FLAG DAY.
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Monday, June 24, was Flag Day. Congress formally adopted the
Stars and Stripes as the Flag of the nation on June 14, 1777, in the
following resolution: "Resolved, that the flag of the thirteen Uni
ted States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the
union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new
constellation. The stars to be arranged in a circle". Since that
time the flag has been changed to comply with the admission of the
states to the union, until we have forty eight stars instead of
thirteen. Our flag is one of the oldest of the great nations of the 1
world, and we think there is none so pretty or more glorious.
Of it every American must be justly proud, and in its defense
every citizen of this country ought to be ready to'die. We follow
ers of the flag in the Army worship it as the symbol of our nation’s
ideals, past, present and future.
This incident occurred in China a few years ago. At a Fourth
of July dinner in Shanghai, the English consul in toasting the Brit
ish flag said: "Heres to the Union Jack - flag of flags - the flag
that has floated on every continent and on every sea for a thousand
years - the flag on which the sun never sets".
The sentiment was so strong that the Americans present were a
bit overawed, until the American humorist, Eli Perkins, was called to
toast the Stars and Stripes. Looking directly into the faces of the
Englishmen, he said: "Here is to the Stars and Stripes of the new
Republic; when the setting sun lights up her stars in Alaska, the
rising sun salutes her on the rock-bound coast of Maine. It is the
flag of Liberty, never lowered to any foe, and the only flag that
whipped the flag on which the sun never sets".
"’Tis the star-spangled banner; 0 long may it wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.1"
.Camp Lewis Dews.
AN ARTY 0? NON-COIXISSIOUBTO 0 FFICERS.
It would seem that the Army is divided into an enlisted and
non-commissioned outfit, judging from the number of non-commissioned
officers at present serving the colors.
Out of a total enlisted strength of 118,750, only 59,064 are
privates, wnile there are 59,686 non-coms, almost one non-com for
each buck private.
.Exchange.
SOLDIERS GIVEN FIVE TO TEN YEARS.
Louis Tharp, Orville and Louis Roatcap, former soldiers sta
tioned at. Fort Lawton, Wn. , were sentenced to serve from five to
ten years in Walla Walla penitentiary the past week by Superior
Judge Robert M.Jones.
The three men pleaded guilty to three counts ..a£-robfeeyy each,
and were given the above sentence to run concurrently.
...... Camp Lewis News.
EXAMINATIONS FOR SECO-TD LIEUTENANT.
Under Army Regulations 505-5 examinations for second lieu
tenats are being held throughout the U. S. this week.
Sergeant Vera H, Wiseman, Company ,f2S11 7th, Infantry, is the
only candidate taking the examination at this post.