The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-01
USED ONLY BY the PRESIDENT.
FIngs That belong Exclusively to
the Nations Executive.
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From the New York Times.
The flag outfit of a United States naVal
vessel is so elaborate that the bit of blue
bunting bearing the arms of the United
States, though seldom seen in its place
at the ma n, would hardly attract pass
Ing attention, ye, it would indicate the
presence aboard of the President of the
nation, and the ceremony of hoisling it
culd impress enc. Amid a ruffle of drums
hourishes of bugles, the national air by
the band and the firing of a national salute
the Presi ents flag is run up at the main
whenever the chief executive of the nation
sets foot a board A ship of the navy. This
ceremony, which has been little used eX-
cept when official functions were frequent
while William c. Whitney was secretary
of the navy, is of sem what recent origin
dating from Aug. 49, 1882 when William
G. Chandler, secretary of the navy, is
sued the order adding the Presidents flag
TO the pararhernalia of the navy.
Still more recent is the ceremonial in
Cication of the presence of the President
at a military camp or army post. At the
outbreak of the war with Spain Freder-
ok d. Owen, while preparing some maps
for the war room in the White House re-
called remark of his chief, Col Theodore
A. Bingham, thai the President had no
army flag. He sketched a design for such
flag on a map of the Philippine group
which he had just completed and was re-
quested to submit the design in colors 1t
met the approval of Gen. Miles, Secretary
Alger ard the Presd Mt and an order was
issued making it the official army flag of
the Presiden', the complement of his ma
val flag. This was in March, 1888 and the
first flag made from The design was first
rsed upon the occasion of the visit of
President Mckinley to the peace jubilee
in Chicago.
The number of the ORIGINAL states of
the union figures in the symbolism of the
Presidents army flag Its fell is thirteen
feet long, the hoist being eight feet, and
thirt cen stars in constellation, grouped as
though breaking through clouds, repre-
sent national emergence from war to
peace. The eagle holds an olive branch of
thirteen leaves in his beak wi h thirteen
fruits in his LETT talon and thirteen ar
rows in the right. Besides this the ma
ional legend. "E Pluribus Unum," en-
BIZ zoned on the flag has thirteen let ers
and the general order of the army that
gave the stauca its official status was
No. Is, issued March Is. 1898.
Forty-five wife stars, one for each
state, surround and protect the large CEN
trail star, which indi es The executive
nine stars being placed in each of the
Ave re-entering angles of the large star
There is also while star in each corner
OF the field. The ground OF the flag is
scarlet, and the c inter- of the large star
is blue and contains he official coat of
AIMS OF the United States of department
f ate design.
The ORIGINAL army flag of the President
T. a magnificent specimen of needle work
in silk and gold. 1t is preserved. encased
~ glass, in the executive mansion at
Washir gtcn. The flags actually used in
the army when the President is present
as commander in chief of the nations
land forces are just one-haf the size of
the original flag and are made of bun ing.