The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-06-29
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the yard and arsena and for the mercantile
After time she the government business but
tnued making flags for merchant vessels until 1851
I'm 1885, and for AFTER ensigns made the
Norfolk yard for all the vessels Of equipped that station
In these flags the canton rested stripe invariably did in
the feen-strpe flag froay 1895 July 1S18 while
thirteenpe standards the blue field
stripe. On of this these flags called by
nal quartermasters because the rested
y
are made by private parties and~ lis done by hand
%sSnce 1865, all bunting use been of Ameri
make and from Lowell yetts where there are
two companies engaged in its flags general
the navy of grade and the quality bunting
purchased This bunng comes prescrbed length widthand
weght subject tensile
strength BY tests only products Of the
made flags for Uncle Sans sailors A A
ITO flags achievement OF importance
embode the placing certain number of Stitches the nch
demands great deal Of measuring and perfect alt
particulars Once week the makes of Inspection
and imperfect work escapes his Rejection %NSsM A
After the finishing of f which of bindne the
hoist he portion lying to the stout and attach
togges by which be
month the Then turned the general oekeepe
who issues when necessary.
'In addition to the complement United States flags of va
kinds and sizes with every ship navy Supplied
yard the flags every country
navigation extends Some of these foreign flags elaborate
and difficult make especially that of San Salvador which
the eight coors used flag making and the Costa Rca flag which,
every but Brown used bronze and
quite extensively employed in the elaborate foreign flags
The bunting required for the modern warships outfit
thing The lockers United States flagship
fifty flags all kinds ships quota of flags renewed three
years.
Some years ago the of the fagmakers paint
designs of the flags but when these flags stored
ships lockers they usually stuck together and the idea
abandoned mpracabe In 1876 the recommendation
Captain NJ Ramsey the navigation officer the Brooklyn
in bunting.
Mare Island Francisco manufactured
that side of the continent When occasion requires flags
The Department any flags
used the All the bunting and sken coors used by the
made the depot quaremaser at Philadelphia Pennsylvania after
public advertisement.
There thirty flag in the United States
annually million yards silk bunting
& qa9 inS e n g e sou ne
million collars and pay E IN NV ou @
State Others located in Louisiana
The first wholly American flags we're made from cotton and
culture and manufacture of both beginning before
aggregate consumption flags this country steadily
increasing be considered essential the
household equipment for occasion invite The demand
newly acquired territory has been and Immediate
H following the War the ability the manufacture
taxed the Many thousand Stars
and Stripes have been sent to the Philippines and Porto Rco where
they floating above the public and private buildings and
every schoolhouse.
recurring Fourth of July calls for increasing number
Stripes all sizes from the small to those
proportions and other holidays which celebrate
expression the patriotism of
which, be reckoned by the display widening
section of our country
flags ranges from the for which the
machine made muslin Stars and Stripes of small od
the elaborate sken banner with solid gold embellishments which
cost hundreds of dollars"