Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
in 1914. and burned so many of the pup
lie buildings"
German Flags Of Silk.

in 1914. and burned so many OF the pup
lie buildings"
German Flags Of Silk.
The German flags are each made oil
doubled white damask SILK. OF a very
heavy quality. with devices on both slnes
| embroidered in silk and gold thread. ch
the diverse is monogram. composed Oh
the letters, Z. &. T. S. A. embraced py
a wreath OF laurel and palm Under the
monogram are the initials u. Il. b.. ana
below the wreath, on two of the hags, the
date 111J and on the other. the date
1910. The device is sUrmounted Dy
sovereign's crown. On the reverse Is an
eagle bearing in its left talon a baton or
scroll. and in its right branches of laurel
and palm Over this Is ribbon, upop
which appears the motto. PRO Principe
ct Patria," all worked in gold bullion
Each flag his a par of tassels mace OF
silver bullion, suspended from cords OF
silver tinsel The flags are about four
feet square.
j. f. Losing in his history OF the
American revolution speaks OF ore OF the
flags which he saw In museum In the
city Of Alexandria, Va. about the year
1851, as having been captured al Trenton
on the memorable Christmas morning.
1116. when Washington surprised the
Germans while they were still sleeping
off the effects OF their festivities of the
previous evening. On this occasion, pc
sides numerous prisoners and many stands
OF arms. there were captured NUMBER
of brass field pieces, drums and fifteen
colors. The latter were surrendered by
three regiments Grenadier Regiment
Rail-. Regiment Won KnyphaUsen and
Regiment Won Lossburg. 1t appears that
one OF tie flags. presented to Gen. Wash
ington in honor OF the victory. was after
ward displayed i'm his home at Mount
Vernon and subsequently in the museum
where Mr.. Losing saw il.
Bear ST. George Cross.
The English colors are made of heavy
twilled silk. six feet long and five feet
four inches wide. They have a blue
ground with the red cross of st. George
superimposed upon a wider cross of white
In these two flags of the present day it
Is of red upon a wider one of white. This
difference. however. Is due to the fact
that the red diagonal cross was not
placed on the British flag until after the
legislative union with Ireland, i'm ISL
On one of these colors i'm the center OF
the St. George cross is the English royal
crown surrounding garter. with It's IN
scription. "Honi soft qui NAL pense-
Within the garter is a full-blown whlte
rose. The crown is embroidered in bull
lion and the garter and rose in colored
silks all beautifully worked. In the up
per corner, next to the stan, ana on lle
white stripe is the number VII In no
man numerals. The insignia on the other
flag, whatever it may have been. mas
been removed-either torn o: cut out
Congress Expresses Thanks.
"These two Standards said Maj. Car
son, "and from all that can be learned
the two Hessian flags previously mention
ed and not accounted for were taken
from the troops surrendered by Lord
CORVALLIS to Gen Washington at York
town. October 10 1871. In recognition of
nj
that it's thanks should be presented to
Washington, Rochambeau and De Grasse
and the officers and soldiers under their
respective commands: that a marble col
umn should be erected at Yorktown in
commemoration OF the event: that two
stands of colors taken from CORVALLIS
should be presented to Washington in the
name OF the United States.
These five flags remained In Gen.
Washingtons possession until his death.
in 1879. He bequeathed them to his adopt
ed grandson George Washington Parke
Gusts. by whom they were presented TO
the War Department at Washington
Two of them-one. English and one Ger
man-were for long time exhibited in
the museum of the city of Alexandria,
Va"
On the east wall Of the chapel. vis-a-vis
to the case of British flags. is similar
receptacle containing thirty-five flags, col
ors and standards of various shapes and
sizes captured during the war with Mex
leo. In addition to these there are TWEEN
ty-two other Mexican flags at West Point.
All of them were sent to the academy in
December, 1916. by direction OF the Pres
ident, James X. Polk.
Gen. SCOTS Pew.
One of the pews Immediately under the
revolutionary relics bears upon the top
rail of its door silver plate with the
inscription, Lieut.. Gen. Scott 1t was
Cd b,- ha WI he
visited West Point. and he was very reg
ular in his attendance upon religious
worship.
The memorial tablets on the east wall
are devoted to graduates of the academy
who were killed in the Mexican war To
the right of them is tablet erected to
those officers who were killed by the
Seminole Indians during the Florida war.
The Daughters of the American Revolu
ton and other patriotic societies have
erected four tablets-to the memory of
the officers and sailors who died in the
war of independence, to those who died
in the war of 1872, to those who died i'm
the civil war and to those who died in
the Spanish-American war
Among the tablets erected by Gen. Del
afield 20 the heroes of the revolution,
Alexander Hamilton is not represented.
There has never been satisfactory ex-
PLANTATION for this omission. Hamilton
served three years as lieutenant colonel
of artillery. two years as an aid-de-camp
to Washington. and a great deal Of
active service. He distinguished himself
particularly at the siege of Yorktown. and
was recognized by his contemporaries
brilliant soldier. HIS monument in
Trinity churchyard bears the following
tribute:
THE patriot of incorruptibe integrity.
The soldier of approved vaIor.
The statesman of cOnsummate wisdom,
Whose talents and virtues will be remem-
bered by
\ grateful posterity long after
This marble shall have moldered into dust.
He died July II. 1904 aged fCrty-seven."
Tablet Intended for Arnold.
Gen. Delafield furnished an object les
son for the cadets in another tablet,
which occupies conspicuous place. and
many a youthful mind has been diverted
To it during the prosy sermons that have
been preached in the old chapel during
the last seventy-five or eighty years. The
marble is precisely like those which bear
the honored names of heroes of the re-
public, but the inscription is incomplete
Ii reads:
Maj. Gen. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Born NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. lIit
IL is needless to say that this was in
tended Renedict