File:US Presidential Color Army 1912.svg

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DescriptionUS Presidential Color Army 1912.svg	The Army's presidential color from 1912. The first version of this flag was in 1898. In 1901, the Army's flag was replaced by competing, older design from the Navy, but the Army kept their version of the color, which was the same design but with a gold and silver fringe, with a fancier flagpole, and used in ceremonies. In 1912, two more states were added, which required two more stars be added to the Army's color. Additionally, s:Executive Order 1556 and s:Executive Order 1637, which defined the dimensions for the 48-star U.S. flag, both specified that "The color of the field of the President's flag shall be blue" in an attempt to make the flag look closer to the Navy's version. The Army thus switched their background color to blue, but changed the color of the star in the middle from blue to scarlet to keep the contrast. This use of these flags continued until they were replaced by a new flag designed during President Wilson's term in 1916, in s:Executive Order 2390. More information here.
Date	1912
Source	Alteration of File:US Presidential Flag Army 1898.svg, with the location of the two extra stars taken from the version seen in Sea Flags. en:File:Presidents Standard 1912.jpg shows them in a slightly different position, but I'm not sure which is right. SVG Great Seal taken from File:US-OfficeOfManagementAndBudget-Seal.svg, a U.S. Government work, and slightly altered and colorized to match version of actual flag (seen in File:Army Presidential Flag QMMuseum.jpg).
Author	U.S. Government
Other versions	Original 1898 flag Photo of 1908 version of the color, with 46 stars Navy presidential flag

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	04:34, 4 June 2010	1,019 × 653 (109 KB)	Fry1989	compromise red
	23:57, 3 June 2010	1,019 × 653 (100 KB)	Clindberg	Reverted to version as of 03:39, 3 July 2009 -- again, the specification said "scarlet"; it was not trying to be like the US flag (which had no exact color then anyways)
	00:31, 3 June 2010	1,019 × 653 (109 KB)	Fry1989	colours
	03:39, 3 July 2009	1,019 × 653 (100 KB)	Clindberg	== Summary == {{Information \|Description=The Army's presidential color from 1912. The first version of this flag was in 1898. In 1901, the Army's flag was replaced by competing, older design from the Navy, but the Army kept their version of the color, w