Importance of English in the Infantry

Branch Badge Two gold colored crossed muskets, vintage Springfield 1795 musket (model 1795 musket ), 3/4 inch high. Crossed muskets were first introduced into the U.S. Army as an insignia for officers and infantrymen on November 19, 1875 (War Department General Order No. 96 dtd of November 19, 1875) to become effective on or before June 1, 1876. previous years were made to keep the insignia current with the changing styles of rifles being introduced into the Army. However, in 1924 the branch insignia was standardized by the adoption of crossed muskets and the Springfield Arsenal Model 1795 musket was adopted as the standard musket to be used. This was the first official U.S. shoulder arm, manufactured in a government arsenal, .69 caliber, flint lock, smooth bore, muzzle loader. The standardized musket now in use was first suggested by Major General Charles S. Farnsworth, U.S. Army, While First Chief of Infantry, in July 1921, and approved by General Pershing, Chief of Staff, in 1922. T...

 HISTORY OF THE UNITS  18th Century On March 3, 1791, Congress added " The Second Regiment of Infantry " to the Army. An act of Congress on July 16, 1798 authorized twelve additional regiments of infantry. An act of Congress of January 11, 1812 increased the Regular Army to 46 regiments of infantry and 4 of riflemen. An act of Congress of March 3, 1815 reduced the Regular Army from the 46 infantry and 4 rifle regiments it deployed in the War of 1812 to a peacetime establishment of 8 infantry regiments, further reduced to 7 in 1821. The origins of the current Army regiment The numbering system dates from this act. 19th century The Army was organized into seven infantry regiments, 1821; 1st infantry regiment 2nd infantry regiment 3rd infantry regiment 4th infantry regiment 5th infantry regiment 6th infantry regiment 7th infantry regiment 8th Infantry Regiment (added in 1838) Ten one-year regiments were authorized by an act of Congress on 11 February 1847 due to the Mexican-Amer...

History Ten rifle companies were authorized by resolution of the Continental Congress on June 14, 1775. However, the oldest infantry regiment of the Regular Army, the 3.er Infantry Regiment, was constituted on June 3, 1784, as the First American Regiment.