Evening star., 1923-05-31
RIGHT WAY TO FLY
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Patriotic Societies Urge
Strict Compliance With
Army Rules.

= resolution urging strict compli-
ance with regulations drawn up by
the War Department on the correct
use of the United States flag was
adopted today at a joint meeting of
members Of the D. A. r., the Wo-
mans Army and Navy League and
other patriotic organizations. at the
Franklin School.
Lieut.. Col. Alfred J. Booth Of the
adjutants generals Office. explained
that the Army did not attempt to
draw up any regulations as to the
ways in which the flag should be
used outside of the military service,
but pointed out that there were GER
tain rules which should be followed
in the usage of It.
Deplores Flying of Flag at Night.
Mrs. Isabelle w. Ball of the national
staff of the Woman's Relief Corps
made a brief address. in which she
told how the flag is used improperly
in draping, and deplored cases where
flags on schoolhouses were left fly
ing all night.
Mrs. E. H. Liscum of the Woman s
Army and Navy League told of the
necessity of education in the use of
the flag.
Instruction among school children
in the meaning of the flag. the sacred
ness of il, and the proper ways in
which to use il was advocated
Capt. George Chandler of the gen.
eral staff said. THE flag represents
the living country. and is itself con-
sidered as living thing"
Rules of Army.
He then quoted from a flag circular
of the War Department, in part, as
follows:
1.-The union of the flag is the honor
point; the right arm is the sword arm
and therefore the point of danger and
hence the place of honor. The staff
edge of the flag is the heraldic dex-
ter or right edge. When the national
flag is carried. as in a procession
with another flag or flags, the place
of the national flag is on the right
i.e.. the flags own right.
when the national flag and another
HaE are displayed together, as against
ii Nah IRON crossed staffs. the ma
tional flag should be on the right, the
flags own right, !. e, the observer
left. and its staff should be in front
of the staff of the other flag When
r. number of flags are grouped and
displayed from staffs the national flag
should be in the center or at the high
tional flag is hung either horizontally
or vertically against wall the union
should be upDermoSt and to the flags
own right, j. e. to the observers left
When displayed from a staff pro-
5ectIng horizontally or at an angle
froiu a window sill or the front of
a building, the same rules should be
observed; the union should go clear
TO the truck" as the peak of the
staff is called. unless the flag be at
half staff. When the flag is suspend
ed between buildings so as to hang
over the middle of the street, a simple
rule is to hang the union to the north
In an east and west street or to the
east in a north and south street.
when flags of states or cities or
fsennants of societies are flown on
the same halyard with the national
flag. the national flag must always
be at the peak. When flown from
adjacent staffs the national flag
should be hoisted first. There is a
charlain's flag authorized in Army
regulations, but there is no church
pennant prescribed. Neither the
craplain's flag nor any other flag or
penuant is authorized to be placed
above or to the right of the national
flag"
Mrs. John NJ. Beavers. vice state
regent of the District of Columbia
d. A. R.. also made a few remarks.
Mrs. William Wolff Smith, chair
man Of the committee on the correct
usage of the flag of the Woman's
American Legion, presided.