The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-05-25
SHOW NOUR PATHlOTIsM

liay" YOU ever heen around thu
band stand In the &ening when the
hand plays The Star Spanglcd
lliuur. Jui notuccd The salute
li,rn by the soldiers3 No doubt
everyone in Columbus has. The
soldier would b" compelled to do
tins 90 d. ipi noi un hrs " ac-
ruri The en- ilian should ~alut
I.f,i the ,amr a. the soldier. tn
f.ri that yuu are MT forced Ia is
uu argument against a. Many no
.iuIhi havr failri 10 offer thr "a
hiir simply hvcauS" ihsy did u'
hu1w huW to salute We'll. We ar
Frng io trl yuu. and W. are hope
ml of the citizen. not failing a. "a
lUtr lu he future. Tue soldier
fac s. Ihc flag that Is being lowered
amt stand, NJ attention. Civilians
.iwili iarr the n1g With head IN
%ru,rr.l " ,uu Vtll uni unrr this
salute when Too hand PLAYS, dn stand
Hi attention. Whatever you ~
don't WalA around over M" parade
-rnurl " go. r. around near
Ius sop. f.rr The lag and rrmov,
your hat until the last mote has
Iiri away. lf you observe this. %
denotes real patriotism, more thu
a dozen flags used a. decorations ID
sour rar. cor m YOUR window.
Another act uf patriotism N
should always be- observed Is 10
WAY, rrmn,r yuir hat in passing "a
lag or n YOU are watching a bodN
81 troops go by raise your hat whci
the lag passes. This IS not require.
Of suiiuns, but alWnys raise YOU
hat for the nag " yuu fail To d.
This 300 camp Now you arr liable l.,
be- ordered hack 10 make the salute.
and % r. just ms easy la observe this
l!til" act NJ patriotism a. not
10 Prevent Misuse NJ the Flag.
The Has uf the United states had
Us statutory beginning on June "a.
i11s. with thirteen stripes. alter
nate red aud white: thirteen stars.
white M a blue field. the stars live
pointed On April 1. 1914. I'm act to
establish the llag af the lnitsd
states provided fur the addition Of
NJ s'ur un the admission ~ every
urV state, Ia takr effect on the next
succeeding Fourth Of July. On
. October "a. 1872. President TAFT -
tanii,h"d the proportion. ~ thu
ltg, as length one aud n~ine-tenths
times ~ width. M executive order
NJ ifI,
lu.da, NJ" union thu bin" n"ld
rurlru- mri, eight ,trr>. ",iN ruV
"l "i-bi -iars zach. With tho rorr.S
pounding STARS ni zach ruV m u
vertical lu" IN" union r. m the
upper l"n hand corner Is two NTH
uf 'hr l"nglh ~ tho l1g. crosses
Sven -trpn, and rest, upon The
rishth. Vhtrh o., white The rules
ar" nA"d Nu other arrangements.
uu other proportions ran h. called
lhr Wl'l states tlag
Many WIN hrep within the letter
uf The law iu prevent Dissertation ~
The ilRg nevertheless show II great
dl,r"-prci. usually ih"ughil-r-ly.
H. ml,prinling. IN misprnrorii"n
uor' NJ MISUSE. its careless soilinR.
o., urglrct. may be- avoided by oh
s%Hr,aure Of these five simple rules
e. Display Old glory from is own
poole, by day only, With union al top
ul pnl".
. n no stan NJ pole n avsilahl"
hang the la undrapcd against a
wall, right sid" uut, which viii bring
lh' union In IN" upper len-hand
corner n the stripes are horizontal.
ar ~ n" upper right-hand corner
II perpendicular.
g.. Put It higher than Your head.
l. See that the flag you sell and
The flag you wear rs not ~ a typ"
obsolete since 1879. lot II have
furty-.iThi stars IN eve rows. With
lis length onr and nine-tenths times
lis width aud two and one-half
times the length NJ the union, the
latter crossing seven stripes and
resting upon the eighth. which Is
white.
D. For drapcd decorations and
profus' expression ~ the patriotic
spirit use the red. white and blue
without stars. Give the flag itself
an elevated. conspicuous place.
The lndirAllnns are that lnlnmhns