The Colorado statesman., 1917-06-30

the Maryland troops during the of
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 regimental
flag of the Third Maryland regiment commanded
by Col John Eager Howard at the battle of Cow
pens, s. 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 flag carried
by William Bachelors son, in the battle of North
Point as a banner for the Twenty-seventh Mary
land regiment. This Willtpm 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 on the masts of his fiagships
the Niagara and the Lawrence, in the battle of
Lake Erie, September, 1913. This flag had been
made at Perrys 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 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 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 chamDer at the academy Is sor-
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 bazonry being such as
was used in the time of George Ill. In one corner
is a 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 SaXony, Hanover, Bruns-
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 flag which
foated 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 20 feet will hang from the second story
of n building to the first floor In spite or ume
It is well preserved, and the stars ana stripes
which "gleamed through the perilous night are
still plainly to be SEEN
Mexican trophies are to be seen at the NaVai
academy. These flags are all unique In design'
bearing the Mexican condor standing on cactus,
with a snake in its mouth. There are several OIL
this war, one of them being the nag captured ny
Gen Winfield Scott and Commodore Matthew fer-
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 nag
which flew over Fort Sumter In April, lSol wheh
II was fred on by the Confederate batteries Ihs
was the shot which opened the great war between
the states. A..
The flag of the Merrimac is now owned by the
family of the late Capt. Beverly Lttepage 1or-
merly of Washington.
Another flag of the Merrimac is IN the posses