PMC Color Guard

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.

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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