The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-05-02

TOFN THIS FLAG.
Every Country or Commun-
ity can win the right to lily the
Flag shown above, by over-sub-
scribing their quota to the
Third Liberty Loan.
Doubt may arise in the
minds of some people as to
whether a flag can Ee*won by a
county only, or by a particular
community. The feeling Of the
Government about the matter
is that where a town or city is
large enough to have a separate
quota assigned to it, that city
or town can have an Honor
Flag for itself. For instance,
the County Executive Commit
tee will assign a separate quota
for Denison and Sherman in
'Grayson County, Texas. This
illustration will give some idea
of how the matter will be ar
ranged. The rules governing
the question of what commune
ties shall have the right to earn
and fly an Honor Flag must
necessarily be somewhat elastic.
You may be sure of one thing:
that wherever a community de-
termines to go cover the Top"
with the Third Liberty Loan,
provision viii. be made by the
Federal Reserve Bank, as
agent for the Government, for
recognition of the patriotism Of
that community by awarding
an Honor Flag.
The Honor Flag measures
36x54 inches. 1t has a red bor-
der and a white center, and
three vertical blue stripes. AS
an additional Honor emblem, a
blue star, to be sewn into the
white field Of the Flag, will be
awarded to communities every
time they increase their quotas
by a hundred per cent. In 9th
er words, if a towns quota is
100000, it will be entitled to
an Honor Flag when its sub
scriptions reach this amount,
and when the subscriptions
reach 100000 it will be en-.
titled to one blue star.
Every bank will be supplied
with window cards 7x9 inches
which will show a reproduction
of the Honor Flag, and have q
space for the suh5crit ers name
The subscriber will write his
name on the window card an6
| display it in his residence OF
at his place Of business.
The raising of the Honor
Flag in any community, SHOULD
be made the occasion of a great
patriotic demonstration, and h
made one Of the greatest event.
in the life of the community.
In many communities Their,
will be used in connection will
the Honor Flag system, tn,
"Honor Roll" This will give
list of the names of subscrib
ers to the Third Liberty Loan
The list will be placed in tn,
most prominent position il
town, outside of the Libert,
Loan headquarters, or possibl,
/ the postoffice in smaller com
munities, and the list will b.
added to frequently and KEEP
up to date. Every man VIII,
values his self-respect and tn
opinion of his neighbors vii
want to have his name appea
on the Honor Roll.
There is not a single count,
in the whole of the Eleventh
Federal Reserve District, or
single city or town large enough
to De given a separate quota
that viii. not earn the right t
fly this Flag eventually.
| The one question before tn
people in any community
whether they will at ono
spring to the aid Of their cour
try, or whether they will wal
and come in at the last me
ment.
The value of service depend
largely nnon it's promptnes!
What kind Of service is YOU
community going to render t
the Governments quick, will
ing one, Or a grudging one?
Your whole community ha
been enlisted in the army {
the United States that is to wi
this war. Be good soldiers
obey orders promptly. Your o.
ders are "Over the Top, Civil
ians! Over the Top With til
Liberty Loan"
Make your work count for Uictory