The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-07-19

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the Relief Corps
The Other shortcomings Wise Leads the
Flag Movement Among New York School
Boys-A Patriotic Feast-Utah's Monu-
ment-Notes and Gleanings.
Thy sacred leaves, fair Freedoms flower
Shall ever float on dome and tower,
To all their heavenly colors true.
In blaekenng frost or crimson dew;
And God love we love thee,
Thrice holy Flower OF Liboriyi
Then hail the banner of the free,
The starry Flower of Liberty.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
THE KINDERGARTEN FLAGS.
Military Park, indianapolis, was the center
of lovely scene, when on a recent afternoon,
the children of the seven Free Kindergartens
assembled and carried ont program of pstri-
otto songs and recitations. They gave the
American patriotic salute to the Stars and
Stripes, and received a flag for each school,
presented by Capt. Wallace Foster, assisted by
q guard of honor Of seven from Maj. Robert
Anderson Post, GAR. The flags were pur-
chased by popular contributions.
Maj. Denny was present with an address. in
the course of which he said he knew Of nothing
that was more fit or that pleased him moro
than to have patriotism instilled in the minds
of the pupils at the public schools.
He said that the presentation of flags to the
pupils was only one way in which this feeling
of patriotism could be brought to bear upon the
minds of the children. He said he spoke not
only for himself but for the citizens of Indian
apolis, whom he knew to be heartily in sympa-
thy with the great flag movement.
THE PRESENTATION.
Capt Foster presented the flags after an elo-
quent address, reviewing the history of the fag
and making an appeal to every loyal man and
woman to unite in q supreme effort to have it
honored in the hearts and lives of the children
of the land.
The flags are storm flags with stats, two so
feet and five Is feet, and when they were IN
furled the faces of the children besmed with
delight.
Each school sent two representatives to the
front line, one with an army corps flag to dis
tinguish the school, The First Army Corps
flag represented School No. /, and so on up
to 2. Each of the guard of seven veterans
held flag to present to the children when the
time came.
Capt. Foster called kindergarten No. 1, say
ing:
No. IL Take now thy sand.
And honor the flag that's in command
Then the first veteran advanced, with flag in
hand, and presented it to No. 1, giving the
school some good words of advice.
One after another the schools were called,
duu pEcotDLhIiOuS mhuc HI VIC otmc OiuCT do
the above; Capt Foster varying the charge to
each school, as follows:
No. 2! Rise up and be
Loyal to the flag that floats for thee.
No. 3! Accept this banner in its fulness OF mean.
Twill inspire your hearts in the twlight's last
cleaning.
No. Al Step into line
With the dear old flag always sublime.
No. s. Little citizens. brave and true.
Keep the flag waving. twill be glory for you.
No. 6! Hurrsh for Old Glory!
Emblem OF freedom. 1t tells the whole story.
No. Z! Bring up the rear,
And stand by the flag we honor and cheer
At the close of the ceremony Capt. Foster ad-
dressed the seven schools in patriotic lines, be-
ginning as follows:
Now under one banner united
Though natives OF different lands.
To one country our allegiance is pghted,
We give you our hearts and our hands.
The honor-guard, headed by Capt Foster,
then shook hands with the kindergarten rep
resentatives and it was q touching sight as the
old, gray. haired veterans talked to the little
children and told them to love the flag that
means so much to them.
The honor guard then tied the seven flags to
the halyards of the Military Park flagstaff and
hauled them to the top, where they bloomed
forth bouquet of beauty and were baptized to
loyalty in the free air of heaven. Then the
900 kindergarten children saluted the flags
words
We give our heads and our hearts
To God and Our country.
Capt Foster has secured the funds and pre-
sented 10 flags, in all. to indianapolis schools
within the past few months. Pass along the
watchw word:
One country. one language one flag.
HoNoRINo THE RELIEF CORPS
At the conclusion of his earnest Plea to the
friends of the flag to place it in every school
room and over every school-house and every
church and every house-top, and to instill
patriotism into the hearts and minds of the
Is, 600 of youth and children of school age
and soon to be law makers, Capt. Foster said:
% wish to tell You of the great patriotic re-
vival that has been inaugurated by the noble
women of the W.RC in nearly every State,
from the golden fields of California to the pine
tree hills of Maine from the lakes to the gulf
1.-The loyal women are abroad in the land,
instilling patriotism into the hearts of the
young Seventeen National associations of
women, affiliated together in the National
Council of Women Of the United States. in
Philadelphia last month Endorsed the move
ment of the W.R.C., and the patriotic work
will go marching until every school in
America will unfurl the flag and teach patriot
ism to the youth"
THE OTHER SIDE.
and happy things have been chroncled. True
it is that much Indifference prevails, but open
hostility is rare.
In Kansas, President n r. Kennedy, of Ri
ley Corps, Leonardville, wrote the Supern-
tendent of Schools at that place, asking him to
lend his influence in introducing the American
flag salute into the schools of Leonardv willie re-
ceiying from him the following reply:
Leonardville, Kan, March a. 1894.
Mrs n, L. Kennedy Riley, Kan.
Dear Madam: l am curious to know by
what authority and for what good reason your
committee orders such foolshness and idolatry
to be practiced by teacher and pupils in the
District school. 1 shouldn't have been more
astonished if l had been asked by one in au-
thority to pay homage to an idol of wood or
stone They are one and the same thing, or if
there is any difference it is in favor of the lat
ter. My motto is, Give God the glory" and
not the American flag, or what it represents
He, and He alone, is to be gloriied.
Yours for the best interests of the school
children. j. r. McNineh.
Here is man who seems to have no concep-
tion of the exalted patriotism expressed by Dr.
Holmes, and which is indeed, one of the cody
virtues:
And God love US rs we love thee,
Thrice holy flower of liberty"
To Superintendent McNinch's inquiry the
Corps made suitable reply, and immediately
and circulated a series of resolutions
to be placed in the hands of the County Super
of Schools and the Board of Examin.
ers. as follows:
" teach patriotism in the communities i'll which
they live. and discountenance any thing that tends