The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-04
HONOR FLAGS TO
STIR UPSPIRI1
McAdoO Wants to See New Ban
ner Flying in Ever CON-
munIty Early in Drive
window CARDS ARE BIG
FEATURE OF THE SYSTEM
Women Of Junior League In
Cleveland Make Silk Honor
Flag for the City

The Third Liberty Loan is contrib
uting to the many emblems and flags
which have. had their place Of honor
In the United States since the begin
ming Of the war, the Honor Flag.
Everywhere In the United States the
Honor Flag will be flying soon after
the opening of the Third Loan drive,
If the hope of Secretary Of the Treas
ury McAdoo bears fruit
The Honor Flag and Honor Roll
system are the conceptions Of J. H.
Burton of New York. The Honor
Flag is a white flag surrounded with
a broad red border and bearing three
perpendicular blue stripes, Of the same
width as the border, running through
its center. It measures 36x64 inches
and will be awarded by the Treasury
Department to every community in
the United States as that community
attains its quota Of subscriptions to
the Third Liberty Loan.
Secretary McAdoo has expressed
the wish that every community In the
nation have one Of the flags earned
and flying before the end Of the cam
paign.
Parent Flag at Capital
The parent Honor Flag OF all the
flags will fly at the national capital
With 1t will be flown Roll Of Honor.
On this roll the names Of the states
of the Union will be inscribed as fast
as the states reach the quotas allotted
to them.
In the same manner on the Honor
Flag flying at the state capital Of each
state there will be an Honor Roll on
which the names Of the QuOtarattatn'
ing communities will be recorded as
fast as they reach their mark
In connection with the flag and roll
system the plan calls for the distribu-
ton Of window display cards to all
purchasers Of the bonds Of the third
loan for display in the windows Of
homes.
On each of the window display
cards there is replica in colors OF
the Honor Flag and a blank line on
which is filed in the name OF the pur-
chaser. The window card is power
in getting the tagging citizens up to
the bond counter with their purchase
money. The sight Of card In the
window Of one man is going to get his
neighbors busy. The card, too, Is a
token to the holder Of the appreciation
hot $hA hn11c q.
holder has done his bit in the flnanc.
ing Of his country at war.
Women Make Silk Flag.
The young women of the Junior
League Of Cleveland have decided that
the Honor Flag awarded by the Treas.
ury Department is not going to be big
enough for Cleveland and they have
started work on huge silken banner,
following closely the proportionate
measurements Of the official flag. The
same patriotic work has been taken UP
in other communities by church socie-
ties and women's clubs and guilds
The making of the first flag flown In
Washington was superintended by
Mrs. McAdoo, wife of the secretary OF
the treasury.
The raising OF the sample flag in
front Of the Treasury Building al
Washington was attended by demon
stration Of enthusiasm rare even in
Washington. Thousands gathered in
the street and the employees Of the
treasury quit work in body for Is
minutes for the first time in history
to add their plaudits to those Of the
populace when the flag was holsted by
Lewis B. Franklin, director Of the Wal
Loan Organization.