The Springdale news., 1918-04-12
HONOR FLAGS WILL
DOT ALL AMERICA
Honors That Will Entitle Communi-
ties to Unfurl Banner Similar to
that Flying Over the White House.
By MAX B. COOK.

That the proper spirit of patriotic
competition may be developed be
tween towns and cities throughout the
nation, the Liberty Loan organization
has adopted an Honor Flag and Hon
or Roll system, which has been en-
dorsed by Secretary McAdoo.
1t is to be used as an additional in
centlve for everytown, county and city
to go over the top" with their quota
and thus gain the right to unfurl an
Honor Flag when the National Honor
Flag is unfurled over the White
House in Washington, d. C.
The greatest honor that can come to
any town, county or city in the Unit
ed States in this campaign will be the
right to unfurl the first Honor Flag
in the United States. This right will
come when the quota of that particu-
lar locality is reached.
All the insignia and equipment for
use in connection with the plan will be
supplied by the Treasury Department
and distributed through the Liberty
Loan Organization
1t consists of a specially designed
Honor Flag for communities, a Win
dow sign bearing a reproduction of
the Honor Flag, large Honor Roll to
which is to be attached the names of
all subscribers in each community, a
large Honor Flag to be awarded to
states, and national Honor Flag to
be unfurled in Washington.
The Honor Flag to be awarded to
communities is sc by Sd inches and
constructed from good quality mater
ial like that used in the Navy. It has
a red border and white center with
three vertical blue stripes indicative
of the Third Liberty Loan campaign.
This flag will be awarded to each
community that subseribes the sales
quota set for it by its Federal Reserve
District Libery Loan committees
| AS an additional Honor emblem, a
blue star, to be sewed into the white
field of the flag, will be awarded to
communities every time they increase
the quotas by hundred per cent
In other words, if towns quota
is 100000, it will be entitled to an
Honor Flag, when its subscriptions
reach this amount; when its subserip-
tions reach 100000 it will De eat : e.
to one blue star and for eacn add
;lonal 100000 it will receive another
star
The window card will be 7 by 9
inches and will bear reproduction OF
the Honor Flag and space for the
subscribers name. When bond is
sold the name of the purchaser should
be written in by the subscriber him
self. The subscriber then will be ex-
pected to place this card in the win
dow of his residence or place of bust
ness.
The Honor Roll will be Is by 38
inches and bear large reproduction
of the Honor Flag and these words:
Help Our Town Win The Right to
Fly This Flag and These are the
people of our town who are helping to
win the war by investing in United
States Government Bonds of the
Third Liberty Loan"
A space is preserved at the bottom
of the Honor Roll for attaching lists
of names of subscribers. Local COM
mittees may substitute the names Of
their own communities or other des-
| ignation for the words "our own if
they so desire.
| Next in Importance to winning the
right to fly the first Honor Flag in
the United States is to have the priv
ilege of unfurling the first Honor
Flag in your state. Even if you do
not win this second honor all hope is
not lost, for you still can be the first
| unit in your section Of your state to
win the right to fly the flag; failing
again, you can strive to gain unit
honors in your county. Lastly, you
should try to win this right before the
local unit that is your keenest rival
for honors of all kinds.
Every subscriber to the loan, re-
CARELESS of the amount Of his sub
scription, is entitled to window sign.
! Liberty Loan Organizations through
out the country are planning drives
that will "paper" ever home in the
nation with Honor Cards and will send
Honor Flags flying from the flag
poles of every community.
In most sections house-to-house
canvasses to detect the Stacker who
has no card in his window, will be
conducted.
Are you, Mr.. Citizens, going to be
one of those slackers?
OF course not!
We know it. You are going to see
if you cannot be the first man in
your community to place one of these