The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-05-20

least a year he should BIO under OBJ
servation as to food, hours Of sleep and
graduated labor. as necessarily as un-
aer medcal care during the ms he nas
afforded and the men. after their dis
charge. must seek cheap lodgings and
look for a job, any kind Of e job that
unemployed. for the poor fellows have
heard 50 much on the fear OF pauper-.
izing Them" that they will take awful
It remains 70 for our government to pro-
vide these men with light remunerative
work. as gardening. canning. cabinet
sna shrub rssns sh'n Taerd sa is ess
opportunity to inaagurate "a model village
for the care of the recovered cases,
which they could run themselves. and
proper care OF our civilian tubercular
population. A million dollars spent in
this way would be more constructive
than five million in the care OF relapse
I; Besides these groups of sick and dis
abled; the numbers of which are con-
SANITY slant chanEing and not de,ereasing
; helpless. and more forgotten, the men
who have become mentally deranged
under the stress Of service. There is no
the mad rush for preparation for war
lat the eleventh hour. who were men
| tally, unbalanced or whose history
; should have prevented their being taken
who under favorable circumstances
might have lived out their term OF ex-,
instance without showing any. serious
strain of war. The fact remains that
this country has on its hands at present
dealt with humanely and to be offered
the best chance Of recovery.
The institutions which visited afford
and the spirit Of the management is. as
a dough boy himself might say fright"
still 1t does not seem proper that the
ready full taxed quarters to this new
asked at both the st. Peter and the
Rochester Institutions."Do you think
equipped with, all modern THERAPEUTIC ap-
planes. devoted wholly to their care
that the result, as regards complete re-
At both Institutions the answer was in
made that more might be done for their
modern institution in this State for the
care OF this class Of disabled soldiers
IT T IN the n sta Sey e but
would be more inviting place for the
relatives of the, afflicted men, to. bring
them to. and that Il would lead to a
now living in the homes without care
and without that surveillance that is
necessary for their own and their peo-
There were at the, time of my visit
thirty-five men at st. Peter. and thirty
Ave at Rochester. Fergus Falls has
1T Hastings and wilimar.
The matter Of compensation is looked
after by Guardian Appointed on their
an n9 II, ana they come as the
If the state board Of control.-Helen
Hughes Hielscher, state presirent.
The effect of the interest manifested
by Sthe Women's Auxiliary of the Aemr-
lean Legion. through it's visiting Com
mittees, on the daily life Of the men is
titude of these men toward the Govern
ment and toward the public when we
began to work. with what it is'at the
es day rrssf oT n vba aa1 TS
be called with truth "ReaI Americaniza-
] ton" A most healthful movement is
now on foot to take the work which
ing and basketry. etc. and dispose of it
at our various centers. in some way
that the local Unit may devise. Already
the el susbt that e eH haue n rea
earned money Of their own. Any Unit
or other organization wishing to help
man Of the committee for the sick and
disabled. MRS. Sandy Hamilton, 1877
fourth street. s. e. Minneapolis or Mrs!
Paul. s piece sss a 81 sosk w
sent to them: Every Unit Secretary
viii receive = booklet from Mr.; Alfred ,,
Thomson ks Keith PA ,... Minneapolis POLL,
pensation and disqualification. These
books are to be handed to the chairman
Of the committee for the sick and dis
abled.-
The American Flag. the. emblem of
our country. is the third oldest national
aisy z fhf s'E STARS an s g
White and Blue, BY whatever name
and liberty means obedience to our
! The Flag contains thirteen stripes,
alternate red and white. representing
each state of. the Union. The. Field Of
the Flag is the stripes, and the Union
is the blue and the stars. The colors OF
the Flag are REQ ;Ts
home: blue representngi loyalty, SINGER
ity and Justice; and its stars represent
ing the federal union: A. .,o
Flag is regulated by laws and executive
order. An executive order, issued Oct
ober 2s. 1912. provided for As stars ar.
!
stars each. Starting in the upper left
hand corner and reading each row from
left to right, gives the star OF each
state in the order of the states ratifica-
ton Of the Constitution and admission
! to the Union. The star, representing
Minnesota Is the eight star of the fourth
row, the 32nd state to ratify the Con-
stitution and become part OF the United
States. $50,
/ The dimensions Of the Flag are fixed
by an executive order issued May 26th,
1915. The length should be just 1.9
times its height. The Union. or part Of
| the Flag on which the stars appear.
should be seven stripes high and its
length .76 OF the height of the flag. The
stars are flve-pointed, with one point
directly upward. When a new state is
admitted the star is not added to the
flag until the Fourth of July next sue
ceeding the date of admission. The
Constitution is the basis of all law, and
the Flag is its symbol. Always respect
it.
/ How To Respect The Flag
| The Flag should be raised at sunrise
and lowered at sunset. dt may be rails
ed other times but should never be left
out overnight. except when 1t is under
the fire of an enemy. On Memorial Day
the Flag should be displayed at half
staff from sunrise until noon, and at the
peak from noon until sunset.
| In raising the Flag to half-staff or
! half mast, It should always be run to
the peak and then lowered one breadth
of the Flag. In retiring it. it should
first he RIM hack tn the peak then re-