Corps
Royal d'Infanterie de Marine
Drapeau d'Ordonnance,
Régiment de Bordeaux,
1772-82
Between
1772 and 1782, the marine corps of the Royal French Navy was organized into
eight regiments, one for each of France's major naval ports. The duties of
the Corps Royal d'Infanterie de Marine (not to be confused with the
Compagnies
Franches de la Marine)
included maintenance and repair of shipboard ordnance, and service ashore as
infantry. Marine sergeants and bombardiers also supervised naval gun crews
on those occasions when it was necessary to send ships' cannon ashore.
Officers wore naval uniform; the troops were uniformed in blue coats faced
scarlet and equipped as
infantry. Bombardiers wore bearskin
bonnets like those of the grenadiers of infantry regiments.
The
drapeaux d'ordonnance
of the Corps Royal d'Infanterie de Marine were of the Army infantry
pattern, colored differently for each regiment, with the
naval connection symbolized by anchors in the quarters. The distinguishing
color of the
Régiment de Bordeaux
was dark red.
Since the corps bore
the appellation "royal," the white crosses of the drapeaux
were strewn with fleurs-de-lis.
Regiments of the corps
were not, however, permitted to carry an all-white Colonel's Color.
In 1782 the corps was reorganized, the regiments being
disbanded and replaced by three "sections" stationed in
Brest, Toulon and Rochefort
See
also
Kingdom of France, Naval Ensigns & Flags,
1600-1792.
FLAGS
OF THE US ARMY
ORGANIZATIONAL FLAG, 103rd SUSTAINMENT COMMAND (EXPEDITIONARY)
The US Army's
2004 and 2005 Modernization Plans
resulted in the creation of a new type
of headquarters unit called the Sustainment Command (Expeditionary)
(ESC). These headquarters
are configured to provide command and control for the full spectrum of
combat service support units required to support deployed combat forces.
As such, the ESC is similar in concept to the Support
Command, but the organization of the headquarters is more flexible. The
organizational flag for the ESC is the same as that for a Support
Command: buff field with scarlet fringe and the unit shoulder sleeve
insignia centered. Dimensions are 3 feet on the hoist by 4 feet on the
fly plus 2 1/2-inch fringe; the flag is made of heavyweight rayon banner
cloth. Unit citation and campaign streamers, if authorized, are always
displayed with the flag.
The 103rd Sustainment Command descends
from the World War II-era 103rd Infantry Division, which served in the
European Theater and was inactivated in September 1945. In the postwar
period, the 103rd was reactivated as a US Army Reserve divisional
command headquarters. Later it was converted to a support brigade, then
to a support command (corps), and finally in 2006 it received its
current designation. The 103rd ESC is among the many contemporary units
that perpetuate the lineage of the Army's World War II-era divisions.
See
US Army Brigades
for the organizational flag of the 103rd as a support brigade.
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US DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND
1863-65
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