The history of flags and banners is as old as civilization itself. The armies of the Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt and the Romans followed the flags and banners of their leaders. These flags and banners were a distinctive symbol. This tradition was carried on during the American Revolution.
The Color Guards of PMC, a well-trained and prestigious unit, carried the American and PMC flags. At first there was only one Color Bearer, typically a sergeant, who carried the American Flag. When the PMC Flag was added and the size of the Corps of Cadets expanded, the unit grew. The detail then consisted of two Cadet corporals and two or three sergeants. Usually the Color sergeant gave the necessary commands for the movements and for rendering honors.
Much of the information about the PMC Color Guard is contained in the Adjutant’s Books (1862 to 1888) and the published General and Special Orders of Charles and Frank Hyatt. Although most of the Cadet appointments did not contain descriptions of assignments, in some cases individuals were listed as Color Bearers. Unfortunately a complete set of these Cadet appointments has not survived.
Year |
Name
Rank
|
1864-65 |
H. F. Keller
Color Bearer Sergeant
|
1865-66 |
L.L. Reamey
Color Bearer Sergeant
|
1869-70 |
Julius H. Pratt
Color Bearer Sergeant
|
1870-71 |
John Singer
Color Bearer
John W. Robinson
Color Bearer
Harry Bacon
Color Bearer
|
1871-72 |
Harry Bacon
Color Sergeant
Truxton Beale
Color Corporal
Don James Perry
Color Corporal
|
1872-73 |
William C. Fox
Color Corporal
Edwards P. Duffield
Color Sergeant
|
1876-77 |
George Rainsford
Color Sergeant
William J. McCormick
Color Sergeant
C.F. Mills, Jr.
Color Corporal
Paul Millikin
Color Corporal
|
1879-80 |
William L. Rice
Color Bearer Sergeant
T.L. Hesserchill
Color Bearer Sergeant
E.P. McCinsky
Color Corporal
Robert G. Stiles
Color Corporal
Robert Cox
Color Corporal
|
1880-1881 |
H.H. Ross
Color Sergeant
S.B. Lee
Color Corporal
B. McGinley
Color Corporal
|
1881-82 |
Francis Doggett
Color Bearer Sergeant
|
1881-82 |
John Perry
Color Corporal
M.R. Brown
Color Sergeant
H. Manning Fish
Color Bearer Sergeant
|
1883-84 |
T.R. Hall
Color Sergeant
W.A. Smith
Color Bearer Sergeant
|
1885-86 |
Joseph Imhoff
Color Sergeant
|
1894-95 |
Jeffrey Travers
Color Sergeant
|
1899-1900 |
Eugene Hoopes
Color Corporal
Barr
Color Corporal
|
1900-01 |
Frank McIntire
Color Sergeant
|
1901-02 |
Lyndon Newhall
Color Sergeant
|
1902-03 |
Marcus Smith
Color Sergeant
|
1903-04 |
John Wetherill
Color Sergeant
|
1905-06 |
Isaac Johnson
Color Sergeant
|
1906-07 |
Percy Campbell
Color Sergeant
John Rawcliffe
Color Sergeant
Roy Campbell
Color Corporal
Roy Hawkings
Color Corporal
|
1910-11 |
Alexander Brown
Color Sergeant
Leslie Hyatt
Color Sergeant
|
1911-12 |
Don C. Sharp
Color Sergeant
|
1912 |
Samuel Lewis
Color Sergeant
|
1914-15 |
Frederic deL. Comfort
Color Sergeant
|
1915-16 |
Harry Smith
Color Sergeant
|
1916-17 |
Albert Ardussi
Color Sergeant
|
1917-18 |
Lester Wilcox
Color Sergeant
|
1919-20 |
William J. Crothers
Color Sergeant
Kiong See
Color Sergeant
|
1920-21 |
Lewis Bryant
Color Sergeant
Adriano Valdez
Color Sergeant
|
1921-22 |
Abram Minis, Jr.
Color Sergeant
Irwin Schmidt
Color Sergeant
Abram Minis, Jr.
Color Sergeant
Irwin B. Schmidt
Color Sergeant
|
1922-23 |
no one listed
|
1923-24 |
Sylvan Ochser
Color Sergeant
Richard Wilson
Color Sergeant
|
1924-25 |
Alvin Burt
Color Sergeant
Kurt Nanninga
Color Sergeant
|
1925-26 |
Clyde Adams, Jr.
Color Sergeant
William A Ripley
Color Sergeant
|
1926-27 |
Paul Blake
Color Sergeant
Herman Neuweiler
Color Sergeant
Kenneth MacAlpine
Private
Edward Gillen
Private
|
1927-28 |
Daniel Jones
Color Sergeant
David Wright
Color Sergeant
|
1928-29 |
Seymour Potter
Color Sergeant
James Cowee
Color Sergeant
Kermit Frederick
Color Sergeant
|
1929-30 |
Eugene Knoblauch
Color Sergeant
John Finn
Color Sergeant
William Burton
Color Sergeant
Galen Warren
Color Sergeant
Jack Smith
Private
Carl Bauer
Private
|
1930-31 |
Frederick Rossman
Color Sergeant
John Pickering
Color Sergeant
|
1931-32 |
Charles Bauer
Color Sergeant
Norman Lynn
Color Sergeant
Levi Huber
Color Corporal
John Pugh
Color Corporal
|
1932-33 |
Walter Eberlach
Color Sergeant
Jack Harte
Color Sergeant
Charles Hires
Color Corporal
Sydney Pollock
Color Corporal
|
1933-34 |
Frederick Zimmerman
Color Sergeant
Robert Stephenson
Color Sergeant
Jack Smith
Color Corporal
Robert Scholes
Color Corporal
|
1934-35 |
Edward Fay, Jr.
Color Sergeant
Leonard Frescoln
Color Sergeant
Andrew Hubbard, Jr.
Color Corporal
George Iredell
Color Corporal
|
1935-36 |
Harry Stevens, Jr.
Color Sergeant
Cyril Sobeck
Color Sergeant
David Hickman
Color Corporal
Lee Pollack
Color Corporal
|
1936-37 |
Lee Pollack
Color Sergeant
William Metzger
Color Sergeant
John Warren
Color Corporal
Frank Wright, Jr.
Color Corporal
|
2/8/37 |
William Metzger
Color Sergeant
Albert Ryan
Color Sergeant
Frank Wright, Jr.
Color Corporal
William Spang
Color Corporal
|
1937-38 |
William Spang
Color Sergeant
Tazewell Smith
Color Sergeant
Gene Schraeder
Color Corporal
Charles Starr, Jr.
Color Corporal
|
1938-39 |
Alfred Boandl
Color Sergeant
Alexander Benson
Color Sergeant
Joseph Sestito
Color Corporal
William Gaskill
Color Corporal
|
1939-40 |
Joseph Sestito
Color Sergeant
Forrest Nourse, Jr.
Color Sergeant
Joseph Symmes
Color Corporal
William dePando
Color Corporal
|
1940-41 |
Joseph Glenn
Color Sergeant
Vincent Hartnett
Color Sergeant
William Schoble
Color Corporal
Robert Mowry
Color Corporal
|
1941-42 |
Frank McCracken
Color Sergeant
Jack Bartow
Color Sergeant
William Callahan
Color Corporal
Clayton Bond, Jr.
Color Corporal
|
1942-43 |
John Ake
Color Sergeant
William Callahan
Color Sergeant
|
1943 |
John Ake
Color Sergeant
Victor Mitrani
Color Corporal
William J. Wolfgram, Jr.
Color Sergeant
|
1947-48 |
C Dreter
Color Sergeant
William Martin
Color Sergeant
M Hollack
Color Corporal
Robert Buck
Color Corporal
|
1950-51 |
Charles Nagle
Color Corporal
Frank Widrig
Color Corporal
|
1951-52 |
William Murty
Color Sergeant
Richard Hackbarth
Color Sergeant
John Brotosky
Color Sergeant
Frank Widrig
Color Sergeant
Smith
Color Corporal
McDermott
Color Corporal
|
1954-55 |
Wesley Moody
Color Sergeant
Frederic Simon
Color Sergeant
Joseph Brown
Color Corporal
Fred Kuss
Color Corporal
|
1955-56 |
Joseph Brown
Color Sergeant
William Zigmant
Color Sergeant
Reynold Kaufman
Color Corporal
Joseph Klimek
Color Corporal
|
1956-57 |
Louis Caccese
Color Sergeant
Michael Cockill
Color Sergeant
Mark Monroe
Color Corporal
Richard Hintze
Color Corporal
|
1957-58 |
Richard Hintze
Color Sergeant
Walter Adelmann
Color Sergeant
Albert Boyer
Color Corporal
Robert Gage
Color Corporal
|
1958-59 |
Robert Jefferson
Color Sergeant
|
1959-60 |
Lowell Hattori
Color Sergeant
John MacIntyre
Color Sergeant
Franklin Andrew
Color Corporal
Anthony Prezioso
Color Corporal
|
1960-61 |
Bruce Hanley
Color Sergeant
Lawrence Gioielli
Color Sergeant
Raymond Hastings
Color Corporal
Bruce Overton
Color Corporal
|
1961-62 |
Richard Zeltner
Color Sergeant
John Stoeffler
Color Sergeant
Robert Duffy
Color Corporal
Sicotte
Color Corporal
|
1962-63 |
Gill Alderfer
Color Sergeant
Theodore Cappone
Color Sergeant
Eugene Evans
Color Sergeant
Joseph Holler
Color Sergeant
|
1963-64 |
David Allen
Color Sergeant
William Allanach
Color Sergeant
A. Gordon Tunstall
Color Corporal
Charles Nistico
Color Corporal
|
1964-65 |
Glenn Dennis
Color Sergeant
George Graner
Color Sergeant
Jeffrey Travers
Color Sergeant
Thomas Tarbutton
Color Corporal
William Trumpoldt
Color Corporal
|
1965-66 |
Joseph August
Color Sergeant
Richard Emery
Color Sergeant
John Everson
Color Sergeant
Ronald Callentine
Color Corporal
Stephen Vasak
Color Corporal
|
1966-67 |
Charles Cantley, Jr.
Color Sergeant
Keith Kampert
Color Sergeant
Thomas Dougherty
Color Corporal
Paul Porcino
Color Corporal
|
1967-68 |
Kent Carlton
Color Sergeant
Thomas Dougherty
Color Corporal
Ron Erale
Color Corporal
Jim Howard
Color Corporal
Daniel Schorr
Color Corporal
|
1968-69 |
David Esto
Color Sergeant
Daniel Schorr
Color Sergeant
Larry Spang
Color Sergeant
Larry Johnson
Color Corporal
Thomas Soper
Color Corporal
|
1969-70 |
Larry Johnson
Color Sergeant
Leslie Probst
Color Sergeant
Ray Wade
Color Sergeant
John Vencius
Color Corporal
David Wray
Color Corporal
|
1970-71 |
Breck Cook
Color Sergeant
Robert Poltarak
Color Sergeant
David Wray
Color Sergeant
Jeffrey Barry
Color Corporal
Robert Beamer
Color Corporal
|
1971-72 |
Jerome Tilghman
Color Sergeant
Douglas Cervi
Color Sergeant
Edwin Greene
Color Corporal
|