The Raymer enterprise., 1917-06-28

the Maryinn0 troops curing tne war OF
the American Revolution and IL made In accord
ance with the act Of congress. June II. 1717. II Is
positively known to have been the regimental
dag OF the Third Maryland regiment commanded
by Col. John Eager Howard. mt the battle of Cow
pens, 3. c.. In January ITS. In which fight 1t was
held by William Bachelor. Bachelor was sent
home 10 Baltimore wounded and took his flag with
hIm.
After Bachelors death In March. 17Sl the flag
remained In his family, and when the British In
'aded Maryland in 1914 this same flag was carried
,y 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
It bore. Don't give up the ship" the last uttered
by Captain Lawrence killed In 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 IL n bunting
of one solid color bearing 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 nj the academy is gOr.
geous royal British standard which was captured
from the parliament house when the capital OF
Canada fell. In 1918, into American hands. II Is
magnificent ensign with five quarterlngs, NIL In
radiant tones the heraldle blazonry being such as
was used In the time Of George III. In one corner
Is a red lion poised In ar. 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
blnntion of the arms Of saxony Hanover, Bruins
wick and Luneburg with some emblems of the
Holy Roman empire.
In the National museum In Washington Is the
real Star Spangled Banner. the same fng which
noated over Fort McHenry In September, 1914,
when II was attacked by the British. and the one
around which Key wrote his immortal poem. Be-
Ing 80 by % feet II will hang from the second story
Of a building TO the first floor In spite Of time
II IL well preserved and the stars and stripes
which "gleamed through the perous fight are
still plainly to be seen.
Mexican trophies are to be at the Naval
academy These flags are all unique In design.
bearing the Mexican condor standing on cactus,
with 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 1917
In the antechamber 10 the rooms OF the secre-
tary OF war In Washington. Is the famous flag
which few over Fort Sumter In April. 1861 when
Il wns fired on by the Confederate batteries. This
vas the shot which opened the great war between
he states
The flag Of the Merrimac Is now owned by the
family Of the late Capt. Beverly Lttlepage for
merly OF Washington.
Another lag of the Merrimac Is In the posses