New-York tribune., 1919-10-22
Memorial Flag Is Carried
by Boy Runners From
Bronx to Queens; Several
Institutions Are Visited
Ceremonies at Graves
Roosevelt Club Is Formed;
Japan and Italy to Help
\ Honor Former President

The Roosevelt flag, in the interests
Of Americanism and the Roosevelt
Memorial Association, started on its
n;lprimage of patriotism in greater
New York yesterday. During the day
thousands of Bronx school children
honored it and listened to the message
of Americanism linked with it, while
hundreds Of college students had
cheered it and joined in starting Roose-
welt memorial clubs in movement
which is expected to extend to every
university IN the country.
Relayed by schoolboy runners, the
Aag sped from school to school in The
Bronx, being greeted everywhere with
appropriate ceremonies Leaving the
Van Cortlandt Park Manor House at
$3.50 a. M, it was taken to the Thco-
dore Roosevelt High School, New York
University. Fordham University, Bor-
ough Hall, The Bronx, the grave of
Francis Rodman Drake, the grave of
Gouverneur Morris and late in the
afternoon crossed the Sound by boat
and was left under guard over night in
the Bryant High School, Long Island
City, where the forty-fourth star will
be sewed on to-day.
To Tour Queens Today
Early this morning begins tour of
the Borough of Queens, going to Flush
inc High School, the home of Colonel
Roosevelts uncle in Flushing, and to
Kings Park, Jamaica. At 10 o'clock
Thursday morning it will be at ST.
George, Staten Island, for a tour of
Richmond Borough.
Impressive exercises as tribute to
the Americanism of Colonel Roosevelt
greeted the flag at Theodore Roosevelt
High School IN The Bronx yesterday
morning. A passage from the Scrip
lures was read. Three boys, one carry
ing an American flag, marched in and
held up the emblem, which the students
greeted with the salute to the flag.
Then schoolboy rose among his
fellows, suddenly decaiming:
"We shall never be successful over
the dangers that confront US; we shall
never achieve true greatness, nor reach
the lofty ideal which the founders and
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public have set before us. unless we
are Americans in heart and soul, in
spirit and purpose keenly alive to the
responsibility implied in the very name
Of American, and proud beyond measure
Of the glorious privilege of bearing it."
Children Quote Roosevelt
A school girl, of foreign parentage,
rose from the other side of the room
on osl
faith, in soul and body, becomes an
American, he stands on .ull and en-
tire equality with everybody else, and
must be so treated. without any men
tai reservation, without any regard to
his creed, or birthplace, or descent"
In such fashion twelve different
pupils rose in turn and repeated ex-
tracts from Colonel Roosevelts writ
ings and speeches on Americanism.
Then the flag was brought forward
guarded by Boy Scouts. Forty ght
high school girls, in blue dresses with
white stars on their breasts, formed
background. Five girls, dressed in
white and wearing Liberty hats, took
the flag, each sewing on one corner
OF the forty-third star to be attached
Two Of them were descended from
revolutionary stocl. and had relatives
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War and the world war. Another had
grandfather in the Civil War and q
iather in the world war. Another was
descended from veteran of the Span.
lsh-American War, while fifth was
the daughter of a naturalized Hun
garian.
Flag Guarded by Veteran
Samuel Abbott, who has accompa-
nied the flag on its journey of more
tnan 500 miles from Buffalo, made 6
sufrlng speech, recounting expert
snces with the flag on the way
AT Watkins, N. "" he said, "ar
eid Civil War veteran, who of all the
local veterans had the worst expert
ence in the Civil War, sat up all one
night guarding the flag, refusing te
seep. At Fonda the flag was kept By
me sister of boy who died at Chateau
Thierry.
AT Fort Ann the citizens paradec
me streets of the city for two hours
aking the flag to every place of his
.01ic interest, dating as far back as
!ae revolutionary War. At Rome the
aag, with only thirteen stars sewcc
va II, was raised at Fort Stanwick
wnere in the Revolutionary War thu
original Star Spangled Banner with
ssnlrteen stars and thirteen stripes was
hrst raised"
Miss Katherine Goldfish then re
sd sased Francis Rodman brakes poem
ane American Flag" and the student
sang America" and the Salute t.
sne Flag set to music by Miss Laur
Sceogwlck Collins, an intimate friend 0
eoionel Roosevelt. Miss Collins ais
read tribute TO Colonel Roosevelt
written On the day Of his death, an
Song"
Draped Over Roosevelt Bust
Inc flag reached New York Univer
s.ly at ll:27 a. m. Following g. trib
a.s 70 the university's honor roll o
'n'fty-six men killed in the war, tn
s"oiem, carried by six students, wen