New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-25

was six feet six inches long four four inches wide.
and the blue field was made square and to the depth "t
seven sriDe,. The proportion Of width beng TWO
thirds of the length kept up IL the making Of hls7
to this day.
This original flag holstcd over Fort SCHUYLER
the lower end OF Long Island sound on August - l'''
Then Congress enacted the following amendment t. the
law:
The entire length Of the flag for Amy Use Is 70 De-
six feet six inches ana ID" width four i"'
four inches. The Upper seven OF tho wft "
stripes four rcd and tire whit. 70 bind 900"
square Of the blue G,d nc!o-iut te sar'; The STRIPE"
10 extend from the end Of the nci 20 the end Of the Ar
Tho next o. cphtn Str to De white extending partly a-
the base Of The field. TIC other n'c stripe three rd
and wllc. - f1u o. cnir. length ~ the h'4d.
Mrs Ross was designated by Congress rs The manu-
facjurcr OF tnc new nag for the Government ana
She followed this occupation for many years. when
she married Nlr. Claypoie and turned the business
over 10 DC? daughter ClaI,si. The latter subsequently
Joined tine society OF Friends, upon winch she give mp
the profitable Lu>uc,, OF making ha.s for the cos.
eminent As it was possible thit beg hanciwork might
DE used in the time Of war - which Inc quaker,
were prJiesecdly and decidedly opposed.
The Tag not destined 10 remain continuously I'D
the form adopted n 1871. Vermont. tne fourteenth
sta;c wa, admitted to the Union on March f. l'0l, AID
next the bill admitting Kentucky wa passed Oh icp
ruary 4. 1892. Then Congress, on January 49, l''l
Resolved That from aud aitar the hi-t oi Nay l'''
Tho lnlltd SliIc- SNAIL D i'D''i 'e''i
natng red aad white and that the union b. Arn s-r-
white In "A blue ned.
Thc bill was attacked by several member 81 Ton
rrc.s bong declared that this rate We may 20
on adding and altering for 100 year, TO come The
bill was finally passed. because II was feared mat IT.
rejection might offend the twO new >ialc-, but 1t Wa
emphatically declared that fifteen stripe, Wis more
tlan enough, the symmetry Of the nag was thus dc
,troycd and Will have 10 more alteration, ol th'
SORT The people a. this DAY appreciate the WIS
dom of ti, conclusion, and the prospect OF be"ldcr
ing succession Of stripes. But member ad the force
of his opinion To move That tie number oil s'"P''
should be permanent, but the wisdom Of allowing c''i
new state 10 have its share in the symbol, upon nc
National flag has been recognized by everybody. The
new flag with its fifteen narrow stripes, and inc 'I'
arranged in three Of five each, remained ~ the
flag Of the Union until 1sl-, and was borne on uo
ships Of the Navy and by the soldiers OF the AIi>
during the war with Great Britain from 1879 t. ISL"
In the meanwhile. five new state had been admitted
ia the UniOn namely, Tennessee, june ], l'VO ohio
November 30. 1eO2; Louisiana. Aprl r, 1ol2' IN
diana December II, 1-1G; Mississippi December ~
~ In lsl7 Congressman Peter H. Wcndovcr' OF
New York. proposed - make change in the na4' III
,cv- ~ thc fact ilat there i've states not rep
resented on the flag. committee was appointed -
consider the proposition, aud Captain sannc = h'Iu'
whose fame I'm connection with his command "i 'hc
nrivatccr General Armstrong in her Sight at laiaI Lah
made him widely known, was mNlJ.d W huEF''V Z"
design Captain Reid recommended that the sinp''
he reduced 10 thirteen, to represent the original thirteen
states. that the stars, representing each Of the STATES
lc formed into one great star, symbOlzing the Ma
tjoual motto + PluribuS Unum," and That star be
added for each state. The suggestion was ac
cepted ly The committee, and bill passed ana ap-
proved by President Monroe on April 4, lolo, a.
follows:
That from and the fourth day Of july next the nag
Of th United ac thirteen horizontal Stripes, At
red and white; that union have twenty stars, "h' ~
a blue field. That the admission Of every re" S'air
into he Union shall added the union In IN"
flag and that addition shall take effect on the IoaEh
day O. July succeeding such admission.
There was much opposition 10 the change when first
proposed, but CongIrss Wendovcr went at The
subject with vgor in the spring Of !al7 ard III
a letter Of March IS. on the subject. he said
This day the GIst call the docket was the star
spanged Banner noisted striped bunting In Com
nittce Of the Whole After had made fe" observations
and sat down. Mr. Po!ndeXter moved % stIIe out "e y
stars and seven" with View 10 have stripes Tor '
old and stars for the Motion rejected almost
unanimously.
rhe law, as passed then. remains IN force today
The frs nag, designed by Captain Reid. was made
by Mrs. Reid and her young women friends ana II
was hostcd over the hall of the House OF Hel-
rescntatives on April 10. ISIS. since then tn FOL
lowing states have been admitted 10 the Union
Illinois. December g. ISIS: Alabama, December H.
1873: Maine. March 10. $50; Missouri, Aheh't 10
1871 Arkansas, June 10. 1896. Mlcnsai' January
% 1891 Florida March g. 1915. TeNa,. December
90 Is45. Iowa, December %. 1916. WISCONSIN,. May
90 1913; California September y, l5Jo, hhiIeao'd'
MAY IL, 1853; oregon. February ia; le1o kansas
January 20, 1861: West Virginia, June ~ iS oy
Snyad. Octoher N. 1864: Nebraska March i. 1857 {.