Ensign

the flag or colors of a regiment. Also a former rank of commi ioned officers in a regiment of infantry, by the senior of whom the regimental ensigns or colors are carried. The name is now abolished, the title of 2d lieutenant being substituted for it. In the navy, the national ensign consists of a red-and-white striped flag, 13 stripes, with blue field in upper inside corner containing a silver star for each State of the Union.