In keeping with earlier regulations, stripes became dark blue edged in red. Two years later, when President Jackson left office, Colonel Henderson returned the uniform to dark blue coats faced red. Colonel Commandant Archibald Henderson ordered those stripes to be buff white. The wearing of stripes on the trousers began in 1837, following the Army practice of wearing stripes the same color as uniform jacket facings. In 1834, uniform regulations were changed to comply with President Andrew Jackson's wishes that Marine uniforms return to the green and white worn during the Revolutionary War. Corporals with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Training Squadron 303 receive their blood stripes during a Blood Stripe Ceremony aboard Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton.(USMC photo by Lance Cpl. The use of stripes clearly predates the Mexican War. Although this belief is firmly embedded in the traditions of the Corps, it has no basis in fact. Marine Corps tradition maintains that the red stripe worn on the trousers of officers and noncommissioned officers, commonly known as the "blood stripe," commemorates those Marines killed storming the castle of Chapultepec in 1847. (The source of the above text is The National Museum of the Marine Corps and Heritage Center. It is not relative, but absolute.Marines pride themselves on their mission and steadfast dedication to accomplish it." Said one former Marine, "It is not negotiable. "Semper Fidelis" signifies the dedication that individual Marines have to "Corps and country," and to their fellow Marines. In 1848, this was revised to "From the halls of the Montezumas to the shores of Tripoli." The second motto was "By Sea and by Land," taken from the British Royal Marines "Per Mare, Per Terram." Until 1848, the third motto was "To the shores of Tripoli." Inscribed on the Marine Corps colors, this commemorated Presley O'Bannon's capture of the city of Derne in 1805. The first of these, antedating the War of 1812, was "Fortitudine." The Latin phrase for "with courage," it was emblazoned on the brass shako plates worn by Marines during the Federal period. Prior to that date three mottoes, all traditional rather than official, were used. The Marine Corps adopted the motto "Semper Fidelis" in 1883. Over the years Marines have picked up nicknames like "Devil Dog" and "Leatherneck" and have adopted phrases "Semper Fidelis," "the Few, the Proud," and "Esprit de Corps." From the Marines' Hymn to the famous Eagle, Globe, and Anchor emblem, there is much to learn about the terminology of the Corps. The Marine Corps has a long and illustrious history dating back to November 10, 1775.
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