he permanent
battalion division alphabetically, the flags of a battalion are as
shown; flags are assigned to the companies alphabetically, within
their respective battalions, in the order given below.

First battalion:

Company A. Red field, white square.
Company B. Red field, blue square.
Company C. Red field, white diagonals.
Company D. Red field, blue diagonals.

Second battalion:

Company E. White field, red square.
Company F. White field, blue square.
Company G. White field, red diagonals.
Company H. White field, blue diagonals.

Third battalion:

Company I. Blue field, red square.
Company K. Blue field, white square.
Company L. Blue field, red diagonals.
Company M. Blue field, white diagonals.

=Note.=--An analysis of the above system of signal flags will
show: 1. The color of the field indicates the battalion and the
colors run in the order that is so natural to us all, viz: =Red=,
=White= and =Blue=. Hence =red= field indicates the =first=
battalion; =white= field, the =second=; =blue= field, the =third=.

2. The =squares= indicate the first two companies of each
battalion, and the =diagonals=, the second two. Hence,

+-----------+----------------+
| Companies | Indicated by |
|-----------+----------------+
| A | E | I | Squares |
| B | F | K | |
|-----------+----------------+
| C | G | L | Diagonals |
| D | H | M | |
+-----------+----------------+

3. The colors of the squares and diagonals in combination with
those of the fields, run in the order that is so natural to us
all, viz.: =Red=, =White= and =Blue=, the color of any given field
being, of course, omitted from the squares and diagonals, as a
white square for instance, would not show on a white field, nor
would a blue diagonal show on a blue field. For example, with a
=red= field we would have =white= and =blue= for the square and
diagonal colors; with a =white= field, =red= and =blue= for the
square and diagonal colors; with a =blue= field, =red= and =white=
for the square and diagonal colors.

4. From what has been said, the following table explains itself:

+-----------+-------+-----+---------+-----------+
| Battalion | Field | Co. | Squares | Diagonals |
+-----------+-------+-----+---------+-----------+
| First