The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-06-25

to the bottom of the flag, The lower
stripe and the top stripe to be red.
Seven red and six white.
The sun never sets upon the
United States flag. Somewhere every
hour and every minute of the "a the
sun is shining upon Old Glory.
Etiquette Of the Flag
There is a strict and severe ETH
quette of the flag. The flag must
not be raised before sunrise, and
should be lowered at sunset At all
the military posts and forts of the
United States a sunrise and a sunset
gun is fired as the flag is raised to
the top of the staff and as it is low
cred.
The flag should not be left out
over night, and upon stormy days a
very small flag, known as the storm
flag, should take the place of the
regulation flag.
On Memorial Day grand army
rules and army and navy regulations
prescribe that the flag shall be flown
at half-staff until noon, and then
shall be raised to the peak for the
remainder of the day. In half-mast-
ing the flag it should be raised to
the top of the staff, then lowered to
a distance corresponding to the width
of the flag that is used.
In raising the flag upon staff
or building and in lowering 1t all
the people witnessing the ceremony
should stand at attention, men with
uncovered head and women with
hand at the forehead ready to salute
it.
Under no circumstances should
the flag be permitted to touch the
ground. In the army and navy Sc
we're discipline is melted out to those
who disobey this regulation.
The United States Flag
The official designation is the
United States flag.
In the navy the United States flag
is generally referred to as an ensign.
The Union Jack is the distinctive
flag of the navy. 1t is comprised OF
the blue. field of the United States
flag with a star for every state there
in. The Union Jack carried with the
United States flag must be just the
size of the field of the flag with
which it is carried, and should never
be carried unless accompanied by
the national ensign.
The national salute to the United
States flag is 81 guns.
When used in decoration the
United States flag should not be
draped, as it is a thing made to
fly in the free air of heaven. The
folds should hang straight down and
should never be pinned nor fastened.
II you desire to use the colOrs of the
flag in drapery, it is better to use
them in the striped red, white and
blue.
Blue at the Top
In hanging these colors place the
blue at the top. The United States
followed the French in the making of
the five-pointed star, and they also
followed the French in the arrange
ment of colors. One of the reasons
for this is that the stars of the flag
are placed in the blue field, and the
stars should always be kept at the
top If one desired to place the
stars upon blue stripe, it would be
absurd to have the blue stripe at the
bottom. There is no regulation of
either army or navy for the use of
the striped bunting, for the reason
that neither the army nor navy ever
use anything but the flag. 1t is
simply a matter of French heraldry
and good taste which demands that
the blue field shall always be upper
most.
If hung lengthwise, the field
should be at the right as one faces
it. II hung as it flies from the up
right pole, the field should be at
the left. When two flags are used
in drapery, the two fields should
join, and they should always be at
the top.
Flag Floats to the Right
1t is impossible to trace to its orig
inal source the conventional use of
one flag in reproduction by print
ing press, but it seems to have been
the custom from time immemorial
to place the staff of the flag to the
left, with the colors or the length
of the banner flowing to the right
as you face it, and custom makes
law.
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