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Starry emblem of our
country rich in history
and honor :: And the grand
old banner will soon be making
more history and receiving great
er honor on the battlefields of
Northern France and Belgium
f HOUGH as yet the baby of nations, Un
cle Snra hns ninny lings of which he linn
reason to be proud. Most of them uro
In the possession of the government, but
n few nre owned by Individuals or
army posts.
One of them, now kept nt the state
house nt Annnpolls, Md wns carried by
tho Maryland troop3 during the wnr of
the American Revolution, nnd Is mnde In accord
ance with tho net of congress, Juno 14, 1777, It Is
positively known to hnvo been the regimental
Hag of the Third Maryland regiment, commanded
by Col. John Engor Hownrd. nt tho battlo of Cow
pens, S. C., In Jnnunry, 1778, In which fight It was
held by William Bachelor. Bachelor was sent
homo to Baltimore wounded and took his flag with
him.
After Bachelor's death In March, 1781, tho flag
remained In his family, and when tho British In
vnded Maryland in 1814 this same Aug was carried
by William, Bachelor's son, In the battlo of North
Point, ns n banner for tho Twenty-seventh Mary
land regiment. This William Bachelor died In 1885)
Tho flag, In 1007, was presented to tho stato of
Maryland and has since then reposed In Its capital
building at Annnpolls.
Another famous banner is tho battlo flag of Com
mandant Oliver Ilazard Perry, tho snmo which
Hew successively on tho masts of his flagships,
tho Niagara and tho Lawrence, In tho battlo of
Lako Eric, September, 1813. This flag had been
made at Perry's express command, but nt tho sug
gestion of Purser ITnmbleton, he added the words
It boro, "Don't give up tho ship," tho last uttered
by Captain Lawrence, killed In tho fight In June,
1813, between tho English and American forces.
These words have erroneously been attributed to
Perry, but are, In fact, nn adoption of Lnwrcnco's
Bontcnco to Perry's flag. Tho bnnner Is n bunting
of ono solid color bearing Its famous motto In
largo letters across Us face, and Is now kept nt
tho United States Navnl academy nt Annnpolls.
A British Trophy.
In tho same chamber at tho academy "is n gor
geous royal British standard which was captured
from tho parliament houso when tho capital of
Canada fell, In 1811), Into American hnnds. It is n
magnificent ensign with flvo qunrterlngs, nil In
radiant tones, tho heraldic blazonry being such ns
wns used In tho tlmo of George III. In ono corner
Is n red lion poised In air, to denote Scotland; In
another Is tho golden harp of Ireland; twoaothor
quarters contnln three golden rnmpnnt lions for
England, whllo In the central quartering Is n com
bination of tho nrms of Saxony, Hanover, Bruns
wick nnd Luneburg, with somo emblems of tho
Holy Iloman empire.
In the National museum In Washington Is tho
real Star Spangled Bnnne'r, tho snmo flag which
floated over Fort McIIenry In Soptembcr, 1814,
when It wns nttneked by tho British, nnd tho ono
around which Key wroto his Immortal poem. Be
ing 80 by 20 feet, ft will hang from tho second story
of a building to the first floor. In splto of tlmo
It Is well preserved, nnd tho Btnrs nnd stripes
which "gleamed through tho perilous fight" nro
etlll plainly to bo seen.
Mexican" trophies are to bo seen at tho Naval
ncademy. Thcso flags nro nil unique In design,
bearing tho Mexican condor standing on n enctus,
with n snnko In Its mouth. There nro sovornl of
,thls war, ono of (hem being tho flng captured by
den. Wlnflcld Scott nnd Commodore Mntthow Per
ry nt tho fall of Vera Cruz In 1817.
y.In the antechamber to tho rooms of tho secrc
itary of wnr, In Washington, Is tho famous flag
which flew over Fort Sumtor in April, 1801, when
It wns fired on by tho Confcdorato batteries. This
"was tho shot which opened tho great war between
Itho states.
Tho flag of tho Mcrrimac Is now owned by tho
tfrfnilly of tho Into Oupt. Boverly Llttlepage, for
merly of Washington.
Another flag of tho Merrlmac Is In tho posses-
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slon of Mr. C. F. Gunthcr of Chicago; this was tho
first ono raised, but was shot away. Tho flag
owned by tho Llttlcpngcs Is tho second ono run up.
Regan's Flag.
In the rooms of the Stevenson Post nt Roxbury,
Mass., Is preserved ono of the strangest banners
the world has ever seen. In a tobacco factory In
Richmond, In Civil war times, ninny Fcdornl sol
diers were prisoners, among them n Timothy J.
Regan. Regan conceived the Idea of making a flng
of Federal Stars nnd Stripes even In the closo
confinement of their prison. There were nbout 20
men nnd they secretly got together the mnterlnl.
A flannel shirt mado tho blue ground, a 'shirt of
white cotton furnished tho white stars, and goods
were bought sufllclcnt to mnke the red and whlto
stripes. In hiding, they worked nt their tnsk till nt
lafit it was finished. It wns thrown to the wind nt
once In n plnco which wns sheltered from tho
vlow of the guards, then torn Into strips nnd di
vided nmong tho men. After tho wnr, Regnn, by
persistent effort, mnnnged to get together nil tho
pieces and had them sewn Into n flng, which Is
now nt Roxbury,
Tho ling of the Maine, the ship whoso sinking
preclpltnted the Spanish-American wnr in 1808, Is
kept nt Annnpolls. Nenr by tho bnnncrs enptured
by Dewey nt Mnnlln from the Spnnlsh, us well as
trophies of tho bnttlo of Santiago.
Tho bnnner which floated over the North polo,
raised there April 0, 1000, by Commander Robert
E. Pcnry, now lies for safekeeping In tho vaults of
a snfe deposit company In Washington. It wns
mnde by Mrs. Peary, the stars being worked In
silk embroidery. It wns flown In tho wind on tho
shores of tho Polnr sea for moro than a fourth
of Its circumference. Tho bits of whlto with
which It Is dotted Indicate tho fragments which
the explorer left with records nt dlffcreut plnces
lu his Journey. Somo wero deposited nt Cnpo
Morris K.'Jcssup, tho fnrthest northern point of
Innd on enrth ; ono was left nt Cnpo Thomns nub
bnrd, another nt the starting point of tho dash
for tho pole Cnpo Columbia five bits nro In tho
Ice of "Peary's Fnrthest North," In 1000, nnd ono
Is yet In tho eternal stillness of the North polo
itsolf.
Oldest Flag In Museum.
The oldest flag liAtho National museum, at
Washington, Is thc-i, first United States flag of
which thoro Is authentic record. This Is tho bnn
ner of John Pnul Jones. On tho very dny tho law
was enacted establishing a national flag for tho
United States of America, Juno 4, 1777, congress
appointed John Paul Jones to bo commander of
tho Rnnger, History does not rolute, with au
thority, tho exnet dnto of tho making of the
Ranger's flag, but It must have been very soonqj
nftcr the congressional enactment, because tho
war department states that "The ship Ranger,
bearing tho Stars and Stripes and commandod
by Capt. Pnul Jones, nrrlved t n French port
nbout Docomber 1, 1777, nnd her flng received, on
Februury 14, ,1778, tho first snluto over paid to nu
American flng by foreign navfl vessels."
Later, Pnul Jones set his loved ensign high
above tho Bon Homme Richard and It waved tri
umphant over many a fierce encounter with tho
foes of tho now country. Tho most notable of
theso wus when it cumo in contact with tho Brit- ,
lsh ship Sorapls In 1770 and went down. Comtno- ;
dor Jones rescued his precious "starry flag" and i
hoisted It over tho Captured Scrupls, bringing it
first American flag that came Into existence after
tho enactment of congress. As evidence of the
theory they point ,to tho 12 sturs Instead of 13.
Had this flag had nn ofllclal predecessor tfte mls
tnko In tho number of stars would hardly hnve
occurred.
This historic standard, kept Intact by long nnd
loving care, shows its age In much-frayed edges
nnd worn pntches. The 12 stnrs, nrrnnged In
three parallel perpendicular rows, still stand out
stanchly on their unstable foundation, for the
blue field and the 13 red nnd white stripes hnve
grown pathetically threadbare.
The National museum contains n collection of
remnnnts of tings that participated In navnl en
gngoments from the time of the Revolutionary war
to tho war with Mexico ; also those of foreign ves
sels of wnr captured by the navy during those
periods. This display of fragments Is quite inter
esting. It wns collected by Peter Force of Wash
lngton, nnd presented by him to the llbrnry of
congress, which trnnsferred it to the Nntlonnl
museum.
Among these remnnnts Is n pleco of the Brit
ish flag of La Guerrlere, used during her encoun
ter with the Constitution, nnd of the Jnvn. worsted
by tho snmo lndomltnblo American, ns well ns n
frngment of the flng of tho Algerlne brig Zourn,
enptured tinder Decntur.
A division of tho museum's flng collection re
lates to the Civil war, and the most Interesting
of these Is tho gnrrlson flag of Fort Moultrie, in
Charleston harbor, South Carolina. This flag was
lowered December 20, 1800, when MnJ. Robert
Anderson, First United States artillery, moved
his forces to Fort Sumter. The flng was secured
by his second In command, Capt. Abncr Double
day, and remained In his possession until present
ed to the Smithsonian Institution at Washington.
In the National museum also Is the United
States flag raised In New Orleans by the volunteer
ling committee nftcr the occupation In 1802. This
was the first Federal flag raised by citizens of any
of the Confederate states nftcr tho commence
ment of hostilities. Here, too,- is the flng of tho
United Stntes ship Kenrsnrge. In use nt the time
of the surrender of the Confedernte cruiser Ala
bama, also the first United States flag raised In
Richmond nfter the surrender. This wns used ns
headqunrters flng by Gen. E. O. C. Ord, U. S. A.,
when ho took possession of tho city.
The history of our wnr with Spnln Is Illus
trated at tho National museum by a series of flags
of picturesque Interest. There Is here the Spnnlsh
gnrrlson flng used nt Fort San Cristobal, San
Juan, Porto Rico, during tie entire war, and
floated over the fort during the bombardment by
the American fleet. May 12. 1808. There Is. too,
the flag lowered from tho customhouse at the
plnzn, Ponce. Porto Rico, when it surrendered to
tin? United Stntes. Tho yellow strlpo In this flng
was painted red to glvo It a chance to cscnpe
Identlflcntlon, Another flng here wns tnken from
the trenches before Santiago., nnd still another is
n guidon used by Spnnlsh Infantry at Porto Rico.
The museum Is also custodian of the pennant
flown by Admlrnl Schley on tho Brooklyn during
tho bnttle of Santiago.
The United States Marine corps has n muubet
of flngs of vltnl Import. It Is proud of its tro
phies, nnd well It mny bo, for It was the foremost
' In winning them. Tho Marine corps possesses tho
first American flng under tire In Cuba. This flng
homo covered with honor. was raised by the Marine battalion nt Guantn
Tho museum authorities believe this to bo tb r, innmo, the tenth of June, 1803. nnd flew during
j mnrlnes nt that point. After its use In this en-
-t,'' -l gngoment it was hauled down and seijt to head-
quarters nt wnsningion
Anntlinn nntmvnpthv flnr hnlnnrrlni tn thn prims
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nt snlnthood through n visit to tho tomb of tho ft lis tho signal flng used by Sergeant Quick nt the
prophet nt Meccn. bnttle of Cuzco. During the engagement tho fleet
After tho dervishes cau.o tho members of "Union C. j stationed In tho bay, whllo tiring on tho enemy,
nnd Progress," tho Young Turks, In Pnrlslnn dress. . wns seriously endnngerlng tho unseen mnrlnes on
Somo of tho fnces wero milk whlto; now nnd then , ' lnnd, who already had the Spaniards surrounded.
onp snw n gray head among thorn. , 'A volunteer wns requested to go out nnd slgnnl
In the eyes of- tho dervishes burned tho Are of to the fleot to stop firing. Sergeant Quick tm
tho past; in tho Young Turks thnt of tho future.; mediately responded, nnd In full view of the
Which ono Is approaching his last hour In the V enemy stood nnd wig-wagged the Dolphin to stop
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uzmnn uinusT
Tho head of n tnoro conservative Turk camo In
view, that of tho now heir to tho sultnn's throne.
Vahdcddln, of Porslnu typo, long, narrow-nosed
FUNERAL OF TURKISH CROWN FRINGE
Tim fnllnwlntr account of tho funernl cortege of
the Turkish crown prlnco is given by Alexunder
Brody, who saw tho ceremony;
On tho scarlet covered coflln In which tho body
of Jussuf Izzeddln, tho crown prlnco of Turkoy,
iwho had killed himself in his harem, wns carried
to tho grave lay his fez, or "knlbng," In tokcu of
his military caroer, - .-.
The coflln wus mado of wood, for nietnl Is too
pcarco oven fd"r n prlnco, nnd It wns borne by tho
Eunuchs of tho royal household. Jussuf had boon
ind to his servants although stern with their
eersT'----. "
iA gigantic Jiegro with tho eyes of n faithful
hound constantly smoothed tho red cloth lest a
wrlnklo might dishonor the seemllness of tho occa
Hlon, and ho kept constant watch on tho pnllbenr
tors Tho DOO burly negro ounuchs wero ns ono In
fchclr grief. Following them wero tho chamber
lains and uttendnnts if tho household, with red
caps on their black heads.
Tho coflln wns gently laid on the. Mussnln tasay,
n Dfaycr stone, fragments of nn old Greek column
dating back to tho days of tho victorious emperors.
Tho holy prayor wnB chnnted; "Blssm IUnh Irrah
E, elhamd vo Illnhl. rebbt ul nlcniln" ("In the
mmo of God, tho merciful and gracious" . Then
itho holy men approached, dorvishes of nil ranks,
atevlovH and ruputis, uio manna vuw u
feS on themselves by I Impos ng c mmV tin r
fniu nidi oil iiicir hlhuo. j v..
F."! ... iu i.onrtrendlnK. Tho green cloth nbout
heads of some indicates that they hnve arrived
fenturos resombllng Abdul Hnmld's.
Ono may only conjecturo concerning this repre
sentative of royalty, grown up in tho shado of tho
harem wnlls, In coustnnt compnnlonshlp of women
of tho Orient, who never divulge anything about
their lords nnd masters. Tho now crown prlnco is
long past middle age. Behind him rode Prlnco
Medsld, uged and worn; in fact, tho wholo royal
family has left youth behind.
A group of Arabs camo next. Tho rays of tho
cold spring sunlight throw palo gold over tho fancy
costumes of theso uton of tho desert.
A prominent merchant whispered : "They nro tho
Arabs, of tho faith, yet they do not obey Allah be
cause ho Is merciful, but because (hoy fear him,
nnd not without reason. I fenr that avo cannot
trust them lu this holy war, at least somo of
them. They value- monoy too highly, especially
sliver, although they havo no contempt for gold."
Now York Herald.
firing. Tho signal flag was rent In several places,
hut the sergeant escaped Injury. For this net he
received n mednl nnd honornblo mention
Among somo later flags to come Into possession
of the Marino corps is tho large United Stntes
flag used by the marines during tho slego of the
legation In Peking at tho tlmo of the Boxer riots.
It may bo recoiled that tho gtinrd of tho Oregon
served In Peking. This wns their post flng nnd
wns planted on the Tartar city wnll, where it wns
Jeulously guarded. Later it was hoisted on tho
ruins of tho Imperial Chlcn Men ns n slgnnl to
tho allied forces, nnd It hns the honor of being
tho first slgnnl tho lntter had that their friends
wero still living. The flag shows Its hard usngo
at the hands of its enemies, being torn In sev
eral places by volleys of shot nnd shell assail
ing It.
Another Chtneso memento possessed by tho Mn
rinp corps Is n Inrgo Iraperinl flag captured on tho
wnlls ot Tientsin oy tne mnrlnes when they at
tacked tho city. This is a Uirgo pennnnt-shnDed
nfTnlr of turkey red, wlllv cnlgmntlcnl Chinese
characters in its center.
In recognition of the services ren
dered since he went to London to per
fect arrangements for Joint nnvnl ac
tion of tlie war vessels of the United
Stntes, Grent Brltnln, nnd Frunce,
Rear, Admiral William S. Sims hiw
been promoted to be vice ndmlral. Tho
only other ofllcer of this rank In tho
nnvy Is Vice Admlrnl Dewltt Coffmnn,
who Is second In commnnd of the At
lantic bnttleshlp fleet.
Vice Admiral Sims, who is the
ranking Amerlcnn naval officer abroad,
Is In command of the destroyers now
operating In European wntcrs.
In the period Immediately preced
ing tho Spanish-American war, Ad
mlrnl Sims, then n llcutonnnt, wns
nnval attache nt Pnrls, nnd wns In
trusted with buying ships and supplies
for the nnvy. He spent hundreds of
thousands of dollars, keeping in touch
with sources of supply In Europe, nnd
rendered vnlunble service. He re-
mnlned nn nttuche nt Paris until 1000,- when he wns recnlled and sent to the
Asiatic station, being assigned to duty on tho battleship Kentucky.
In 1002 Lleutenunt Sims wns ordered to the nnvy department and placed
in charge of the office of nnval practice, ne'remnlned there nenrly seven
yenrs, and it was during this time that great Improvement was made in the
navy in gunnery, largely owing to the methods introduced by him.
SEES LATIN AMERICA AS ALLY
Speaking nt n speclnl open-air
Liberty Loan mnss meeting under the
auspices of the churches of Baltimore,
John Barrett, director of the Pan-
Amerlcnn Union, sntd:
"That the whole western hemis
phere will be directly engaged In the
war before another year pnsscs Is now
not only possible, but very probable.
Speaking unofllclnlly, for no one enn
spenk todny In this crisis for nil
America, but basing conclusions on
the consistent nttltude of the Latln-
Amerlean press and the expressed
opinions of Lntln-Amerlcan statesmen,
It can bo said that, despite the Justi
fiable, nnd even prnlseworthy, neu-
trnllty of some of the Latin-American
countries, there Is no question what
ever that it now looks ns if events
would inevltnbly cause all of them to
align themselves with the United
States and Is European allies.
"The preponderating public senti
ment everywhere in Lntln America Is undoubtedly pro-American and ally.
The governments remaining neutral cannot be described as being in any
way under German Influence. It may be tlmt It would be for better for the
eventual best Interests of the United Stntes, Great Britain, Frnike nnd Italy
if they would remain neutral. Certain mighty and Irresistible, but almost in
tangible, forces nnd Influences of both sentlmentnl nnd economic chnracter
toward a break with Germany nre, however, powerfully at work everywhere
in Latin America, nnd 'cannot be checked."
COMMANDS MARINES IN FIELD
Col. Chnrles Augustus Doyen, who
commnnds the 2,000 marines in France,
ns a part of the fighting division under
MaJ. Gen. John J. Pershing, Is one of
the best-known officers of the corps.
He Is a veteran of the Philippine cam
paigns, of the operations in various
parts of the West Indies, nnd in other
parts of the world. Until his designa
tion ns commander of tne mnrlne regi
ment jvhlch nccorapnnied Pershing
overseas, Colonel Doyen was in com
mand of the Washington, D. C, ma
rine bnrrncks.
Colonel Doyen is n nntive of New
Hnmpshlre, and wns grndunted from
the United Stntes Naval academy In
1881. He Is a close friend of Admiral
Sims, the commander of tlie American
forces in European waters, and during
his few years at sea he and Sims were
shipmates on the old corvette Swnta
ra. Sims was then the ensign nnd
Doyen n second lieutenant of marines.
Colonel Doyen has long been considered oae of the best disciplinarians In the
corps. He Is an expert when it comes to machine-gun wnrfnre, and he is
one of the officers who have had a prominent part in the organization of tho
machine-gun units of the Mnrlno corps, which nre today on a par with the
best organizations In tho world.
The 2,700 officers and men In France with Colonel Doyen nre orgnnlzed
Into companies of 250 men. Tho commnnd is ono almost entirely composed,
of veterans, nnd It Is understood thnt nmong tho force will 'be nt lenst one
compnny ench of grenade throwers and another which will opernto the trench
mortars. A grent many of the men who are under Colonel Doyen nre vet
erans of the Dominican, "Haitian, nnd Vera Cruz operations.
NORTHCLIFFE'S ERRAND COMMERCIAL
With the possible exception of
Premier Lloyd George, Baron North
cllffe of tho Island of Thanet wields
more power than any other man In
Great Britain. Courageous, resource
ful, vigorous In nttack and persistent
tn purpose, Alfred nnrmsworth prob
ably has had more to do with shaping
British policies since the wnr began
than nny other Engllshmnn, not ex
cluding even Lloyd George.
Never before hns tho power of the
press been so strikingly and sweep
ingly demonstrated as by the career
of Lord Northcliffe. Beginning life
as a reporter, In .less than thirty
years ho Is now fifty-one Alfred
Ilarmsworth hns nchleved a position
unparalleled In tho history of Journal
ism in tho world. Ho is now the con
trolling owner of a string of British
newspapers larger in Influence, charac
ter nnd resources than nny previous
coiublnntlon In nny country. Lord
Northcliffe is Intolerant of blundering. Ho is intolerant of the policy of
"muddling through," nnd sternly and strongly protests tho blundering opera'
tlons which nro avoidable.
Lord Northcliffe comes to the United States dn n purely commercial
errand and does not succeed Arthur J. Balfour, British foreign minister, as
head of tho British mission In the United States in nny way. Lord North
cliffe will havo no diplomatic standing.
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