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Secretario de Guerra y Marina

Last modified: 2013-06-22 by juan manuel gabino villascán
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Secretary of War and Navy: 1912-1937
Secretario de Guerra y Marina

[Secretary of War and Navy ensign: 1918-1934] 1:1 [Ensign no longer in use]
image by Juan Manuel Gabino Villasc�n, May 19, 2001

The 1912 General Ordinance of the Navy states (Art. 1119) that the flag of the Chief of the Navy Department shall be a square version of the national ensign with a white anchor on the green stripe.
Joseph McMillan, May 10, 2000.
Juan Manuel Gabino Villasc�n, April 20, 2002

[Secretary of War and Navy ensign about 1923] 1:1 [Ensign no longer in use]
image by Juan Manuel Gabino Villasc�n, May 19, 2001

[Secretary of War and Navy ensign: 1934-1937] 1:1 [Ensign no longer in use]
image by Juan Manuel Gabino Villasc�n, May 19, 2001

The Secretary of War and Navy used an ensign according indications of the 1912 General Ordinance: Square vertical tricolor flag with coat of arms and four white vertical-aligned five-pointed stars on the green stripe.
The Secretariat of War and Navy was replaced by the Secretariat of National Defense (Secretar�a de la Defensa Nacional) on November 1, 1937. It is problably the ensign appointed to the Secretary of War and Navy remained the same after the change.

Juan Manuel Gabino Villasc�n, May 19, 2001.