Companies were commanded by captains, with lieutenants and ensigns (or subalterns) beneath him. Graduates are commissioned as Ensigns in the Navy or Second Lieutenants in the Marine Corps. Like all British Ensigns, the colonial flags of Guyana were all ratio 1&colon;2. Consideration was given to renaming second lieutenants as ensigns. The current naval and civil ensigns are identical to the national flag. Each squadron flew one of the three ensigns. These include formal customs including separate crests associated with ships, ensigns and fleet reviews. Defaced white ensigns include that of the British Antarctic Territory. The "signa militaria" were the Roman military ensigns or standards. The Admiralty chose the Red for private vessels and Blue Ensigns for government ships. Under him were three other ensigns and forty enlisted men. Royal Navy ships have several ensigns used when under way and when in port. All of the coloured ensigns contain the union flag as part of the design. When engaged in battle a warship often flies multiple battle ensigns. There was a proposal in 2003 to deface national civil ensigns with the EU emblem.