The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-11

| feet-S inches wide, each star more
| than a foot in diameter, and con-
tainE 400 yards OF bunting. 1t was
! paid for by popular subscription
/ from employees in the postottice
| building.
America, in conjunction with the
nations OF the earth, has a Peace
/ flag. The official flag OF each in
divdual country with a white bor-
der placed entirely around IT, con-
stitutes a Peace flag of the respec-
tive nations.
White has always been the flag Of
truce. 1t renders the bearer invio-
late and signifies that he comes as
a friend and not as an enemy. The
white surrounding a national em-
/ blem represents a fortress of peace
around the government. In the case
of the United States Peace flag, the
| border OF white must to the width
of four of the stripes of Old Glory,
making the flag uniform, no matter
its size.
The first flag to go through the
| Panama canal was our Peace flag,
nailed to the Cristobal, proclaiming
that such an engineering fete was
one of enterprise and civilization,
not spoils of conquest but the pro-
] uutl VI HtdNts anu llldN II was "
such methods the United States
furthered the commerce and pro-
gress of the world. This white bor-
der was displayed on the national
! flag of As different nations at the
/ stock holm Peace conference before
the late war, but, alas. frail human
lity needs more thau~sne emblem or
peace TO thwart the war god, Mars.
In battle the icss OF colors to the
enemy Is a calamityconstituting deg
radiation, shame, while the capture
of the enemy's colurs Ia. in turn, an
act of bravery. n matter OF pride,
The color bearer and its guard or
staff occupy the position of great
est honor, which is, of itself, to say
the greatest position OF danger.
Theirs to hold aloft the bright folds
that inspire man to gladly die, but
theirs also TO draw the fire or the
enemy whose most deadly is ever
leveled their direction.
At Chickamauga there Is a mag
nificient memorial in bronze TO the
men carrying the flags of Pennsyl-
vania infantry in that battle Of the
Civil war. Another Pennsylvania
! regiment remembered it's color SER
J geant at Gettsyburg with a granite
monument known as THE Fallen
Color Bearer" showing a wounded
man on the ground still holding the
colors aloft. and on the battle field
of Antietam, regarded as the blood
. lest battle of the war between tho
states, Pennsylvania has a granite
? statue to color bearer, one of the
most imposing of all Antietam''
monuments
, Yesterday l read the story of one
particular flag, a Confederate flas
, that was presented TO a young Off
Ger when he left his home at tn,
, head of a company of town boys
: to fight under the Stars andA Bars
II depicts clearly the reverence
soldier feels for his flag.
: "The ladies of the Methods
l church in Greensboro made
beautiful flag and presented II T.
him about the last OF May 1861
0 the story read. "and just as he wa
,. to leave with his company for tn
I seat OF war. Surrounded by the en-
. tire population OF the town, his com
e pany drew up in line just as tn
shrll whistle of the coming trail
4 was heard and he replied TO tn
q presentation speech with words com
G ing from a full heart and pledge
r himself that whatever calamit
n might befall him and his men, tha
i flag should be his winding shee
e ere II tfalleu In ulsnOnOT,
4 "He remembered that pledg
o when he rushed forward on IN
. bloody field OF Cold Harbor. nea
: Richmond, Virginia, and caught tn
colors of his regiment from tn
- hands OF the falling guard, WHIT
b. though falling, held firmly the flat
a crying out TO his commander TO tax
. 1t, for he had heard that commando
make that pledge.
: The beautiful flag that fluttere
i Its silken folds around his loft
head on that May day OF 81, la
= torn. bloody, shivsred upon his bic
: in May 63,"
n A year after its presentation. I'll
d officer sent the flag back TO th
Ie donors to be kept as an honore
n relic its staff broken, its silk sht
% to tatters, and In lull OF the Seve
IT Days Battle he wrote them this lie
ter of its record:
Is "Our regiment is very much sha
,e tered. Several companies have u
In commissioned officers at all. Ever,
i6 thing will have TO be reorganize