The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-08-05
THE FRENCH FLAG.

From the New York Wotll
Not the least important and inter.
csting feature of the French national
fcte Tomorrow will i,t the presenta
ton of their new cOlOrs to the various
regiments Of the army. The staff al
the reginental flag j. Of ash, in one
piece and without knot or flaw, two
metres in length and thirty-two MILL
metres i'm diameter. and ending Mt the
base in q socket Of gilded wood. IL il
sand-papered. painted blue, and high
IL vanished. To il the flag il fastened
with screw. of gildcd brass let into
silver eyelets in the seam Of the blue
silk. The flag il ninety centimetres
square. and three bands of blue, white
and red silk being sOwn together by
hand. The material IL grOs-de- Naples,
the colors being prepared 20 ~ TO with
stand soaking in rain and fading i'm
sunshine and smoke. The fold IL
double; on one side il painted In let.
tiers of gold, "Republigue Franchise
HOnneur ct Patrie;;" the other bears
corps has distinguished it-elf. In each
corner IL laurel wreath encircling
the number If the regiment. A hand
Of fine gold lace runs round the flag,
and there il fringe Of gilt silver.
The flag il surnountesi by plate or
tablet Of giIded wood, bearing In re-
lief, in charactefs Of gilt bronze, on
one side the number 81 the regiment.
on the other. "R. F." above which
which rises aspear head Of gilt bruno
The "cravat" tied at the base Of the
tablet IL Of tri-colored silk, inscribed
with the number of the regiment, and
heavily fringesl with gold. To u !. To
be attached the cross Of the Legion Of
Honor. when the regiment by some
particularly heroic feat II arms. has
earned the distinction. The long de-
lay IN giving the flag. To the various
regiments has keen explained on the
ground thst after \ large nomt,er u
them had been manufactured IL va.
found that with their weight OF me-
tallic ornament they WERE incDnyen-
ien;ly heavy. Thaf such . biunder
should have occurred j. alnso-t iucred-
ibis, for under the ~ecoud Empire the
eagles WERE made Of that Iighte-t Of
metals, aluminium. - n To reduce
their weight by IS per c~nt.
Up Ia the present time Ff1nce has
had many faes, from the blue cloak
Of the soldier saint, "a Martin. adopted
in &as by Clovis ~ his standard The
great orinammc II "a. Denis vAs red
Philip Augustus eho>e - the royal
hammer . white dag sfrevn With golden
Iiilies- Charies VI. made u hue. with
, GENITAL white crtrs- This large Lat
in crss usually white. thSagh rcd On
The standards al Duesesrlin. Charies
VII, Louis NJ, and John II, vae
found On nearly all the French dags
mp In liza. Like Clovis, <ieef~rf,
Chariemange, Chasiss the Bsld. I>oui.
VII. Louis XIV. and foe . long firD~
Louis Nv, Affected sky bI0e;;oa fbesr
easlgrs- In the Niddse Ass> the
. bite aax. coming tn BE- reEAried
- the signal cf truc~ os saSrva-
ier. went oot 81 geo<sal u- n
} laftie flag, and wAs ciAlmeut 6fSf -
he per~aaal hammer Of the kiGhess of-
kees. then of the king hi@s<if Louis |
XVI. jealnssly aksnli.Aes1 she olHre a
rosaae3gsa<sll, - tke vniae 40.
Sn1eg - be the pses1gnetvs a tha1
'spestss e0css. heca0e IL ~ aalhna-
! kaaaes. H. sneasa. hsvsvss. -
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