The Washington herald., 1915-09-12
TO PROTEST IMPROPER
Use Of THE j. S. flag
Woman's Relief Corps to Wage War
Against Misuse When G. A. K.
Meets Here.

War will be declared on manufac'
| turers who use the American nag fol
commercial purposes in their adver'
! tisements by number of patriotic
| organizations who will meet here IN
convention during the g. \. X. en-
campment the latter part of this
month. The fight will be led by the
Woman's Relief Corps, which has a
\ standing committee to prevent desc
era tion of the flag.
| The chairman OF the committee, Mrs.
Isabel Worrell Ball. has more than
/ 500 advertisements in which, il is
claimed, the flag is used improperly.
Mrs. Ball also holds written protests
| from practically every patriotic or
ganiZa ton in the country. An effort
| will be made during the winter to
| have Congress declare such misuse
of the flag an offense.
An attractive spectacle during the
| encampment will be the little flotilla
of torpedo boats, submarines and
naval yachts anchored off Potomac
Park. DIR. Frank +. Gibson, chair
man of the entertainment committee
of the encampment. conferred with
Commander Galbraith yesterday on
this feature. The yachts Mayfiower.
Dolphin and Sylph. the torpedo boats
Bailey Biddle and Barney, and suH-
marine or two will make up the
flotilla.
Permission will he granted owners of
small yachts and motorbOatS to transport
visitors and veterans to and from the
war vessels. The submarines to b." or
dercG here will be decided ON by Sccrc-
tary Daniels tomorrow or Tuesday.
On III" second day of the sncampmcnt.
September ~, Potomac Park will he the
center of attraction. The Womans Re
lief Corps. Of the G.. y. r. will plant two
trees near the Lincoln Memorial. after
which the Fifth Cavalry from Fort Myer
will give an exhibition drill in Potomac
Park. The drill originally was scheduled
for the fourth day of the cncaHpmcnt.
There will be an artillery drill at
o'clock i'll the afternoon of the NTH day.
There will be three big camptircs. or in
formal gatherings of veterans. in the
Emery Building on Wednesday,. Thurs
day and Friday nights of cncampmcnt
week. it was announced yesterday by {.
G. Royce, chairman of the campfire com
mittce. These gatherings will b. featured
by singing. huCk-a diving dancing. han
Jos, iiddlers and other musica. entertain
crs
President Wilson's reviewing stand is
being erected at the exact point in front
Of the White House from which President
Johnson witnessed the grand review on
the morning Of May -. 1851. Stands also
are being erected at seventh street and
Avenue ana at Peace Monu-
ment.
William F. Guide. chairman Of the citi-
zens' committee and Harry Standiford.
Of tn" Emery Building, are get
ting the building ready for the reception
to be held by the veterans the second
night of the cnCampm' Mt
1t became known yesterday that Capt.
T. II. Coney. Of Topeka. kans.. is a can
didate for COMMUNICATIVE chief Of the q.
4. R. for which office an election Will
he held during the encampment The
other candidates are Elias r. Monfort.
of Cincinnati; Orlando A. Somcrs. of Ko-
komo. Ind: William J. Paterson. of
and Frank o. Cole, of Jcr- ;
scy CITY
This is a time when every American |
should wear his country's flag" The /
foregoing EXCERPT from a recent utter
ance by President Wilson will he the slo-
gan of flag day sale to he conducted !
next Thursday by the womans citizens
to raise funds for the cX-
penses of the encampmcnt.
The officers of the wOman'S committee
are MIS-. William f.. Andrews. chairman;
Mrs. Frank Greenwalt. vice chairman,
and Mrs. c. F. Wood treasurer. The Of
icers OF the Woman's Relief Corps COM
nittee. arranging for the corps cOnVen-
lion. are Mrs. Mamie p. Dorsey, chair
nan: Rosamond l.. Mcachhm. vice chair
nan: GcorGeanna ID. Van Fleet. second
vice chairman; Dora J. r. Hendrix. sec
'etary. and Emma l.. Newton. treasurer.
All who served in the Fifteenth Arm"
'orrs during the civil war are requested
o attend a meeting at Grand Army Hall
next Wednesday night. Several of the
state societies Of this city are planning
o entertain the veterans who will at
end the enCampmcnt from their Stats