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[edit] Coat of Arms.

[edit] Blazon:

[edit] Shield:

• Azure in fess two crosses moline Agent in base a wigwam of the like garnished Gules with five poles of the last; on a chief embattled Or a sea lion of the third holding in dexter paw a sword of the field.

[edit] Crest:

• On a wreath of the colors an armoured arm embowed Proper, grasping in the naked hand a broken flag staff Gules, to which attached a pennant Or.

[edit] Motto:

• DUCTI AMORE PATRIAE (Having Been Led By Love of Country)

[edit] Symbolism:

• The field is blue for Infantry.

• This regiment took part in the Civil War, its great achievement was its first engagement at Gaines' Mills, Virginia, Jun 27 and 28, 1862, where its loss was almost 50%.

• This is shown by the moline crosses which represent the iron fastening of a mill stone and the pair recall the crushing losses sustained.

• The wigwam with its five poles is for the five Indian Campaigns in which portions of the regiment took part.

• The chief is for the Spanish and Philippine Wars, yellow and red being the Spanish colors, red and blue the Katipunan colors; the embattled partition line is for the capture of the blockhouse at El Caney; the sea lion is from the arms of the Philippine Islands.

• The crest in the Spanish colors is to commemorate the capture of a Spanish flag at El Caney.

[edit] Background:

• The coat of arms was approved on 21 Dec 1922.

[edit] Licensing

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