thereon crossed cannons and a mine, with the 

 words "Submarine Defense." 



47. Army vessels engaged in the ordnance 

 service fly this distinguishing flag. 



48. Vessels in the engineer service fly flags 

 bearing as a distinguishing mark the castel- 

 lated fort which is the emblem of the Engi- 

 neer Corps. 



49. The flag of the Secretary of the Navy 

 consists of a blue field bearing four white 

 stars, one in each corner, and a centered an- 

 chor. When that official is aboard any vessel 

 of the navy his flag is displayed at the main 

 mast and when on a boat it is displayed from 

 a staff in its bows. 



50. This is the major commission pennant 

 of the United States Navy. It is flown at the 

 main mast of all of the larger ships of the navy 

 as long as they are in commission, except when 

 they have an officer above the rank of captain 

 aboard, when the flag of command takes its 

 place. 



51. The seven-star pennant is flown by the 

 lesser ships of the navy when in commission, 

 such as submarines and other small craft. It 

 is used by captains of ships as their pennant, 

 and is carried in the bows of boats on which 

 they are embarked on an official visit. 



52. The national colors of the United States 

 Marine Corps bear on the middle stripe of red 

 the words "U. S. Marine Corps." Regiments 

 carry them together with the regimental colors. 



53. The flag of the Assistant Secretary of 

 the Navy is white with blue stars and blue 

 anchor, an interchange of the colors of the 

 Secretary's flag. It is displayed at the main 

 mast when the Assistant Secretary is the rank- 

 ing officer present. 



54. This pennant is carried by vessels of 

 the naval militia while in commission and is 

 displayed at the main mast, unless the com- 

 manding officer has the rank of commodore, 

 when J3 replaces the pennant. 



55. The, colors of the United States Marine 

 Corps are kept at headquarters in Washington. 

 Thev bear in Latin the motto, "Always faith- 

 ful." 



56. The flag of the United States naval re- 

 serve is displayed on vessels which have been 

 given a certificate that they belong to the re- 

 serve forces. 



57. When the navy lands its men as infan- 

 try for shore duty, they carry a blue flag upon 

 which is centered a diamond of white, bearing 

 a blue anchor. 



58. When an Ambassador of the United 

 States gees aboard a vessel of the navy on 

 official business the boat upon which he is em- 

 barked bears in its bow the navy jack. The 

 jack is also used by the naval governors of 

 Guam, Tutuila, and the Virgin Islands of the 

 United States when afloat within their juris- 

 diction. The jack is nearly always the canton 

 of a nation's ensign when the latter has a can- 

 ton as one of its features. 



59. The -regimental colors of the United 

 States Marine Corps has a field of blue upon 

 which is imposed an anchor, and over this the 

 Western Hemisphere surmounted-by the Amer- 

 ican spread-eagle. Scrolls of red above and 

 below the design proclaim the number of the 

 regiment and the name of the corps. 



60. Vessels of the naval militia display this 

 flag at the fore mast as a distinguishing mark. 

 The flag consists of a blue ground, a yellow 

 diamond imposed thereon, bearing the blue 

 anchor of the navy. 



61. When the navy lands artillery battal- 

 ions for shore duty the flag they carry has a 

 red field, with a centered diamond of white, 

 upon which appears a red anchor. 



62. The colors of the United State's Naval 

 Academy have a blue field, gold fringe, and a 

 centered white diamond, bearing an anchor in 

 white and blue. These colors are carried with 

 the national colors by the regiment of mid- 

 shipmen. 



63. The colors of the United States Marine 

 Corps carried between 1830 and 1850 had a 

 white field, gold fringe, and bore an elaborate 

 design in the center, at the top of which was 

 the legend, "From the Shores of Tripoli tc 

 the Halls of Montezuma," having reference 

 to the engagements the marines participated in 

 from the beginning of the Tripolitan War and 

 the ending of the War with Mexico. 



64. The flag of the senior admiral of the 

 navy is blue and bears four stars in the form 

 of a cross. This flag is displayed at the main 

 mast of the admiral's flagship, taking the place 

 of the commission pennant (50) used on ves- 

 sels other than flagships. It, along with those 

 of the vice admiral, rear admiral, and commo- 

 dore, is called a flag of command. The flags 

 used today correspond to the Gadsden flag 

 (398) flown by Esek Hopkins when he took 

 command of the navy at Philadelphia, Decem- 

 ber 3, 1775. 



65. The flag of the vice admiral has three 

 stars. 



66. A rear admiral's flag has two stars. 



67. The flag of a commodore has one star 

 and is a burgee. There are no commodores in 

 active service in the American navy, although 

 there are several on the retired list. That grade 

 has been abolished from the naval service. 



68. When vessels of the navy are together 

 and no flag officer is present, the senior officer 

 hoists at the starboard main yard arm a blue 

 triangular pennant as a badge of command. 



69. The flag of the Major General Com- 

 mandant of the Marine Corps has a red field 

 with two white stars in the lower half and 

 above them the eagle-crested hemisphere im- 

 posed upon an anchor which is the emblem of 

 the corps. 



70. A junior admiral in the presence of a 

 senior flies a flag similar to that of the senior 

 admiral, with the exception that the field is 

 red instead of blue. 



71. A junior vice admiral in the presence 

 of a senior vice admiral flies a red flag bear- 

 ing the three stars of his rank. 



72. Rear admirals of junior grade fly a red 

 flag bearing two stars while in the presence of 

 rear admirals senior to them. 



73. The commodore of the Naval Militia 

 carries a broad pennant, the upper half blue 

 and the lower half yellow, on the blue half of 

 which appears a five-pointed star. 



74. When a consul goes aboard a vessel of 

 the navy on official business, a blue flag with a 

 centered letter "C" inclosed in a circle of thir- 



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