Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-07-05
SERVICE FLAG AT
ST. PAUL 5 REMOVED
Impressive Exercises Mark
Ceremony At That
Church
THIRTY-NINE STARS
Contains Three Geld Stars Represent
ing Men of That Parish Who Made
the Supreme Sacrifice

Impressive services marked tht
taking down Of the service flag d;
ST Paul's Episcopal Church Su..
day morning. The flag contains :
total of thirty-nne stars, anon!
them being three gold ones repre-,
senting the men from, that parish
who made the supreme sacrifice cur
ing the world war. The flag was
lowered by Urban S. Lambert end
turned over to Capt. George Evans
and last night placed il in the 1ands
of the rector, Rev. Percy Fosta:
Hall. Aftcrward there was an ad.
dress by DR.. George 7. Klipstcin.
During the 1rogress OF the service
the hymns sung were as follows:
"The Son of God Goes Forth 20
War;" Eternal Father Strong 20
Save" and "Mv Country Tis of
Thee" and "The Star Spangled Ban
ncr )"
The men represented on the flag
by gold stars are Lieut.. Richard Ii :.
Fawcett, reserve military aviator
and instructor, who died while in
structing.
Lieut.. Chaplain E2pes Evans, u.
S. n.
John n. Luckett.
Other names on the list for whom
stars were given follows:
Commander Wilson Brown, U. 5.
~, Commando. John Downs, u. s.
N: Commander James S. Reid, u.
s. N; Major John w. Burke, T..
:. A.; Captain Charles d. Ba-t2tt.
U. S. M. c.; Capt. Stanley g.
Blanton, U. S. A.; Capt. George
II. Evars. o. S. A; Capt. Conrad
Johnson, U. S. A.; Lieut.. Davll
Chalmers, U. s. NJ: Lieut.. E1-
5eHe IlHuSeS, V D "a
Ntn-commissio1ed officers and ~!
Yates Kenneth Aitcheson. U. S. Al;
Fred Baker, U. S. a.; Thomas Bal
Icnger, l.. S. A.; Tupper Barrett,
U. S A.; C. Waller Barrett, U. 3.
A.; Edgar Clark, U. S. A.; Louis
n. Dixon, U. S. A.; Emmett R.
Dunn, Edward Fawcett, U. S. N;
Frank Lambdin, U. S. A.; I.aur-
ence Fawcett, U. S. A; Beurega.d
fo;ry, U. S. A.; Richard NJ. Green,
Jr., u. S. N; John Johnson, II. ).
\ Everett Kelly, U. S. N; Doug
las Lindsey. U. S. A.; Carroll IL.
.as, U. S. A.; Frank Petty, U. S.
A.; Harry Schwab, U. S. a.; Ray,
mond A. Sutton, U. S. A.; W. T..
Watkins, U. s. A.; Thomas l..
Watkins, U. S. A.; Thomas J..
Wattles. U. S. A.
DR.. kiipstein said in part:
This flag with stars representing
the sodierly conservation to duty If
some still living and of some. w'1o
made the supreme sacrifice in the
great world wide struggle against
sin and crime with which event We
are all so familiar. To those whose
home circles nave been broken All
whose hero sons have been marked
upon this flag by stars of gold sig
nifying that they. have made tne
supreme sacrifice that the word
and humanity might be saved from
ruthless barharism and oppression, It
must be great comfort to know
that the Great Master himself said
to his disciples Greater love hath
no man than this-tha: he lay down
his life for his friend. 1t requires
ire highest ideals Of manhood; the
most exalted sense of duty; total
self abnegation; the very spirit #
the Blessed Master himself TO enable
one to. lay downhis life for a prin-
ciple or for another. We know that
they cannot have died in vain, that
there will come time in the Provi-
dence of God that these things
which, to US now are incomprenen-
sible, will then be made plain We
are not as. those without hope. We
have the assurance of the Great
Father that His love for each one of
US in greater then that Of the most
loving earthly. \ parent That viii:
ever affffIiictiion tiltl we y. bear in His hams
isl ultimely for our good: 1870 -
This is pot the time nor: is It tfhs
occasion to enter into detail as to the
merits or otherwise the cause of tht
s-i5@iI ~.