Arizona republican., 1921-05-02

will remain just as he is on the ! United States seal. But instead of the national shield with it's red and white stripes and blue band at the top, the regiment is to superimpose it's own shield device on the eagle
 The devices are being executed as nearly as possible in strict accord with the medieval heraldry Each shield must be blazoned-that is de- scribed in the old heraldic language that seems so insane to the layraan. but is actually wonderful code. Any coat-of- arms can be described n a blazon in few words so that an art ist can reproduce it accurately.
 Take the most familiar example the United States shield, which her | adry describes in seven words lar gent, six pallets. gtiles. chief az ure. This. in English transls ton. would be silver fieid, six vertical | stripes of red. band across the top of blue At first, this looks simpler ! in plain English. But if you were about to draw the picture. you would
 find you were not sure how wide the blue band or the stripes would be. In
 the heraldic terms. the words chief
 and pallets are understood to cover
 certain proportions of the shield.
 
 reproduced as white. In the knight
 hood period the shield was of metal
 and the device was painted on in col
 ors. So even now, gold and silver
 are terms used in heraldry. though
 in working out a design. yellow and
 white are used because metallic paints and silks are apt to tarlish.
 Practically all the old heraldic Ian guage is suggestive of customs or | s.,lIs,~ m
 stripes in our flag and shield known as pellets. refer to the pales or stakes that the knights sometimes drove in- } to the ground for purposes of defense
 or as supports for canopies. The , committee that planned our shield probably got it's idea of the stripes } from the Washington coat-o farms } Originally. no doubt. the stripes came
 into use through some incident oi
 valor connected with a pale. after 7 which the knight added a stripe, ol several to his shield
 Crests Tell Stories
 In this way, the medieval warrior began to paint his history on hi' ? shield besides carrying on it the de . vice of his house. And in time rules
 were developed. The crest for eX. 2 ample, was originally a design wori = on the helmet of a commander in bat = tie. The boar's head. mailed fist. O other simple design cut out of metal | marked the leader sJ that his fol l lowers could find him in the figh d and watch for his signals. From thi n is came to be decreed that only on e who had seen service In battle coul,
 place a crest above his shield
 e Only certain ranks cou,d drap n their shields with mantling-tho a curly. plume-like flourishes seen o y many coats-of-arms. This mantlin r represented the mantle worn by tn l. knight over his armor, and it wa Is shown in tattered streamers partl n because the sword hanging at tn ,e side generally cut through it in dail sr wear. but more to indicate that tn knight had engaged in hard, hand - to-haud combat
 These rules and many others SC = down long ago are strictly adhered 7 in heraldry. and America has com
 in for some criticism because occa
 sionally families in this country hav
 either in ignorance or defiance. brob - en the hard and fast rules
 st The army has its own expert an le some heraldic artists to assist it 5s following the requirements. Only th r. shield. crest. and motto are to be oi a ficially used on the regimental colC al and for collar insignia. Many of tf i- regiments however. are designir O. entire coats f-arms with mantlir ra supporters devices at the sides of back of the shield) as we'll The CT 5e tire arms can be used for decoratiC -fc on the wall at the resiuls lsntal pos he for stationery and for other unoff as. cial purposes.
 ,t The Third Infantry, the oldest rel rv iment of our army. which dates fro
 17S4, has developed its arms to sho
 it's early service in Mexico. One il of. tereSting device used by this regime cd is a baton crossed with an old-tin he bavonet back of the shielC. The ba he on which figures prominently in q t h regiments history was made fro re the flag staff of the capitol of t to city of Mexico. and was taken wh d- the city was captured It is still O he of the most highly prized posses in ions of the regiment.
 ,cd The 51st Artillery, as tractor un his has a red shield with 6 bold bH
 across it and on the band a gre led caterpillar This is one of the ne' -ed CT organizations formed in 1917. ule simple shield is in contrast with tn an of the First Engineers organized at lS.t. This coat-of-arms tells stO gle of many achievements, ard Is a q