NK - North keep in melee's

[Langston, David R]

Very well said Burke (now ploting what my new war tabard will look like).
Wynfrith

-----Original Message-----
From: Burke McCrory [mailto:burkemc at ionet.net]
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 12:14 AM
To: Northkeep at ansteorra.org
Subject: Re: NK - North keep in melee's


At 11:48 PM 6/28/00 +0000, you wrote:
>this came up on the War list and I was just wondering if NK had a standerd 
>color, or tabard, or stadard we used to recognize each other on the battle 
>field.
>
>there is a group wondering if there is any need or support for moving to a 
>"standard Tabard" for all Ansteorra. Or just using standards for the units 
>with a Sable and Or addition to the unit colors.
>
>just looking for a point of view here at home
>Timothy

Timothy,

While I am not from Northkeep, I would drop in the following 2 cents worth 
of comment.  It is really not necessary or even appropriate for all of 
Ansteorra's Army to have the same war tabards.  Years ago when we were only 
fielding 30 to 60 fighters total in Wars, it was logical to have everyone 
in nearly identical tabards.  Now days when single Baronies and Shires are 
fielding 25-35 fighter units, it is really a detriment to command and 
control.  We have grown to the point where the regions are fielding Armys 
large enough to operate independently.  Also remember that we are not a 
real army in the sense of the US Army or even the Continental Army of 225 
years ago.  We are more like the true Baronial and Noble levy armys of the 
middle ages.  So it only stands to reason that each of the groups would 
have unique and distinctive "uniforms".  It is really most appropriate to 
continue our regional and local schemes.  I really like the proposal that 
has been floating around up here in the north.  The front of the tabard 
belongs to the unit, the back shows some form of recognizable Ansteorran 
Star, the shoulders show the personal device of the owner and the Griffin 
badge of the Northern Army.

Sir Burke