The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-10-12
Tile seems to be INSTANTANEOUS"
lawfully. He hasn't enough memory TO forget thinas."

in this country. 1t is believed that
the first United States flag manufac-
tured from genuine American bunting
was made at Lowell, Mass. That flag
was raised over the capitol at Wash
ington in February, 1866. Previous to
that time English bunting had been
used for THAT purpose.
The Union Jack.
Union jacks are used in the navy.
They are of the same dimensions and
have the anne number of stars as the
union of the ensign. 1t may be defined
as the national flag with the stripes
omitted. 1t is hoisted forward on a YES
sci as an additional flag upon occasions
of dress or ceremony. 1t is hoisted aft
at some conspicuous point other than
that occupied by the national flag when
a courtmartial is being held aboard
ship. 1t is hoisted in the bow of a
ships boat when a diplomatic officer
above a certain rank is being conveyed
to or from a man-of-war. 1t is used
for covering the bodies of the dead for
a certain period up to and during the
funeral ceremony.
The present usage in our navy is to
style this flag the jack. and not union
jack. 1t is supposed to have derived
of the invasion of Scotland by the Eng
fish, A. D. 1856, it was directed that
every man of the invading party bear
the sign of the arms of st. George, both
before and behind. From this surcoat
or Jacket flags bearing such devices are
called jacks. The union of the crosses
of st. George and ST. Andrew. since
the union OF England and Scotland in
1907; and since 1903, the union of the
crosses of ST. George, ST. Andrew and
st. Patrick, or the union of England,
Scotland and Ireland-or, more prop
erly speaking, Great Britain and Ire
land-are called by the British union
jacks.
Thus, the union taken from our flag
when used separately from it in a flag
composed of white stars on a blue field
was also called the union jack, and
finally among u ava people and
seafaring men the word union has
been dropped, and they speak of it now
as the jack, and sailors are called jack
tars.
The correct coat-of-arms appears on
the face of the great seal of the United
States in the custody of h department
of state. That seal is used to attest
papers bearing the signature of the
president, and has never been used
for any other purpose.
The Great Seal.
The seal now in use was cut in 1885,
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen being sec
rotary of state, after the designs had
been submitted by the department to
several historical scholars and author
tiles on heraldry and had been ap-
proved by them.
The device for the great seal is rep
resented by an American eagle with
outstretched wings, holding in its dex-
ter talon an olive branch bearing thir-
teen olives and thirteen leaves, and in
it's sinister a bundle of thirteen arrows,
all proper, and in it's beak a scroll in
scribcd with the motto "E Pluribus
Unum." Over the hea of the eagle is
a glory, or breaking through a cloud,
thirteen stars forming a constellation
On the eagles breast an e%scutcheon or
shield, the upper blank field separated
from the perpendicular stripes, which
form the lower portion, by a horizontal
line. hi shield has a general re-
semblance to the flag with the stars
omitted and With six red stripes, when
the shield is shown in colors, and sew
en- white stripes, instead of seven red
and six white, as provided for the flag.
The outside or border stripes are white
in the shield and red in the flag.