The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-06-14
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To Wynona Marjorie

blue.
Her cheeks the petals are-sonnetimes
No roses s'e ever were so sweetly pink.
Her smiles. the circling buds, fair
A later bloom in floral gifts of love.
Her glances are the roses greetings
In grac i5 to all that wander
there.
The roses fragrance fingers in her
tress,
A mingling Of sunbeam and caresg-
And like regnant queen upon her
throne
She rules the garden Of my heart,
alone.
And, finally, this likeness to complete,
When this my rose and do pace the
street,
! even find the thorn-that shaft OF
dread
With which she spikes her bosnet to
her head! Selected.
The Origin, Design and Proper Dis
play Of the Service Flag
In response to many inquiries with Il
reference to the service flag, it's origin
and established usage, the following
memorandum has been prepared from
the best available information-not
as an official, authoritative statement,
but to answer such inquiries and for
the information and guidance of
those who may desire to follow it:
First. The service flag is not an
official flag Of the government. 1t has,
however, taken such firm root in
popular sentiment and has been Of
such beneficial influence that it is Of
fcially recognized, and everyone who
is entitled to fly it is encouraged and
urged to do so.
The service flag was designed. by
inspiration in the following manner.
Mr. r. L. Ineisser, Of Cleveland, o.,
formerly captain Of the machine gun
company, 9Th Ohio Infantry, retired
because of accident, decided shortly
after war was declared that some
sign or symbol should be evolved by
which 1t might be known that his
sons were away in their country's
service, and one which would be to
their mother visible sign of the sac
rifice her sons were making. He then
designed the flag. The city council of
East Cleveland adopted an ordinance
providing that one be presented to
the family of every soldier and sailor
entering the service, and it soon re-
ceived favorable recognition else
where, so that it was suggested to
him that he patent it, which he did,
the patent being issued to him Nov.
6, 1917. The basic idea of the serv-
ice flag is that there shall be a star
to represent each person serving
with the colors.
Perhaps the best guide as to what
persons shall be entitled to this honor
is the legislation enacted by Congress
for the benefit Of those in the militia
ry service conversely, those to whom
Congress has not seen fit to extend
such recognition ought not to be rep
resented on the service flag, which is
limited to those in the military serv-
ice.
All persons included in the several
military forces are, without regard to
their sex, deemed to be persons in
military service" A woman should be
accorded the honor Of representation
on the service flag also when in any
active service. When flown from a
home, husband, son, father or
brother may properly be represented
on the service flag, even though he
did not actually leave from that
household directly to go into the serv-
ice. In case of any more distant rela-
tive, they should actually be members
of the household where the flag is
displayed and have left for the serv-
ice directly from such household.
There is some sentiment in favor of
distinguishing flags representing
members of a family from those rep
resenting members of an organiza-
ton, by limiting the individual stars
to the family flags, the organizations
to use single star with numeral
to indicate the number who have
gone. And to represent by silver and
gold stars only those who are invalid
ed, wounded or killed. This would
enable anyone clearly to determine in
any doubtful case whether the per-
son represented were members of the
family or employees, and in any case
where there are a large number,
would show more distinctly how many
havegone from such organizations.
A blue star is used to represent
each person, man or woman. in the
military or naval service of the Unit
ed States. For those killed in action
a gold star will be substituted for the
blue star. The idea of the gold star
is that the honor and glory accorded
the person for his supreme sacrifice
in offering UP for his country his
"last full measure of devotion" and
the pride of the family in it, rather
than the sense of personal loss, which
would be represented by mourning
symbol, even though white were to
be used instead of black. For those
wounded in action silver star will
be substituted for the blue star OF
superimposed on it in such manner as
to entirely cover it. Use of the stan
in this manner would be limited to
those entitled to the official wound
chevron, which is awarded to those
receiving wounds in action with the
enemy or disabled by a gas attack
necessitating treatment by medica
officer. For those who die from such
wounds the gold star will be put or
the silver star with margin of sill.
yer around the gold. For those dis