Ensign
the flag or colors of a regiment. Also a former rank of commissioned 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-andwhite striped flag, 13 stripes, with blue ENTOMOLOGY field in upper inside corner containing a silver star for each State of the Union.
Carried by all American vessels except yachts, which have an ensign of their Also the title of the lowest grade of commissioned officers in the United States navy. own.
ENTENTE CORDIALE (on-tont' korcordial understanding, or a di-äl), friendly disposition and relations, between the governments of two or more countries.
ENTENTE NATIONS. Those governments which were allied against the central European states in the war of 1914- 1918. The Triple Entente consisted of France, England, and Russia. The circumstances of the war early forced Belgium to become a member and in 1915 Italy joined the group. Servia, Roumania, and Montenegro were the Balkan states which became allies. Japan was an early ally, but the United States, while actively participating in the struggle, never was a member of the Entente.