Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-11-11
UNCLE SANS FLAGS
Dist!aS.ishinS csiors 81 The navy
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course, take precedence Of all other
days, comes b jack. or. more con-
uonly, the union taken out Of th,
main ~eolorS, and it il exclusively ,h.
Distinguishing Gag Of the navy.
The p~rekidert Of the United State,
Nho is the head Of the army and navy
il entitled 20 the frIt "rarkinr- say
in the country. The presidents fsK
Is a spread eagle-the nifionll co.t-
q arm-mounted on \ hlue Geld. ,ur.
mounted by = cured row Of IL star,
II is five feet six inches long BIZ. four
feet four inches wide. is made OF lie
hnes quality Of seamless silk and liz,
trimmed with yellow fringe.
Next to the presidents coicr1 com.
the hagH of the secretaries of w1rprd
lazy. hat for the secretary of war
WAS adopted as recently as March =
1897. II is made of scarlet EiIk:andi,
otherwise identical with The pr,.j-
cents nag. with the exception sra,
The IL stars are replaced by.four white
stars in the corners. The speci,I a.,
Tor the secretary of The navJ Ia.
blue field. and instead of the national
coat OF arnI is sm~broi6ersd with.
'HAAt auCuOT III Inc center. -
Following in the order Of rank ~.
most important Gag in TIE .rny. n.,,
20 that Of the secretary @! war
the United States army L~ea1ouzrr,,
standard. II has q hlue fed corr--op,.
J! embroidered with The narinrafarr.
In brown and gold. Wherever I, ar.
pears In active service il terotrs Is.
presence OF b general couuandir.-
the army or his neare.t rankiur OF.
Ger.
In the regular line OF march r,
regiment eompo,irg an srmr carries
al lis front th= national color. b.a.
!hg on the fourth red stripe from the
Top the number OF the regimen, and
IT'S character, whether infantry. CAV.
airy or artillery. Besides this. II r
fiei a r.gimrntal flag on which is ,r-.
hroidered a national Goa, Of arm.
similar TO that on the p-e.iacr,.,.-..
elal Tag. The regimental rar.-tb.
Infantry Is blue; the rarzIr, /,
low. The artillery and battalion coin-
icr engineers are both scarlet. I'm, ".
rag Tor engineers bears = thrrr,-...
reted castle instead of the .,,.a.,
eagle. -
Detached troop. OF cavalry and
'!iery carry small Euidons or me-.
nantS bearing the troop number ,rd
litter. '
The regulation eoiors for the armr
whether national or reginental mea,.
ure 81 feet long by four fee, four
inches wide. All service" flag. mr..
made OF bunting; color. for cereu- ~
are OF silk. The trimmings. fringe.r.r
cord tasseli OF all flag, mus, p,
form to the regulation colors OF -
division TO which they belong. F,,r
pixies are nine feet lons- and ~
In diameter in the center. tsp,r,r..
slightly toward the ends. The nn.
IS tipped with a n!ekel.piaied spear.
head In the ihaps OF . heart.
In The navy there are seven nnr~
originating rank. aside from the she.
cial Nag of the secretary OF the na,,
Next 10 his is the assistant secr,tary:
an exact counterpart OF III. fo,m,r
only hat the colors are reyer..a 4;
the remaining flags have a hin, 6,,,,
anu "hi'e stars; the order b-inp. fnr
'nnirais. Our stars; for vice admiryi.
three stars; for rear ndmiTais. Nv
stars; for commodore. one star In
center OF blue pennant. The car
thins pennAnt IL a strip Of BUNTING s.
ftet long, with II stare in a blu. E.ht
and a red and white 1trIpe. Las, IF al
Is a small triangular p~ennan& With
dead blue field denoting the senior OF,
hceF's presence In the absence OF 4hs
captain Of a ship.
The special flag of the officer h,eh.
est In rank Invariably floats from IA.
main" OF the vessel he IL on. when
'he secretary Of the navy visits a shin
oi war the commanding officers col
ors are Immediately lowered from the
masthead and the Secretary's flag take.
us place. During n squadron cruise
the captain Of the flagship never dies
ms special flag. the admiral beipe
The highest ranking officer.
mere are seven sizeE OF flags us,dln
the navy. ranging all the we from &C.
10 three feet in length. The frat Ave,
s'.et are designated officially An
ship flags. and the remaining two
are boat" iags. Sizes Nos. 1 md 3
are now almost obsoIetc.. They were
intended for the old wooden frir.t.,.
whose 'terns stood high above tho
water and would he entirely unsuits-
'"c for the iow.lying frseboard OF our
cruisers md bnttlcships,
q vessel In commission sl.ays car
RES the national colors ut the stern
hntll shutdown every night. The Hsg
OF the commanding officer remain. Al.
the masthead day and night. IL going
20 and ron shore. the ships smsii
boats carry the flag OF the senior on.
Ger 1T the fore. when the officer 10 BE-.
low The grade Of captain, otherwise
the officers " colors are used.
IN addition 10 the faEs OF oHicers.
"boae rank entities them 10 specjal
recognition IN navaf ctiGfuetfe. eycrv
snip Of war Is supplied With n fullset
OF international colors.pa full. kct'of
wig'wng." or signaling 'nags, and n
!ni' set OF %pennants, Including coiors
TOT the purpose OF showing that tho
snip Is thking aboard Ammunition,
tna' the crews are at "mssa," or that
the regular Sunday "ohurch" services
are taking place. and 80 forth.
Inc grandest and most imposing
penhaht IN tho whole navy is tho
omeward.bound" streauer, nl4S.
Starred red. white. md blue strip Of
hunting, in all respects like the cap-
'ains pennnnt, which fonts mhjestie-
any from the maininsst, and Is often
80 long TINT II trails In the water at
tho 'tern.-Phlladelphia Inquirer.
Knew What he SYan,sA