displayed 

 when the President is in the presence of troops 

 as commander-in-chief. 



10. The colors of the Secretary of War are 

 used in the same manner as the President's 

 colors when the war minister is the ranking 

 official in the presence of troops. 



11. The infantry colors are carried by the 

 several regiments, each with its own particular 

 designation on the scroll below the eagle. 



12. The Assistant Secretary of War's colors 

 are used in the same way as those of the Sec- 

 retary of War when he is the ranking official 

 present. 



13. The colors of the coast artillery corps 

 have a red field, where those of the infantry 

 have blue; otherwise they are the same as the 

 infantry colors, except for the yellow scroll 

 and the crossed cannon. 



14. The Chief of Staff has colors with a 

 field made up of a red and a white triangle, 

 the red triangle having its base on the staff. 

 On the center is the familiar spread eagle of 

 the national coat-of-arms imposed upon a large 

 white star; a small white star on the red and 

 a red star on the white complete the design, 

 except for golden fringe, cord, and tassels. 

 This flag is flown when the Chief of Staff is 

 in the presence of troops the ranking officer. 



15. The engineer colors are red, the lettered 

 scroll being white, bearing above it the engi- 

 neer device, a castellated fort. 



16. The colors of the corps of cadets dis- 

 penses with the familiar red and blue for a 

 field, gray being substituted therefor. Instead 

 of the coat-of-arms there is an escutcheon 

 bearing the national colors, with a cap of Mars 

 on the field, and surmounted by an eagle. The 

 cadet colors are fringed with yellow and black 

 and gray. 



17. The national standard used by mounted 

 troops and the national colors used by un- 

 mounted troops are exactly alike, except that 

 the colors are larger and have cords and tas- 

 sels, as on the President's colors. 



18. The cavalry standard has a field of yel- 

 low and, except in size, is otherwise like the 

 infantry colors, without cords or tassels. 



19. The field artillery standard is like the 

 coast artillery colors, except that the crossed 

 cannon between the eagle and the scroll are 

 omitted. 



20. The mounted engineers' standard has 

 the castellated fort to distinguish it. 



21. The standard of the United States Sig- 

 nal Corps is distinguished by the wig-wag flags 

 between the eagle and the lettered scroll. 



22. This is the national standard as used by 

 our light artillery in the War of 1812. The 

 artillery did not carry the Stars and Stripes 

 until 1834, the infantry until 1841, and the cav- 

 alry until 1887. 



23. This is the guidon used by each troop 

 of cavalry. The figure shows the regiment and 

 the letter the troop. 



24. The guidon of the field artillery is dis- 

 tinguished by crossed cannons. 



25. The word "Mounted" above the castel- 

 lated fort proclaims the mounted engineers' 

 guidon. 



26. The guidon of the mounted engineer 

 section does not have the panel bearing the 

 word "Mounted." 



27. The signal corps guidon bears the wig- 

 wag flags. 



28. The aero squadron's guidon duplicates 

 that of the signal corps, except that the flying 

 eagle is added. 



29. Telegraph company guidons show the 

 wig-wag flags with a thunderbolt. 



30. This triangular pennant serves as the 

 guidon of the motor-truck company. 



31. The field hospital guidon bears the ca- 

 duceus of Hermes given him by Apollo and 

 supposed to be a magic wand which exercises 

 influence over living and dead. This guidon 

 is lettered "F. H." 



32. Ambulance companies have a guidon 

 like that of the field hospital service, except 

 that the lettering is different. 



33. The field hospital flag is the familiar 

 red cross on the white field.. A rectangle be- 

 low shows the night signal. 



34. The guidon of the cavalry and light ar- 

 tillery during the Civil War. Prior to that 

 war the cavalry used 22, and on the adoption 

 of 34 General Sheridan made 23 his personal 

 colors. Upon becoming Secretary of War he 

 retired 34 from use and restored 23 as the 

 guidon of the cavalry as it had been prior to 

 the great conflict. 



35. When a lieutenant general of the army 

 is in an automobile or aboard a boat officially 

 the three-starred flag of command is shown. 



36. The auto and boat flag of a major gen- 

 eral is like that of the lieutenant general, ex- 

 cept that it has two stars instead of three. 



37. The brigadier general's automobile and 

 boat flag bears the one star of the brigadier's 

 rank. 



38. The chief umpire in military maneuvers 

 in times of peace bears a flag with a saltire 

 cross upon it, like that of St. Andrew. 



39. The flag of an artillery district com- 

 mander bears crossed cannons with a shell im- 

 posed upon the intersection. 



40. The flag of a post commander carried 

 in the bow of a boat in which he is embarked 

 officially is a pennant with thirteen stars in the 

 blue, with a red fly. 



41. The ambulance flag is a white field and 

 a red cross. The night signal is shown below 

 the flag. 



42. The ammunition trains of the United 

 States Army display a triangular pennant, 

 which is accorded the right of way in time of 

 battle. 



43. The camp colors of an army are 18 by 

 20 inches and displayed on an ash pole 8 feet 

 long and i J /g inches diameter. 



44. The white field with its centered cross 

 proclaims the chaplain. This flag is used for 

 field service only. 



45. The transports under Quartermaster's 

 Corps, U. S. Army, fly this flag. 



46. This is the distinguishing flag of mine- 

 planters and submarine defense vessels under 

 army control. It consists of a field bearing 



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