Cheyenne record., 1917-06-28


ance with the act Of congress- June ID. TIT. 1t Is
positively known to have been the regimental
dag of the Third Maryland regiment. commanded
BY Col. John Eager Howard, at the battle Of Cow
pens 8. c.. In January ITS. In which fight 1t was
held by William Bachelor. Bachelor was sent
home to Baltimore wounded and took his flag with
him.
After Bachelors death in March. 1881. the flag
remained In his family and when the British in
Vaded Maryland in 1914 this same flag was carried
~ William, Bachelors son. In the battle Of North
Point. as banner for the Twenty-seventh Mary
land regiment. This William Bachelor died in 1885.
The flag. in 1907, was presented to the state of
Maryland and has since then reposed in Its capital
building at Annapolis.
Another famous banner is the battle flag of Com
mandant oliver Hazard Perry. the same which
flew successfully on the masts of his fagships.
the Niagara and the Lawrence in the battle OF
Lake Erie. September, 1913. This flag had been
made at Perry's express command but at the sug-
gestiOn of Purser HambletOn, he added the words
1t bore, Don't give up the ship" the last uttered
by Captain Lawrence, killed Id the fight in June
1913. between the English and American forces
These words have enormously been attributed to
Perry, but are, in fact, an adoption of Lawrence's
sentence to Perrys flag. The banner is a bunting
Of one solid color benring Its famous motto in
large letters across its face. and is now kept at
the United States Naval academy at Annapolis.
A British Trophy.
In the same chamber at the academy is a gOr-
geous royal British standard which was captured
from the parliament house when the capital OF
Canada fell, in 1913, into American hands, 1t Is
magnificent ensign with five quarterings, all In
radiant tones the heraldic blaZonry being such as
was used In the time Of George III. In one corner
Ia red lion poised in air. to denote Scotland; in
another is the golden harp of Ireland; two other
quarters contain three golden rampant lions for
England while in the central Quartering Is COM
bination of the arms of Snxony. Hanover. Bruns-
wick and Luneburg. with some emblems of the
Holy Roman empire.
In the National museum in Washington is the
aoated over Fort McHenry in September. 1914,
when 1t was attacked by the British, and the one
around which Key wrote his Immortal poem. Be-
Ing SO by 90 feet it will hang from the second story
Of a building to the first floor In spite of time
1t is well preserved. and the stars and stripes
which "glenmed through the perllous fight" nre
still plainly to be seen.
Mexican trophies are to be seen at the Naval
academy. These flags are all unique In design,
bearing the Mexican condor standing on cactus.
with a snake in Its mouth. There are several OF
this war one Of them being the flag captured by
Gen. Winfield Scott and Commodore Matthew Per
ry at the fall of Vera Cruz In 1S47.
In the antechamber to the rooms of the secre-
tary of war, in Washington, Is the famous flag
which flew over Fort Sumter in April. 1861. when
II was fired on by the Confederate batteries. Thss
Ias the shot which opened the great war between
the states.
The flag of the Merrimnc Is now owned by the
family of the late Capt. Beverly Littepnge. for
merly of Washington.
Another flag of the Merrmac is in the possess