Re: [DS and SG] Regiments of the Crown

Randall Case wrote:

>

I believe that regiments form teh Canadian and AMerican contingents
woudl retain there own historical designations with NAC (TOE of course)

In Rot Hafen I allude to:
5th SAS (this unit traces it's lineage back to 5th Special Forces Group)

504th reg't (Tracing it's lineage back to 504th PIR (Parachute Infantry
Regiment)

Your examples could alos be used in the scheme of things... What matters
is les sthe names but the hitorical lineage from which the names came
from in the first place.

> Here is a question, how is the Army of the Confederation organized?
> Does it
> use a version of the British Regimental system?? How do American and
> Canadian units fall into this. The U.S. does use a Regimental system
> of its
> own, but our regiments are numbered (with nicknames). I wonder how
> this
> would work...
>
> Typical U.S. Regiments:
> 16th Infantry (dates back to the Civil War) Regular
> 34th Armor (WWII) Regular
> 7th Cavalry (At least Civil War) Regular
>
> Would Infantry Regiments be assigned a region and given a 'local'
> name:
>
> 16th Infantry- say in North Alabama and Tennessee- The Nashville and
> Knoxville Rifles??
> 34th Armor: 34th Royal Tank Regiment??
> 7th Cavalry: Her Majesty's American Cavalry Regiment? Or... The Garry
> Owen
> Dragoons!
>
> What do ya'll think??