History of the flag of the United States of America : and of the naval and yacht-club signals, seals, and arms, and principal national songs of the United States, with a chronicle of the symbols, standards, banners, and flags of ancient and modern nations . isions, the ujiperniostwhite, the central blue, and the loAvermust red. The man-of-icar flagis white, with a blue diagonal cross; and this flag is charged in thedexter chief quarter of the larger flags with stripes of red, white, andblue, for the three squadrons of the Russian navy. The original ensign seems to have been borrowed by Peter t
History of the flag of the United States of America : and of the naval and yacht-club signals, seals, and arms, and principal national songs of the United States, with a chronicle of the symbols, standards, banners, and flags of ancient and modern nations . isions, the ujiperniostwhite, the central blue, and the loAvermust red. The man-of-icar flagis white, with a blue diagonal cross; and this flag is charged in thedexter chief quarter of the larger flags with stripes of red, white, andblue, for the three squadrons of the Russian navy. The original ensign seems to have been borrowed by Peter theGreat who originated it, from the Dutch, and is merely the Dutch flag upside , as afurther distinc-tion, the whitewas charged Avitha small blue the great-er part of the lastcentury, the lius-sian navy More a\vhite,blue,orredensign, the latterbearing the bluecross in a whitecanton. The annexedengraving is afac-simile of thebanner underwhich the Rus-sians conqueredthe Tartars in1386, and is acurious specimenof the banners of the fourteenth century. A fac-simile of the banner was presented tothe Russian Legion in 1876.^ Scribners Monthly, for February, 1880, has an engraving of a 1 Lomlon Graphic, Oct. 28, Russian Flag, 13S6. OF ANCIENT AND MODERN NATIONS. 97 military flag of Peter the Greats time, representing a warrior on horse-back, with a drawn sword; but the magazine does not give any de-scription of the flag, or state where it is preserved. In the Eussian navy they pay honors and a respect to their na-tional flag that other nations would do well to follow. The ensign islowered with great formality at sunset. The officers are assembled onthe quarter-deck, with the band in position, and the crew in theirplaces. As the flag begins to descend, the national air is played, andthe officers and crew stand uncovered before the emblem of the na-tions sovereignty. It is hoisted with similar ceremonies. In 1871,the Emperor of Eussia presen
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