Evening journal., 1916-01-13

tlngentS from the dluerent colonies,
prominent among these being the
Pine Tree flag and the well known
insignia of the coled serpent with the
motto Don't Tread on Me- The ne
cessity was soon felt of having a
distinctly American flag that should
represent the common cause for
which all we're struggling. The story
goes that in 1875 a committee of the .
Continental Congress of which George
Washington was member called
upon Betsey Ross, Philadelphia
widow, residing on Arch street and /
arranged with her to make an Ameri- |
can flag for the use of the army and |
it is said that she suggested the use
OF the iive-pointed star. This tradi- !
tion is a very pretty one, and' may
be true although there is nothing in
the records to prove il. The facts
as known are that in june, l77l, the
! Congress passed resolution providing
/ for an American flag to consist of a
standard with blue union in he up
per corner next TO the staff, upon
/ which union were thirteen white five
pointed stars arranged in the form of
circle. There we're thirteen red and
white stripes arranged alternately
the top and the bottom stripes being
red. Seven stripes were on the line
with the union and six were below
the union. This flag was first car
ried in the battle at Coochs Bridge
i'm Delaware in September l777 at a
j preliminary skirmish before the Bat
\ tie Of Brandywine II is said that
3 Captain joan Paul Jones carried the
) first flag at the masthead OF his ship
that was saluted by foreign power,
a French admiral rendering the
honor II WAS first intended TO add
both a star and stripe for each new
!, state and this was done up TO the
/, year 1918. The flag borne by our
troops during the War of 1912 with
p Great Britain had fifteen stars and
I stripes II is said that the number Of
p stripes reached twenty I'm 1918, how
ever, Congress passed law making
the flag as q is now.
That is. the stripes were put back
to the original number of thirteen
representing the original thirteen col
, onies and the stars were made to be
. the same as the numbr of States in
the union When new State is
added the new star is placed on the
flag on the Fourth of July following
{ the admission. There are at present
lOIi1 -tlEuA Htdihs dildhStN III OLA
rows of eight each.
E When the troop as a whole salutes
the color, the bugles should blow "To
I the Color and the troop color should
l din. A Scout should know that the
I national colors renders no salute
l. That is il is never dipped or lowered
, i'm salute. never even to the President
Z. of the United States. On Memorial
r. Day. it should be half-masted from
r sunrise to noon and full-masted from
noon to sunset.
This instruction will be continued
every week. Make scrap-bOok collec
tions of these clippings.
All first and second class Scouts
> are requested to meet at the Y. NJ
N c. A. on Friday evening at O'Clock
% for advance instruction in map read
% ing and conventional signs. On Sat
= urday afternoon the class will take
e hike for position and route sketch
- ing. Only Scouts who have attended
u the Friday night meeting will be per
a mitted to so on the hike. This is th'
!, first meeting of a series for instruc
% ton in Scoutcraft. No Scout ough
II to consider himself beyond instruC
4 AlOM III any iNN VI NnN h'NtAh WI y
~ Remember the date and repor
~ promptly.
~ All Scout troops in New Castl
IN county re invited to attend the ever
- ing meeting at the Lyon tabernacl
- on Saturday. January %. A specia
section will be reserved for tn
Scouts and we ought to show ID
- ] \ g...
Z, Wilmington. The troops will repoI
"a directly at the Tabernacle at 6.4
y o'clock sharp II the weather IS q
= all favorable troops will kindly wa
10 and march i'm together. Scout ma
,,Y ters will receive detail information r.
"a garding this meeting. This is tn
~ first opportunity of the season
I show our colors. Let us have re
I ord attendance that night.
mt
Troop No. IA held their first NEE
ing ing OF the new year last Thursda
evening when many things of intere
were discussed and arrangemen
were made to plan out the work f
the ensuing year. II was decided
hold the next meeting on Friday. ia
uary "A, at 7.30 o'clock. when fr
attendance is desired. Patrols are
4, be reformed and the various office
elected
me
Notice to Scout Masters-Have "
sent in your monthly report for L
cal cember to Mr. Mallery. He is an
ious to have them all ir this week.
his Several weeks ago a basketb
league was formed among the me
bers of Troop No. ?. There are thr
ue' teams. A. b and c. The games a
played each Tuesday evening. Il
standing of the teams:
w. l.. p
Team B ....2 o 1,t