Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-01
Old Maine Battle Flags
In the Rotunda.
Measures viii Soon Be Taken
For Better Preservation.



up by the Governor and Council and
the superintendent of public buildings
is that of preserving the old battle
flags which are kept in glass cases at
the north and south side of the
rotunda at the State House, as the
flags are showing signs of decay and
would in course of time fall from the
STATS which support them and drop
TO pieces.
The work is to be done in accordance
with a resolve of the last Legislature,
the resolve in question being Chapter
1S6, and entitled "A Resolve for the
Encouragement and better protection
of the flags in the cases in the ro-
tunda," the text of which is as follows:
Resolved, That the superintendent
of buildings shall. under the direction
of the Governors and Council, cause
the flags now in the cases in the ro-
tunda of this building to be re-arranG-
ed, looking to their better prcServa-
ton, having them rolled on their staffs
or otherwise furled, maintaining 50 far
as possible the same general arrange
meHt in the cases as now, and shall
cause the cases containing said flags
TO be made as nearly air-tight as pos
Sible. The expense for the same to be
paid frcm any moneys i'll the treasury
not otherwise appropriated"
The Department of Maine. q. A. R,
is also Interested in the work of the
preservation Of the old flags whic:l
mean 80 much to the members OF the
organization, and at the last depart
ment cncampment, held at Bangor
June 1913. 1907, on motion Of Col. Ed
win c. Mllikcn, it was voted that
the department views with appreciation
any effort on the part al this State
for the better care and preservation
of the cd battle flags"
1t might nc said that the matter re-
ferred to above had already been taken
up as the Superintendent of buildings
is already in communication with 4
concern in Massachusetts which makes
4 speciality of preserving and rcStor-
ing records, and it is expected that
one Of the flags will be forwarded with
in short time to see what can be
done in the way of preserving it, and
upon the result of the work on this
flag will depend the future action Of
the Governor and Council.
The proposed restoration of the flags,
it Is understood, calls for a treatment
which will not give any more of q
made-oVer appearance than IS neCe5-
sary 10 keep the material from further
deterioration and the concern IN ques-
ton states that It can restore me 1iagS
in such q form as follows:
The part Of the flag which is at
tached to the staff would first oe made
over or repaired, and where practical
new material would be inserted where
the old is gone. This would be done
for the purpose of getting a stronger
foundation for the rest of the cloth to
hang to. and thus help to better hold
M the material of the flag.
The repairing of the broken places
and loose pieces would consist in the
covering OF the flag along the breaks
with pieces OF a similar cloth which
Is nsed for such purposes. This would
then be pasted and pressed down so
80 10 make a very neat and durable
restoration. AS far as possible such
ren,ir;np would be commenced from
the flag staff edge so as to take up
TIN, strain of the cloth as much as pos
sible and have it draw from the
x,r.rythoned edge In this way the
brnken and tori parts would all be
The corporation business Tor the
month of January, from information
secured at the office Of the secretary OF
state, was small, and the totals for
the month show a falling of IN the
amount of business fer the month as
compared with that of like period
for other wears The number OF cor
porations which filed their certii1cations
at the office during the month was ~.
Of which number II We're organized
under the general law and the other
under a charter granted by a special
statute Of the last Legislature. The
amount paid into the state treasury
in fees from that source was S46lo.
Compared with the corporation busl-
ness for January, 1907 the business OF
the past month shows marked oe-
crease. The number of corporations
which filed their certificates at the Oh