Battalion; remaining companies became elements of the 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division. • Demobilized 2–7 June 1919, at Camp Meade, Maryland. • 5th Infantry Regiment, MDNG, reorganized at Baltimore, Maryland, between Dec. 1919 and Apr. 1923; Headquarters Federally recognized 1 May 1923. • Reorganized and redesignated 5th Infantry Regiment (Rifle), MDNG, 1 May 1940. • Redesignated 175th Infantry Regiment (Rifle), 1 Jan. 1941. • Inducted into Federal service 3 Feb. 1941, as a component of the 29th Infantry Division. • Inactivated 11-17 Jan. 1946, at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. • 175th Infantry Regiment reorganized and Federally recognized 12 Nov. 1946. Distinctive unit insignia Description A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 5/16 inches (3.33 cm) in height consisting of a cross bottony quarterly Gules and Argent surmounted by a Gray roundel bearing the number "5" in Gold within a Red belt garnished Gold with the inscription "DECUS ET PRAESIDIUM" in Gold letters. Symbolism The red color of the annulet is symbolic of the red uniforms of the Baltimore Independent Cadets, the military forebears of the Regiment, which during the War of the Revolution were incorporated in Smallwood's Regiment of the Maryland Line. Superimposed on the annulet is a belt of military design and origin containing the inscription "Decus Et Praesidium," the regimental motto which is translated "An Honour and a Guard." The belt is the heraldic symbol of knighthood and identifies the insignia as being of the military order, while the gray field represents the Confederate Service in the Civil War. The numeral "5," the historic designation of the regiment, was assigned following the Revolutionary War by act of the General Assembly of Maryland in 1794. The insignia is the design of the Crossland Arms, Alicia Crossland having been the mother of George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore and planner of the colony of Maryland. The insignia symbolizes the historic record of the regiment from 1774 to 1931. The cross bottony forms the escutcheon, and the annulet represents the five most significant periods in the regiment's history until the time of adoption: 1774—the organization of the Baltimore Independent Cadets; 1776—the Revolutionary War; 1814—War of 1812; 1861—the Civil War, Confederate Service; and 1918—World War I. Background The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 9 July 1958. Coat of arms Blazon Shield- Azure, two pallets Argent, a torteau charged with a swan's head erased of the second, on a chief paly of