Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-07
THE FLAG SEEN IN THE SKY
Phenomenon Reported Seen mt Nieht
Recalls n CiyiI War Story.

Might may be right. and then.
| again, IL may be wrong. Who Is there
10 say that there is not destiny that
shapes the ends of war. power be
yong the feeble brain and strength OF
human kind? There may be many.
| but history shows unexplainable
| things I'm war
Some weeks ago many people claim
| TO have seen the Stars and Stripes
plainly painted In the sky at night.
and among those who saw IL were
many who believe that Ii was a mes
sage OF victory. swung there in the
| heavens, an assurance that in the
end II Will float proudly, the emblem
| OF peace and protection to the people
| OF tine earth
Call II superstition, n creation Of
the imagination or what not. those
who saw 1t are stanuchly sure OF II
and unshaken. Tho most ina gina
i've, the most practical the greatest
scoffcrs OF superstition admit that IT
was there, and they cannot explain IL.
That II was placed there for a pur-
pose and that II was message Of
| hnal victory is the belief OF many.
| ana among those who believe that tho
starry Banner floating there. n giant
| Flag in the heavens, portcnds victory
rs Charles +. Crofoot OF Venice Cen
ter, veteran of the Civil war, for i'm
1t he sees only history repeating Il.
self.
Mr., Crofoot did not see the Flag
there few weeks back, but when ne
heard of the wonderful phenomenon
IL gave h,m no surprise. IL only re-
| called 70 mind n similar writing i'm
the sky that he witnessed with his
own eyes about September |. 1862.
when with his regiment. the l3Sth
New York volunteers. later the Ninth
| New YORK artillery. he witnessed n
| similar sight.
The regiment was cncamped In
Auhurn, awaiting orders to proceed
TO the front, and there are MANY vet
Grams OF the regiment who recall the
incident vividly. II WAS written on
MI. Crofoots mind eradicately and
stamped on his memory In such an
indelible way that he sees IL in mind
as plainly as tho IL had occurred but
yesterday.
Most OF the old Ninth artillery have
passed on to their hero reward. but
those that remain and saw IL and
those that did not see Il. bur heard
the wonderful story from the lips OF
| their comrades the following dny. all
recalled the Incident when they heard
or the strange sight last month.
MT trorout was on guard duty with
others when the Flag appeared I'm tho
| heavens TO the southwest IL was no
| queer combination of colors or lights
| that they saw, woven into the Stors
and Stripes OF the American Flag bv
a hectic Imagination. II was the
Slar-Spangled Banner. of harmoniouf
design and perf's'ly made. its stripes
evenly and distinctly marked. its blue
proper place, giant American Fla
as perfect and as plain as any flag
could be. For severl minutes Il hunr
and rippled gracefully far up In the
southwestern heavens and then dis
! appeared.
! Every man on guard that night saw
the wcnderful vision. Every man of
them saw the same thing. and IN the
| days to come IL stood out I'm thei,
| memory and gave them courage. FOR
thcre wns not man OF them who
\ did not feel that II was a MESA ge
assuring them OF victory. The regi-
ment moved south and played its
brave part I'm winning the war. and
the history OF the successes of that
Caynga county regiment Is well
| known,
Those soldiers of tho north who
saw TINT flag and heard OF the sim
| liar sight n few weeks back all know
that II means something. Argument
| OF the greatest astronomers giving
| practical reasons for the vision
could not shake them.
| Victory followed II In '62, victory
will follow II again, those men say
| Destiny waved II there. When the
right time comes there will be peace.
and the American Flag will wave owe,
the red drenched fields Of Europe,
they feel sure.