The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-26
FLAGS OF entente
COLORS OF THIRTEEN ENTENTE
NATIONS DESCRIBED.
Stars and Stripes Oldest of All-Seven
Of Allied Flags Are Composed oi
Same COlors, Red White and Blue


a child on a Baltimore excursion steam
er noticed a strange flag flying at th'
stern of tramp steamer coming VI
Chesapeake bay.
what flag is that, papa?' he asked
curiously. His father replied dubious
ly: "That is the flag Of Greece"
The tramp happened to have come
from Naples. and the unknown nag
was the Italian ensignl
Only a few weeks ago a Washing
tonian was confronted at his door by
two policemen, who brusquely demand
ed that he take down that German
flag" The flag in question flying from
his flag pole, under the Star Spangled
Banner, was red, white and blue In
three vertical stripes, the tri-color OF
France, but the patriotic guardians OF
the law had called in response to the
indignant complaint of neighbors' VINO
had mistaken it for the German en-
blem. not knowing that the emblem Oh
Teutonic "kultur" is three horizontal
stripes of black, white and red, respect
lively.
The present war is said to have put
Europe on the map" for many Ameri'
cans, and now that the United States
has been forced to become one Of the
thirteen great allies, forming the EN-
tente" which is fighting the worlds
battle for democracy and civilization
against the lawless atrocities committed
by the central powers. it behooves every
true American for patriotic reasons to
become acquainted with the. flags of
the nations allies.
British Union Jack Familiar.
Since the visit Of Commissioner
James Arthur Balfour and the distin.
guished Englishmen who accompanied
him the British Union Jack is known
to every school child, having been seen
so often as 70 become familiar. The
field is blue and upon It are the crosses
OF st. George of England. st. Andrew
OF Scotland and st. Patrick Of Ireland
the former being a red cross and the
two latter both Greek crosses shaped
like the letter X. one being red. the
other white Great Britain, like many
other countries. our own included, has
a number OF flags or standards. A blue
flag with the three crosses, red and
white on the blue field, or square, In the
left hand, Is the emblem Of the naval
reserve of Great Britain. while a red
flag with the same square in the corner
is the regular merchantmen's flag.
When white. with the red cross Of st.
George, with the same square OF blue
and three crosses in the corner, II be-
comes the white ensign carried by the
men-of-war of the English navy.
The same nations principal flags
may be entirely dissimilar. For instance,
the ensign and merchant flag Of Russia
and the Russian naval emblem are not
alike. The former is composed Of three
horizontal stripes. the upper being
white. the next blue and the bottom
red. while the naval flag is a plain
white flag bearing a narrow Greek
cross in blue. a huge y. which extends
diagonally across il from corner to cor
ner.
IL Is only necessary TO remember one
flag OF each country, as the ensign is
recognized universally as the national
flag. There are flags OF nationality. Of
occupation and of intelligence. Flags
pennants and jacks; those Of occupa-
tion indicate service, as war. merchant.
dispatch. pilot. etc. Standards, military
or naval. are all war flags.
Seven OF the thirteen flags Of the al
lied powers Of the entente nations are
composed OF the same colors-red,
white and blue. Americas, Great Brit.
aims and Frances ensigns are already
familiar sights. but four-those OF Rus.
STA, Serbia. Montenegro and Cuba-are
but rarely seen. The Russian flag has
three horizontal stripes. the white be.
ing on top. the blue next and the red
at the bottom, while the Serbian and
Montenegrin ensigns have the same
horizontal stripes. but with the colors
reversed. the. red on top. then blue and
white Consequently II the top stripe
Is white. the flag Is Russian; II red.
either Serbian or Montenegrin, the lat.
ter emblem only differing from the flag
Of Serbia by the letters II. l." under
a crown on the blue central stripe. the
monogram OF their "Gaspodar." King
Nicholas l.,
Five Stripes In Cuban Flag.
The Cuban flag has but five stripes,
three blue and two white. On the left
side rnnning TO a peak. almost to the
middle of the ensign. Is a red wedge"
bearing a single star in white The sim
ilarity in design and coloring between
the American flag and the Cuban EN-.
blem ls evident.
The flags OF Belgium and Rumania
are similar. particularly as they both
have three vertical stripes. The flag Of
Belgium is black. next the stick, then
yellow and red. while the Rumanian
flag Is first blue. yellow and red. In
some Instances blue bunting Is so dark
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