The Language Of Flags

To "strike the blag" is to lower tthe natiooal colors in token of submissicm. Flags are used as the symbol of rank and command, oificers using them beinig called flag afficers. Such flags are square, to distinguish them from other bamners. A "flag of truce" is a whitei flag dteplayed to an enemy to indícate a desire for a panley or cansultatAon. The white flag ie the sign oí peace. After a battle partles from both sidea often go out to the finid to reseue the woimded or bury the dead, under cover of a wMte ftag. The red flag is a sign oí defiance, and Us often used by revolutionists. In otit service it ijs a mark of danger LMid Bhoivs a vesselto be recetving or dischargiaug her powder. The black flag is the sdgrn of piraey. The yellOTV flag shows a vessel to be at quarantine, or is the sign of a contagious disease. A flag half-mast means mouming. Fishtog or other vesselB return with a ïllag at half -mast to announce the loss or death of same of the men. Dipping the Slag is lowering it sïightly and then hofeting it again, to salute a vessel ar fort. If the President af the United States goes aftoat, tlie Amenicanflag Is carried in the bows of his barge or hoisted at the main of his vessel. - School Journal. -