The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-28
SWOLLOW TAIL FLAGS.
Gen. Corbin Announces Designation
of Symbols for Troops.

Washington, June 2S.-The order of
Adjutant General Corbin issued last
night after designating the symbols for
the various army corps continue as fol-
lows:
Corps headquarters will be designated
by a swallow-tail flag of yellow, six feet
on the staff and nine feet fly with
sWallow-tail two feet loop, bearing in
the center the corps symbol, four feet
high, or occupying a space four feet
square; the symbol to be in red border
ed in white three inches, and edged in
blue one and One-half inches
Division headquarters will be desig-
mated by a flag four feet on the staff
and six feet fly with the corps symbol
in the center two feet high or occupy
ing space two feet square as follows:
First divisional white flag with the
corps symbol in red
Second divisional blue flag with the
corps symbol in white
Third divisional red flag with the
corps symbol in blue.
Brigade headquarters will be desig-
mated by triangular pennantS four feet
on the staff and four feet fly, divided
vertically into three parts with the
stripe next the staff of a color to repre-
sent the number of the brigade in the
division as follows:
First division, red; second, white;
third, brigade blue.
The stripe next to the staff, II inches
wide; stripe in center Is inches wide,
bearing in the center corps symbol
square in the color designating the di-
vision to which the brigade belongs and
a triangle at the point Is inches meas
ured on the fly.
Colors of the remnants to be as fol-
lows, reading from the staff to the
point:
First division-First brigade, red.
white and blue; second brigade, white
blue and red; third brigade, blue, white
and red; corps symbol in red.
Second division-F'irst brigade, red,
white and blue; second brigade, white,
blue and red; third brigade, blue, red
and white; corps symbol in white.
Third division-First brigade, red,
white and blue; second brigade, white,
red and blue; third brigade. blue, white
and red; corps symbol in blue.
The corps of engineers will be desig-
mated by a swallOw-tail flag five feet
on the staff and five feet fly, with swal
low-tail one foot deep; flag to be di-
vided in two horizontal stripes of equal
width, the lower stripe to be of blue,
bearing the castle symbolica1 of the
engineers of white, occupying space
two by three feet; the upper stripes to
be white, bearing the corps symbol in
red, bOrdered in white two inches and
edged in blue one and one-half inches,
two feet high, or occupying space two
feet square.
The divisional engineers will be desig-
mated by SwalloW-tail flag four feet on
the staff and four feet fly, with swal-
low-tail nine inches deep; the flag to be
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 Is
inches square in the color of the division
to which the command belongs.
The corps cavalry will be designated
by q swallow-tail flag five feet on the
staff and five feet fly, with swallow
tail one foot deep; flag to be divided in
two horizontal stripes Of equal width,
the lower stripe to be of yellow, bearing
cross Sabres in blue, occupying a space
two by three feet; the upper stripe to
be of white bearing the corps symbol
in red order in which two inches are
edged in blue one inch, two feet high,
or occupying a space two feet square.
The divisional cavalry will be desig-
mated by a swallow-tai flag four feet
on the staff and four feet fly, with
SwalloW-tail nine inches deep; flag to
be divided in two horizontal stripes of
equal width, the lower stripe yellow
and the upper white with the exception
of that for the second division, which
will be blue), bearing the corps symbol
is inches high or occupying space 1S
inches square in the color designating
the division to which the command be-
longs.
The corps artillery will be designated
by a swalIow-tail flag five feet on the
staff and five feet fly, with swallow-tail
one foot deep; flag to be divided into
two horizontal stripes of equal width,
the lower stripe to be of red, bearing
crossed cannon in yellow, occupying a
space two by three feet, the upper
stripe to be white, bearing the corps
symbol in red, bordered white two in
ches and edged in blue one inch, two
feet high or occupying a space two feet
square
The divisional artillery will be desig-
mated by swallow-tail flag four feet on
the flag staff and four feet fly, with