The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-11
FLAGS AND FLAGS
TWELVE THOUSAND SENT TO ST.
PAUL BY THE SECRETARY OF
FOR DECORATIVE PURPOSES.
THEY MAY ALL BE TURNED OVER
TO THE LADIES' COM
MITTEE.
CORPS FLAGS OF GEN. SHERIDAN
Were Sent But VIII be Returned
to Washington Without Be-
ing Opened.
FOR DECORATIVE PURPOSES.
CORPS FLAGS OF GEN. SHERIDAN

Twelve thousand flags were brought
to ST. Paul yesterday morning ana
turned over to Maj. Simpson, OF the
quartermaster's department OF the
regular army They were sent by the
secretary of war for use in decorat-
ing the city during the Grand Army
encampment.
The flags include nearly every kind
that has been or is now in use in the
army. There are corps flags of all
kinds and the big garrison flags, II by
40 feet in size.
While unpacking this immense con-
signment it was discovered that 80
flags, which were a part of the corps
flags of Gen. Phil. Sheridan, were
among the number. These are very
valuable and a telegram was sent to
Washington asking if it had been in
tended that they should have been
sent along with the others. The re-
ply came to return them without I'M
packing them. They are all ks
feet, made of silk and are of value far
beyond their intrinsic worth.
Without them, however, there are
enough. In fact the question which is
now troubling Gen. Brooke, who will
have the disposition of their use, is
what to do with them. The sugges-
ton was made yesterday that it would
be a good idea to turn them over to
the Ladies' committee and allow them
10 use them for purposes Of decoration.
Unless some more acceptable Sugges-
ton is made this may be DONE
The receipt of so many Of these flags
will be a surprise to many, as while it
was known that the department at
Washington would forward a number,
1t was never suspected that the num-
Der would reach 1900. There are
enough to decorate an entire city of
fair dimensions, and they will certain
ly enable the people of st. Paul to add
materially to the liberal plans already
mapped out for beautifying the city
for the big event.
Two weeks from today the Audi
forum will be turned over to the G.
A. R. committee on halls and camp
fires, clothed in coat Of white paint
and gaily ornamented with decorations
appropriate to the gatherings which
will be held within its walls during
encampment week Market hall and
Martins hall, on the West side, will
also be placed i'll the hands of the COM
mittee at the same time after having
been cared for by firms to whom the
contracts for ornamentation were
awarded yesterday.
H. G. Neal, of this city secured the
contract for decorating the Auditorium
on the bid of $500, and, while the com
mittee was limited to some extent in
Its appropriation, the specifications
call for an arrangement of flags.
shields, silk banners and bunting
which will transform the hall into a
place of unusual beauty Blue bunting
will be arranged on the ceiling in the
form of a square canopy from which
red, white and blue streamers will RIM
to the side walls, and all of the arches
are to be covered with the national
colors in artistic designs. Large flies
or different colors will cover the walls
and ceiling on the sides of the blue ton
canopy in order that the bare wood
work of the interior of the building
may be entirely covered, and a man.
moth United States flag will form a
curtain pack or the platform. In the
cholr balcony the decorations will he
of red, white ard blue streamers alter
hatlng with American flags. The
spectators balcony, the first floor and
the parquette are to be adorned in a
similar manner, and upon all of tha
pests and columns will be shields CON
tanning the names and portraits OF
Famous war generals. The entrance and
reception rooms will be the especial
OBJECT of effort on the part of the con-
tractors who have assured the COM