Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-09

tional Capital, the Cross of Honor
Of the United States Flag Associa-
ton is to be pinned upon him on the
steps of the Capitol Sunday evening
by Charles Evans Hughes, former
Secretary of State, who is coming to
Washington expressly to perform
that service at the request of the
executive committee of the flag ass
association, of which President Coolidge
is honorary head.
The brief presentation ceremonies
will take place at the vesper flag
service on the west steps of the
Capitol Sunday afternoon at o'clock.
Mr.. Hughes agreed to make the pres
entation during a long distance con-
versation yesterday with Col James
A. Moss, director general of the flag
association. Mrs. Lindbergh has
been invited to be present at the
decoration of her distinguished son.
Will Be First So HOnOred.
The Cross of Honor, which invests
the recipient with the title of Knight of
the Flag" and confers upon him life
membership IN the Order of the Flag,
the Legion Of Honor" of the United
States Flag Association, is the high
est honor awarded by that associa-
ton. 1t is awarded to Col. Lind
bergh, the first man to receive it,
"in recognition Of his conspicuous
service to the flag, through his mar
velous achievement which has
emphasized so strongly in the eyes
of the entire world the hopes, aspira-
tons and destiny of the American
people as symbolized by the flag of
the United States"
Col. Lindbergh is to be escorted to
the Vesper flag service directly from
the ceremonies at Walter Reed Hos
pital and the presentation will take
place Immediately after his arrival.
In explaining today the difficulty
experienced in being unable to ac-
| commodate even small fractional
part of the demand for tickets to
| reserved places on the Monument
Grounds and in directing those who
received tickets how to proceed to
cause the least disorder, Lieut.. Col.
L. s. Grant, Sd, chairman of the
committee on arrangements, reported
| as follows:
Arrangements Explained.
The committee has been able to
arrange seats only for the high off,
Gals themselves, and in some cases
| for one member of their families,
1 whose positions indicate them as
persons who should be present at
the reception. Enough seats for the
| chiefs of the foreign missions have
| been reserved in section Il of the
| Presidents stand while the recep-
ton committee. including the cabi-
! net, Supreme Court and the special
! committees Of the Senate and House
! of Representatives, will be taken care
I of in section G. (White tickeD.
"The seats in section ID, f., + and
J G (red and blue tickets) are only
sufficient for the Senators, members
!; of the House of Representatives,
chiefs Of the executive departments
| and bureaus who are in town. AS the
| ceremony will take but few min
utes and as the view will be better
from the sloping ground of the
Washington Monument mound some
little distance from the stand, the
committee did not feel that it would
be advisable or necessary to attempt
the construction of a large grand
stand for any large number of
people. In fact with the short time
available and the impossibility of
ascertaining in advance just who
would come in at the last moment, 1t
| would have been impractiCable to
provide seats. for all the officials of
the Government to whom we would
like to give them. Thes-committee
has, therefore, arranged 10 rope of