Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-09-14
SYMBOLS FOR THE ARMY.
HOW CORPS, DIVISIONS AND BRI.
GADES MAY BE IDENTIFIED.

Order by General Miles-Not Like Civil
War Desisns-Ingenuity Exercised by
War Department Observation-Disclosures
Badges and Pennants Preserved.
General Miles has issued a general
order designating the symbols, flags
and pennants 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; 1t 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 OPP
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 a 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-
jectiles, with round shot above centre;
1st Corps, circle over letter of
special design; End Corps, four-leaf
clover; 3rd Corps, threetooth clutch;
4th Corps, a caltrop; 5th Corps, a fire
bastion fork; 9th Corps, 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; 10Th Corps, square
with clover leaf at each corner, there
by showing twelve small circles; 18th
Corps, q palm leaf with thirteen
spikes; 14th Corps, square with one
half circle on each side; 18th Corps,
an anchor; 10th Corps, bugle; 18th
Corps, a spearhead; 18th Corps, a
battle-ax; 18th Corps, au arch; Goth
Corps, broom.
Designating the Divisions.
The division of corps will be rep
resented by the color of the symbol,
rs follows:
First division, red; second division,
white; third division, blue.
Corps headquarters will be desig-
mated by swallow-tai 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, ms 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, as 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 brigade-White, blue and
red; corps srmbol in.red.