The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-08-10
SYMBOLS FOR THE ARMY.
HOW CORPS. DIVISIONS AND BRl.
CADCS MAY BE IDENTIFIED.


General Miles has issued a general
order designating the symbols, flags
and pennauts by which the various
army corps, divisions and brigades
may be identified.
The order prescribes corps badges
and pennants entirely different from
those which were in use by the army
during the civil war. II was the
original purpose of the war depart
ment to adopt for the present army
badges precisely like those for the
corresponding corps during the civil
war. but the idea met with much op-
position from prominent soldiers OF
that war. They maintained, with
force, that their badges and pennants
were distinctive; that they had been
baptized in the blood Of many hard
fought field, and that their individual
ity ought to be preserved. This view
was acceded to by the war officials
and new set Of designs was pre-
pared.
Following is part Of the text OF
the general order:
When the land forces of the United
States are organized into army corps,
divisions and brigades the same will
be designated by the following sym
bols. flags and pennants, made ac-
cording to descriptions and designs
in the Office Of the quarter master
general:
symbols.
Cavalry corps, winged horse foot;
artillery corps, crossed conical pro-
iectiles, with round shot above centre;
1st Corps, circle over letter of
special design; 2nd Corps, four-leaf
clover; Bird Corps, Il three-tooth clutch;
4th Corps, a caltrop; 9th Corps, a fire.
bastion fork; 9th Corps, n six-tooth
sprocket; 7th Corps, seven-pointed
star; Sth Corps, two circles over
tapping each other, resembling the
figure s.; 9th Corps, buzz saw with
nine teeth; 10th Corps, two triangles,
point to point, resembling the letter
X; 11th Corps, badge OF 10th Corps,
with horizontal bar through centre,
representing XI; 18th Corps, a square
with clover leaf Mt each corner, there
by showing twelve small circles; 18th
Corps, a palm leaf with thirteen
spikes; 14th Corps, a square with one
half circle on each side; 18th Corps,
an anchor; 18th Corps, bugle; 18th
Corps, a spearhead; 18th Corps, a
battle-ax; 10th Corps, an arch; Goth
Corps, n broom.
Desig mating the Divisions.
The division of n corps will be rep
resented by the color of the symbol,
as follows:
First division, red; second division,
white; third division, blue.
Corps headquarters will be desig-
mated by n swallow-ta tail flag of yellow.
Division headquarters will be de-
signated by flag four feet on the
staff and six feet fly, with the corps
symbol in the centre, as follows:
First Divisional white flag.
Second Divisional blue flag.
Third Divisional red flag.
Brigade headquarters will be dis
tinguished by triangular pennants
four feet on the staff, us follows:
First brigade, red; second brigade;
white; third brigade, blue.
Colors of the pennants to be as fol-
lows, reading from the staff to the
point.
First Division.
First brigade-Red, white and blue;
corps symbol in red.
Second White, blue and
| red; corps symbol in red.
Third brigade-Blue, white and
red; corps symbol in red.
Second Division.
First brigade-Red, white and blue;
corps symbol in white.
Second brigade-White, blue and
red; corps symbol in white.
Third brigade Blue, red and white;
corps symbol in white.
| Third Division.
First brigade-Red, white and blue;
corps symbol in blue.
Second brigade-White, red and
blue; corps symbol in blue.
Third brigade-rBlue, white and
red; corps symbol in blue.
Meaning of Flags.
The corps of engineers will be des-
| ignated by swallow-tail flag 8 feet on
the staff and feet fly, with swallow
tail foot deep; flag to be divided in
two horizontal stripes of equal width,
the lower stripe to be of blue, bearing
the castle symbolical of the engineers
in white, occupying space 2x3 feet;
the upper stripe to be white, bearing
the corps symbol in red, bordered in
white inches, and edged in blue
1-2 inches, 9 feet high, or occupying
space feet square.
The divisional engineers will be
designated by swallow-tail flag feet
ON the staff and feet fly, with swal.
low tail inches deep; the flag to be
divided in two horizontal stripes OF
equal width, the lower stripe blue, the
upper stripe white with exception OF
that for the second division, which
will be red), bearing the corps symbol,
1s inches square, in the color of the
division to which the command be,
longs.
The corps cavalry will be designated