The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-27
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4 worth s., SOC.
I. IN the last naval appropriation bill
passed by Congress WAS an item 81
4 $50 900 for the manufacture 81 fiags
Il That sum. II was estimated would
4 keep Uncle Sans naval vessels equip.
i ped for 8 year. In addition. mos
every other department Of the GOV.
eminent appropriated various sums
Tor Tags for buildings and ships nm.
der their control. In all. it Is safe
to say, the United States spends $685.
i 600 a year for flags. q !
Factory Owned by Navy
The largest factory belongs to the
navy. In large room, called the
nag lott at the BROOKLYN Navy
Yard, half hundred skilled needle
women and quite q few men are kepr
Constantly at work oficfaIiys Is e
! the naval nag making establ ishment.
( Thousands Of tlags are required 10
supply the hundreds of vessels, from
bait leships to launches, says q writer
| IN the Kansas City Star. On entering
the tag loft the visitors first impress
sion Is a blaze OF color. Rolls Of
bright bunting q ,heaped everywhere.
Long lines Of electrically driven sew
ing machines, with woman operators
Iare Keeling on and putting the finish
ing touches to American and forefsn
enstgns Of many different hues ana
sizes. IN addition to our. own fiae:
the navy has to- keep a.. supply 81
every other nation in the world which
has a coast line. ?!
Watched Closely
Each battieship. cruiser, gunboati
or scout in the navy requires 500
nags 70 outht tta nag locker proper
y. Heaped up they make q pie
shoulder high and twenty to twenty.
lfive feet long. The foreign flags, in
cased In canvas bags. bear the name
OF the country stenciled on the end.
Inc remainder, including flags for
ordinary use, signaling, etc. are,
wrapped without bags ana numbered
at the end. Each flag has its separ-
ate place in the flag locker. Al Qua =.
termaster would re rebuked severely
| " one became misplaced. Each ship
follows the same order I'M this 50
that any one familiar with the flag
locker on one ships knows the loca-
ton of every Tag on any ship. q:
Uncle Sam pays about s5li,s n ;o,,t-
at: each ship in the service. This
multiplied BY the number OF ships
VIII show that flags are not an IN
equental item Of naval expense.
The foreign ensigns are all made
stwenty-fve feet long and thirty feet
wide They are used whenever an
American warship enters airport ofI
another nation The flag OF the visit
ed nation Is hoisted at the t6p, .of the
foremost while = the American shin
salutes. It is also hoisted when re-
turning salutes OF foreign vessels In
American ports. a.
Snowy Flags 81 \.
The most SNOWY and expensive nag
IN the lot are those of foreign nations
although the United States has two
tags that are close rivals. the fiags az
the president and vice president. They
require the longest time to- make Of
any fags. 1t takes one woman q
month to finish each one. The presis
dents dag is blue ground with the
coat Of arms Of the United States IN
the center. The lifesize eagle with
|outstretched. wings and other em-
blems are all hand embroidered in
silk. The silk used costs 50 q pound!
The vice presidents flag Is the coat
OF arms on field Of white. Both
Tags are made in two sizes, 80 by IA
feet and 8 by . feet The larger Is
used on ships and the smaller on
launches and similar craft.
Our ElagS, Not COsfly .a :.
Costa Rica and Salvador have the
honor OF Using the costliest days and
also the most tedious to make Of All
national designs Germany and Rus
STA follow close behind The old drag
on, flag Of tho Chinese. empire was
another difficult one The salvador
nag has for centerpiece a regular
landscape. consisting Of belching
volcano and rising sun set in var-
led design OF draped banners. cactus
branches. cornucoptas and swas-
tka or symbolical design in the
ground of aSrayed diamond with the
date Of the independence OF the ma
ton inscribed at the top. Costa Rica 8
ccnterpiece has two ships In full sails
on either side of a dividing chain OF
mountains rising from the sea, with
the morning sun just appearing IN.
the background. The whole is sup.
mounted With spears. baftIsaxes.
trumpets, etc. Nearly 200 pieces are,
used in each of these fiags, ali OF
which must be sewed on by hand II.
requires one woman's time Tor sfx
teen days to make the; Salvador cen
terpiece at cost Of $3.50 to Uncle;
Sam ~