The Butte daily bulletin., 1919-06-14
Today We Celebrate.
First National Standard
Was Il Cat on Il Spear.

Today is flag day in the United
States, and will be marked by spe-
I cial patriotic exercises in practically
every city in the republic, and par
ticularly in the public schools. The
Stars and Stripes became the Of
ficial emblenl7-af the United States
142 years ago today.
Although special rags existed in
some of the colonies pr4or to the
American Revolution, it was tlp red,
! white and blue banner of EnAand
that was carried to victory in the~o-
lonial wars against Spain, France.
and the Indians. Most of the early
flags Of the colonists were patterned
after the Union Jack Of the mother
country. The Grand Union flag,
raised at Cambridge in 1875, was the
first used by the American army that
had the thirteen alternate red and
white stripes, the number symbolic
of the thirteen colonies. Many flags
were proposed during the Revolu-
ton and the early days of the re-
public One OF them, designed by
Thomas Paine, was composed of all
the colors of the rainbow, symbolic
ing peace The Stars and Stripes
design, however, was officially ad-
opted on June IA, l777. Later, with
the admission of new states, the
ground gradually increased, until to-
day they number forty-eight.
1t is probable that the first flag
was carried by the Saracens in their
battles with the Crusaders, the lat
ter adopting the idea, which thus
spread over Europe. Long before
that there had been national stand
ards, however, as the ancient Egyp-
tans carried before their hosts the
figure of a sacred animal on a spear
stuffed cat impaled on stick was
the fore runner of the banners now
used. In the days of the old Per
sian empire a blacksmith S apron was
carried aloft at the head of the army
while the standard of the Turks was
horses tail
Today the flag is the most revered
of all inanimate objects. and in tho
war which has just ended millions
of men showed their devotion to theil
flag by giving their life for it.
Allcnites.
The founder of the sect called AL
lcnites was the Rev. Henry Allen
who was born in Newport r. l., II
years ago today, June IA, 174S. Th'
Allenites were Numerous i'll the co
lonial days i'll America, and the sec
. still has few adherents on botl
: sides of the Atlantic Henry Allel
| taught that the soul of a human be
ing is an emanation or part of tn
great spirit and that all of us wer
| present with our earliest ancestor
, in the Garden of Eden and particlpat
ed in the fatal eating of the apple
D He held that Adam and Eve, befor
: the fall, were immaterial spirit
~ without material bodies. and tina
they were given the burden Of files
II only after their-and our-trans
: gression. The Allenitcs refused t
| accept the doctrine of the resurret
n ton of the body, which was one c
the first articles of the orthodo
G faith in those days. and thew also dc
a clared the ordinances of the gospt
to be little account and matters {
!, Indifference In some of their bt
liefs the Allenites were forerunnel
of the Christian Scientists and othe
sects of the present day. In the
udS lliC uuleltlllS VI Alltil "tlC u'
nounced as heretics, and often pc
secuted. The founder of the SEE
d died III northampton. N. H., in 17S'
y Anniversary Briefs.
5 The Roman republic was cstai
liShed on this date in the year 81
b. c., and the first consuls wei
elected. according to the Capitolil
: marbles. This noble political fabr
= endured for period of 462 years.
Z On June IA, 1901, just us yeal
Il ago today, Benedict Arnold, the ira
tor, died in England. He had bee
Il brave officer in the American Sc
vice from the commencement of til
,- war of the Revolution, but some in
prudent conduct subjected him to
'e reprimand from the commander-il
chief, after which he sought an OF
portunity to desert He Joined tn
British army and committed gre;
IN crnelties upon his countrymen du
q ing the remainder of the war.