Evening Star Newspaper, July 6, 1930, Page 16

-B—4 * HERALDRY AROUSES NEW ARWY SPRT Fine Traditions of Several Commands Add Force to Coats of Arms. Heraldry is being utilized to stimulate the esprit de corps and preserve the fine traditions of the American Army. A coat of arms, with the crest of the Hamilton family blazoned on the color and standard of the 5th Field Artillery, gives descriptive testimony of the valor and historical traditions of the only unit of the Regular Army that survived the War of the Revolu- tion and is still carrying on with un- dminished fame. Six months before the American ! Colonies declared their independence the fiery young patriot, Alexander Hamilton, had formed an artillery bat- tery in New York, and this same bat- tery, now known a " Battery, is one of the units of the immortal 5th. So also with'the Natlonal Guard. A coat of arms decorates the color of the 182d Massachusetts Infantry Regi- ment, whose organization, dating back to the early days of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1636, antedates that of the famous 5th Field Artillery by 140 years. These two emblems of heraldry for Tegiments, unique in the history of the armed services of the Government, illus- trate the meaning and purpose of coats of arms for every unit in the Army, the | federally recognized National Guard | and the Organized Reserves entitled to carry a color or standard. To Be Made Complete, Since the idca of a distinctive coat of arms for each regiment and inde- pendeni unit was sanctioned nearly 11 years ago by the general staff, nearly every one of the 360-odd regiments and independent units of the lar Army can point with pride to its individual | device. In another year or so coats of arms will be adopted by all remain- ing regiments in all three branches under the War Department. The idea originated with an Amer- fean Army officer of English birth, Col. Robert E. Wyllie, who grew up amid the traditions of the British Army, in which his forofathers had served with distinction. As a boy of 15 he came to the United States. and when he entered the American Army he carried with him and nourished the natural pride an officer and soldier takes in his individual regiment. Col. Wyllie, who is stationed at Cris- tobal, in the’ Canal Zone, is in Wash- ington on leave, and while here is tak- ing a personal interest in the progress of this work, which he started and suc- cessfully conducted for two years after the World War. Preparation of the coats of arms, with all the voluminous correspondence and conferences nec sary to it, was transferred in 1925 to the Quartermaster Corps of the Army and_is now being done by Arthur . Du Bois. Brought Out by World War, “The World War brought out the valor and deeds of the American Army,” explained Col. Wyllie, “but with the ex- ception of a few units there appeared to be lacking among its men that esprit de corps and traditional regimental pride that characterizes the soldiers of Great Britain and other European na tions. So I conceived the idea of hav ing each regiment adopt a coat of arms as & means of Promoting & proper esprit de corps in officers and men, and, more- over, of preserving on the regimental color the particular batdes and history of the individual units of the Army. It took patience before the general staff| aproved the idea, but in 1919 a general | order to this effect was issusd and the work started.” In the British Army each regimental | color or standard bears a coat of arms which gives it individual distinetion. Col. Wyllie had long regretted the fact | that American standards were all alike, | except for the name of the regiment. Now, through his personal efforts, ali is changed. “Each has its distinctive device,” said Col. Wyllie, “and a soldier can point with pride to his emblem and say, ‘That is my coat of arms.’ " In the Regular Army the instructions covering the use of the coat of arms, which consists of a shield, motto and crgst, Yequire that the shield be em- broidered on the eagle’s breast, the regi- mental motto on & scroll in the eagle’s | beak and.the regimental crest above the eagle’s head. In the National Guard regiments al- Jocated to two or more States will bear the crests approved for regiments of | cach of the several States, arranged in order of admission of the States into the Union. A regiment of the Organ- ized Reserves, having an approved coat of arms, has as its crest the Lexington Minute Man above the eagle's head. All coats of arms must be approved by the Secretary of War, Most Important Feature. The most important thing to show on the coat of arms is the greatest combat feat in the history of the unit, no matter when it occurred. Generally, this form has been carried out in the insignia already approved. Special prominence also is usually given to the most ancient incidents of its combat record, particularly to the one in which the regiment received its baptism of fire. ‘There are no actually designated or required heraldic devices to represent the several wars in which the United States has been engaged. Various de- vices, however, have 'n used in the designs. For the Revolutionary War, units have adopted a British lion, the Cross of St. George, a pine tree, a rattlesnake coiled to strike—"Don’t ‘Tread on Me"—each usually associated with some section of the Colonjes. For the War of 1812, the popular devices 11917 by shedding their blood T HE _SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. JULY 6, 1930—PART ONE. —————__——‘———————-——_———————____—__\__ Upper left: Insignia of the 5th Field Artillery, organized in 1776 by Alex- ander Hamilton in New York. Upper right: Shield of the 4th Infantry, Regular Army, organized in 1815. Lower: Device 'of the present 182d Infantry of the Massachusetts National Guard, This unit was the country’s first military outfit, being orzanized in 1636 and as the famous Middlesex Mili- tia took part in the battles of Lexington and Concord in the Revolutionary War. in New York, when Alexander Hamil- ton, who later became the first Secre- tary of the Treasury, organized one battery that carried on with distinction through the seven years of the Revolu- tionary War. All other units of the | Continental Army were disbanded at the end of the war which won Amer- | ican independence except the Hamilton Battery. & With this battery as a nucleus, the early units of the 5th Field Artillery fought in every war of consequence in which the United States became en- gaged. It added to its undying glory | by being one of the artillery regiments | of the famous 1st Division in France during the World War, known as “Pershing’s Own.” | Description of Device, The shield of its coat of arms is red, and shows a gold Liberty Bell to designate service in the Revolutionary | War. Five black arrows edged in silver stand for Indian Wars in which the artillerymen participated. arrow below the Liberty for the engagement Ind., November 4, Bell stands near Vincennes, 1791, in which all were killed. The 5th Artillery served in the War of 1812, the Mexican, Civil, Spanish, Phlll‘)pine as well as during the late “unpleasantness.” A lion and a car- abao, supporting the sheld, represent its services in Mexico and the Philip- pines. In the upper center of the shield, a star denotes service with the 12th Corps of the Union Army in the Civil Wa from Bull Run to Appo- mattox. But most interesting of all is the crest showing the coat of arms of the Hamilton family, an oak tree with 13 acorns and a saw. Beneath the crest is the fouragier of the French Croix de Guerre awarded the regiment for its outstanding achievements dur- ing the World War. Beneath the ield on the coat of arms of the 182d Massachusetts Na- tional Guard appears its honorabie motto: “We uphold our ancient hon- ors,” Men from Charleston, Newton, Cam- bridge, Watertown end Concord formed the carliest recruits of this veteran out- fit, organized the Massachusetts Colonists in 1636 a5 &_very necessary measure of protection. In 1643 the In- fantry unit was redesiguated the North Regiment of Middlesex County. Dur- ing the Revolutionary War it fought at Lexington and Concord as the 1st Mid- dlesex Militia, Its white shield bears the nude figure of an Indian chieftain, garlanded with follage about the loins and holding a bow and arrow, the arrow pointing downward—the seal of the Massachu- tts Bay Colony of 1628-1680. For 281 ears the men of the reorganized 182d have upheld the traditions of their worthy forbears, sealing their faith in in the World War as the 3d Pioneer Infantry on the Meuse-Argonne front. Fourth Infantry. One of the oldest of the Regular Army units is the 4th Infantry, which was formed in 1815 by the consolidation of the 14th, 18th, 20th, 36th and 38th Regiments. Detachments of the 36th and 38th took part in the battles of Bladensburg, Md., and Fort McHenry in 1814, the one connected with the British seizure of Washington and the other with the ghting that inspired Key to write “The Star Spangled Banner.” ~History credits the Regular troops at Bladensburg with stout resistance to the enemy on that occasion. In 1818 the 4th Infantry had detach- ments at Apalachicola, Fla., at the capture of Fort Barrancas, and in the | Black Hawk Indian War. The regiment was in the Seminole War, in the Mex- ican War from Palo Alto to Monterey with Gen. Taylor, and from Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico with Scott, tak- ing part with distinction in all the principal engagements of those cam- Ppaigns. After the Mexican War, the regiment saw active campaigning against the In- dians in the West, and later, in the Civil War, won glory with the Army of | the Potomac from the seige of York- town to Appomattox. It was in Cuba in 1898 and later in the fighting around Manila and Luzon. In the World War the 4th Infantry was with the hard-} fighting 3d Division and took part in five major operations. Recalls Mexican War. The green shield of its coat of arms recalls the Wer with Mexico.. The na- tional flag bore 14 stars during the sec- | ond war with Great Britain, and these | are shown on the shield. A white | are a lion, a unicorn or a maple leaf. For the Mexican War, a cactus is gen- erally shown on the coats of arms, while arrows designate, by their number, the Indian wars in which the regiment was engaged, A saltire cross, taken from the Confederate flag, shows the x;gunent has seen service in the Clvil a r. “The Spanish American War and cam- paigns emanating from it have as designations a palm tree or castle, or corps badge, and generally a dragon to designate the Boxer Rebellion in Chins, or a carabao for Philippine service, Usually for service in the World War the regimental coat of arms bears the emblem of the division to which at- tached—for instance, the 4th Infantry —one of the oldest of the Regular Army, shows the ivy leafe of the 4th Division of the A. E. F. Must Be Significa: Heraldry is simply pleture writing, and consequently every symbol used has a definite significance and nothing is added to which some significance cannot_be attached. In general, the eplor of the shield is that of the colors of the branch or bureau, in order to|M: associate at once the regiment with the arm. ‘The use of these coats of arms is not confined entirely to the regimental standard. They may be used to mark equipment and stationery or worn as a button device, but the spirit and motive is the same, however used—to cultivate 8 healthy esprit de corps and perpetuate the feats of arms and history of the individusl units. That the use of heraldry has done much in this direc- tion is evidenced by the eagerness with which all units have adopted or are arranging now for their particular coats of arms. Because of the unique of the Sth Hl{d Artillery and the 182d Mas:- sachusetts National Guard outfit, the emblems of these two historic units are of outstanding interest in service circles. They stand for all things in which Americans take pride, ‘The motto of the 5th Field Artillery, Haike its laudable record, 15 “Pal end e. 34 bad its beginning in January, 1776, Maltese cross bears witness to its Ch’lll War record, the arrow for Indian wgrs, | the castle for the Spapish-American War, the bolo for the Philippine in- surrection and the fleur-de-lis recalls the World War. The crest is four green plumes, and beneath the shield is this characteristic motto of its fighting ability: “Don’t tread on me.” Any account of these various coats of arms, however meager, would be lacking in locai interest, without men- tion of those of the 3d Cavalry and the 16th Field Artillery, so familiar o Washingtonians by reason of their sta- tion at Fort Myer. In record of service, the 3d Cavalry yields te no organization in the Reg- ular Army since its organization, in 1846, as a regiment of mounted rifie: men, Its motto breathes the spiit of its personnel, “Brave rifles, veterans! You have been baptized in fire and blood and have come out steel,” These are the words of Gen. Scott as he watched the cavalrymen hoist the first Stars and Stripes over the ra; of the National Palace in the City of Mexico, signaiizing the conquest of exico, The 3d Cavalry received its baptism of fire in the capture of Vera Cruz It was the first American unit to force its way later into the Mexican capital. Dur- ing the Civil War tXhe :Adh?:n}a‘val:y de'- yed the designation which it no anl. It maintained its record of valor during those four years, and’ agnin dur- Indian campaigns, the Spanisk- American and World Wars. It was one of the few Cavalry regiments in France that u: actual combat, having fought at Lorraine, The shield of coats of arms of the 16th Fleld Artillery shows a cruss and a tower; its crest is a bugle resting on a wreath of colors. Its motto 1s, “Blessings on each new valor,” and its shield is of jagged stripes with three stars. A horse’s head with the ivy leaf of the 4th Regular Diyision of the A, E. F. forms the crest. —_— h tch rubber growers met receny 1 Lonbon to consider mevres to deal with the rubber overproduction problem. FAMOUS ARMY COATS A broken | the officers and two-thirds of the men | |an automobile when the gun discharged. OF ARMS ‘We UpHoLo Our ANCI-E;ITHONORS~ | MOSLEMS CONDEMN SIMON INDIA REPORT | Recommendations Held Unsatis- | factory Reply to Demands | Made to Great Britain. | By the Associated Press. | _SIMLA, India, July 5—The Moslem Conference of India in its recent ses- sion has strongly condemned the re- port of the Simon commission, published last month Representatives of all elements in the conference have expressed the emphatic opinion that the commission’s recom- mencations do not meet the proposals of the conference, The executive board, in passing for discussion the resolutions of the work- ing committee, added a preamble stat- ing “the report of the Simon commis- sion as a whole is unacceptable to us, because it falls short of the demands formulated by the All-India Moslem | Conference in Delhi and because it is | retrograde and reactionary in spirit.” PAIR BELIEVED VICTIMS | OF JOY-RIDING IN PLANE Two Missing After Machine Dives | 1,000 Feet Into San Fran- | cisco Bay. By the Associated Press. ALAMEDA, Calif,, July 5.—Alameda police expressed belief today that Rene Medus, 19, Alameda, and a youth known as “Lefty” York, 20, Vallejo pugilist, were killed when an airplane 'dived 1,000 feet into 8an Prancisco Bay last night. | Both were reported missing and both | were seen at the airport shortly before | the plane was taken, without permis- | sion, from its hangar, police said, Efforts were made to bring the sub- merged plane closer to shore before | reising it. Airport attendants said they saw the plane trundled from its hangar, but| assumed its owners were to take & ride. A few minutes later it took off dizzily, reached 1,000 feet and dived almost vertically into the SON OF BISHOP DUBOSE IS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT| Gun Is Discharged After Target Practice as Attorney Gets Into Automobile. By the Associated Press. WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., July 5.— Horace M. Dubose, jr., local attorney and son of Bishop H. M. 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Couch emptied the jail, but soon after the prisoners were set free. the police were swamped with emergency calls. It was a record day for arrests here, and police at- tributed many of the petty crimes to the P risoners, Alderman Couch now is under in- dictment on charges of bribery in con- nection with the recent municipal graft investigation in Atlanta. His case has not yet been called for trial. SCOUTS START CRUISE Ten of Sea Troops Leave for 3- Week Trip Down River. ‘Ten boys of Sea Scout Troop of the Twelfth Street Branch Y. M. C. A,, with Skipper H. K. Howerton commanding, have left for a three-week cruise down the lower Potomac and sounds of North Carolina. Maj. Campbell C. Johnson, executive secretary of the Twelfth Street Branch | Y. M. C. A, and Secretarles Lee W. Johnson and Horace G. Christopher will leave today for the Chesapeake and Potomac Summer School at Borden- | town, N. J. GIRL FLYER WINS ENGLISH AIR RACE 2 Winifred Brown Defeats 87 to Take Place Beside Amy Johnson. 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