Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-01
WHEN AND HOW
TO USE j. S. FLAG

SUN seems &c prevail IN some cases
regarding III, proper use of our ma
tlonal emblem, Mrs. Minnie E. Groth,
as national patriotic instructor Of the
Sons Of Veterans Auxiliary, las fur
nished this office with the following
correct description of flag etiquette:
The flag should be raised at sun
rise and lowered at sunset. 1t should
be raised briskly but retired slowly
and with dignity. The flag should
never be raised or lowered by any
mechanical appliance. 1t should not
be left out at night unless under fire
of an enemy.
On Memorial Day the flag should be
displayed at halfstaff until noon, and
at the peak from noon until sunset.
When the flag is displayed at half
staff, or half-mast, it is first raised
to the peak and then lowered one
breadth of the flag. When lowering
the flag it is again hoisted to the top
and then retired.
The flag should never be allowed to
touch the ground, or permitted to
trail in the dust on the floor.
When the flag is passing on parade
or in review, the spectator should, if
walking halt, if sitting rise and stand
at attention.
When the "Star-Spangled Banner" is
played or sung, rise and remain stand.
ing until it is finished.
When the national flag is carried in
parade, or crossed with state or other
flags, it should be given the place of
honor on the right When carried
with many flags it should precede
them
When the flags of two or more ma
lions are displayed, they should be on
separate staffs, or on separate hal
yards of equal size and on the same
level.
The church pennant, blue cross on
a white ground, is the only flag which
may be raised above the Stars and
Stripes.
When displayed out of doors, the
flag should hang preferably from a
staff. 1t may be suspended across a
thoroughfare as a banner" when
displayed in this manner in streets
running east and west, the union
should fly to the north; in streets run
ming north and south, the union should
fly to the east.
The flag should always be hung fiat
in decorating, never festooned or
draped.
When the flag is displayed horizon
tally, as if on the staff, so it can be
viewed from only one side, the union
should be in the left corner, thus plac-
ing the flag right side out; when hung
horizontally so it can be viewed from
both sides, the union should be at the
right of the building. When the flag
is hung vertically, so it can be viewed
from one side only, the union should
be in the right upper corner, as one
faces it; if hung vertically SO it can
be viewed from both sides, the union
should be at the right of the building
determined by facing in the same di'
rection as the building.
When the flag is portrayed, the staff
should be at the left of the picture
with the fabric floating to the right.
When the flag is used in unwilling
a statue or monument, it should not be
allowed to fall to the ground, but
should be carried aloft to wave out,
forming distinctive feature during
the remainder of the ceremony.
The flag should never be placed be-
low a person sitting.
When used as badge, the flag
should be worn over the left breast.
The flag should never be used as
the whole, or part of costume.
No advertisement can be placed on
mark.
When placed over a bier or casket,
the union, or blue field, should be at
the head
When used as an altar covering the
blue field should be at the left as you
face the altar, and nothing should be
placed upon the flag except the Bible.
The front of the altar is the side
furthest from the presiding officer.
The flag should never be struck with
a gavel or other instrument.
A WORKOUT flag beyond repair if
it has been in service, should be re-
moved from the staff and framed un-
der glass like a picture. When no
longer fit for display, other flags
should be privately destroyed by burn
ing or other methods lacking disre-
spect.
The flag should never be reversed,
except as a signal of distress at sea.
Stripes of red, white and blue bunt-
ing, when hung horizontally in deco
ration, the blue stripe, representing
the blue field Of the flag, should be at
the top.
Mrs Groth also furnishes this Office
with a copy of the statute referring
to the duties of every board of educa-
ton regarding the displaying of the
rpadc fol.