New-York tribune., 1907-09-23
U. S. FLAG FOR JAMESTOWN.

From The Richmond tva) News-Leade-.
tD7,s ton Of X[ginias a. An5iqqtes Il M are compiled mp Ttt
over Jamesoun Island y and the association prop.
erty there within a week or two. A formal re-
Jamestown COMMITTEES to ! Fl Edwards. secretary
OF the ter-centennial commission. at Washington
Of dimensions large enough 10 match the regular
nag Of the Association for the Preservation OF
Virginia Antiquities, and to he hosted on sepa-
rate pole Of its
This request is The execution Of purpose the As
ties has long had In mind. to provide suitable
there but the members Of the association have
been deyotng their time and energy to the more ore
grounds and providing for the preservation OF sew
there belief that the government itself would
provide and place flag on it's own reservation
closed hau1ed down t5e associatio1 fae to half
mast and raised above it a small United States
flag. Inadequate 10 the height of the pole and
surd In the morning an empIoye undertook 70 re-
move the small flag. and found 1t securely at
tached to the hayards that he could not release II
without cutting them or cut away the flag itself
This incident caused some comment In the neigh.
borhood. and il seems. was technical violation or
law although, of course there was no purpose 20
matter was called to the attention Of Mr.. Edwards
at tho time. but was fully explained 70 him. and
Hereafter. if the application of the Association
for the Preservation Of virginia Antqtes 1r ,r rs
viii swing side bv side over The ground
In regard to the jamestown flag incident Robert
a Lancaster gave out the following this morning:
Having been Of reach OF newspapers yester-
which appeared in the New York papers in regard
20 he flag incident ct jamestown. l am ft a loss
to know how such a story published could nave
been made up. and think II little strange that no
took the trouble 10 find whether there was any
truth in the rumor before wiring from here 70 New
York about so important matter as an Insult 10
the United States flag
The truth OF the matter - that AT ti time me
article appeared in the papers had uev0 seen the
flag erected the Association for the Preservation
q
first permanent settlement in this great country,
or the small United States flag substituted for u
BY unknown parties. who broke into the
tire association after dark Neither L
nor anv officer of the Association for the PreservI
tion of Virginia Antiquities gave orders IN regard
the matter.
THE only newspaper representatives who SPOKE
20 mo about tho matter the editor O9 The
News Leader of The editors Ct The Times
DspatCh.' both of this city. and their papers are
the giving a correct account of the Sualr
'Raiug chairman Of a committee I'm charge Of GER
tain improvements at jamestown. dN negotiations
between the Association for the Preservation or
Virginia Antiquities and the United states govern
ment are Couducted through me. and nave on
several sions had to go to Washington 10 CON
fer with officials there in connection with the Work
al jamestown. but have never been called upon
Association for the Preservation OF Ntrgi!ia IN
tiCuities have done The relations existing he
veen the government officials and our association
and always have been pleasant
"Ve have never been ordered even asked by
anv government official TO erect a United states
fla & on our property, and such flag Is there now
a suitable flag be erected there on IT'S own pore
This will In way interfere with our nag
which has been hanging undfSturhed since II was
restored by of cur employees NO marines HItS
and no threat has ever been made to take possess
sion of our property