The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-30

the American Revolution, and is made in accord
ance with the act of congress- June IA, 1777 1t is
positively known to have been the regmentaI
flag of the Third Maryland regiment, commanded
by Col John Eager Howard, at the battle of Cow
pens s. c., in January, 177S, in which fight 1t was
held by William Bachelor.N Bachelor was sent
nome 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
Taded Maryland in 1914 this same flag was carried
by William Bachelors son. in the battle of North
Polnt, as banner for the Twenty-seventh Mary
land regiment This William Bachelor died in 1885.
The flag, in 1907 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 the masts of mis- fagshps,
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-
gestfon of Purser Hambleton, he added the words
1t 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, adoption of Lawrence'S
sentence to Perrys flag. The banner is bunting
OF one solid color bearing its famous motto in
large letters across its face,sand is now kept at
the United States Naval academy at Annapolis.
British Trophy.
In the chamber at the academy is gor-
geous royal British standard which captured
Canada fell, in 1913, into American hands. It is
magnificent ensign with five quarterings, all in
radiant tones, the heraldic blazonry being such
used in the time of George III. In one corner
Is 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
bination of the arms of Saxony, Hanover, Bruins
syTick and Luneburg, with emblems Of the
Holy Roman empire.
In the National museum in Washington is the
real Star Spangled Banner, the flag which
hoated Fort McHenry in September, 1914
when 1t attacked by the British, and the
around which Key wrote his immortal poem. Be
ing So by % feet it will hang from the second story
of building to the first floor. In spite Of time
it is well preserved, and the stars and stripes
which CLEANED through the perilous fight"
still plainly to be SEEN
Mexican trophies to be at the Naval
academy. These flags all unique in design,
bearing the Mexican condor standing cactus,
with q snake in its mouth. There several Of
this war, one of them being the flag captured by
Gen. Winfield Scott and Commodore Matthew Per
~ at the fall of Vera Cruz in 1847.
In the antechamber to the rooms of the secre-
tary Of war, In Washington, is the famous flag
it fired by the Confederate batteries. This
was the shot which opened the great war between
the states.
The flag of the Merr1mac is now owned by the
family Of the late Capt Beverly Littlepage for
merly of Washington
Another flag of the Merrimac is In the posses