The Legion of the United States was organized into four sub-legions, each of about 1,300 men and each a complete combined-arms force on its own: a battalion of infantry, a battalion of riflemen, a troop of dragoons, and a company of artillery. To distinguish the four sub-legions in the field, Wayne issued orders in September 1792 specifying the cap decorations for each: white woolen binding and white feather plumes with black hair across the crown for the 1st Sub-Legion (depicted by this figure), red for the 2nd, yellow for the 3rd, green for the 4th. The early caps were modified cocked hats with the front turned up; by 1794 these had been replaced with the more modern round hats with the same color codes carried in bearskin roaches running front-to-back across the crown. The sub-legion system was a small-scale experiment in combined-arms organization that anticipated by half a century the modern regimental combat team.

This figure shows a 1st Sub-Legion infantryman advancing across rough terrain while reloading his musket — stepping over a fallen log on the integrated scenic base, right hand reaching to the cartridge box at his hip for the next round. The pose captures one of the harder things infantry asked of a soldier in 1794: keep moving forward while preparing the next shot. He wears the 1st Sub-Legion uniform: blue coat with red facings, red waistcoat, white breeches, the modified cocked hat with white woolen binding and the black hair roach that distinguished his sub-legion from the other three. He pairs with General "Mad" Anthony Wayne Mounted (the commander he served under), the Legion infantryman standing firing, and [the Legion infantry officer advancing — together composing a Sub-Legion firing line.

1/30 scale (60mm), matte-painted, single figure on integrated scenic base, boxed. Catalog number 16112. As with the rest of the W. Britain modern range, the painting is photographic-quality detail intended to read well in dioramas and display cases.