Our country and its resources; . Courtesy of theliit. Film Co, MRS. VERNON CASTLE AS BETSY ROSS Part II. THE TROPHY FLAGS OF THE EXITED STATES NAVYBy Instructor II. C. WASHBURN D. S. NAVAL ACADEMY AT the United States Naval seas, victories won by the consist-Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, ently maintained skill and efficiency,is the greatest collection of as well as by the traditional daringnaval trophy flags in the world. and devotion to duty, of our officers. BRITISH ROYAL STANDARD This gorgeous blazoning of the arms of England, Scotland, andIreland, together with the arms of the Hanoverian d
Our country and its resources; . Courtesy of theliit. Film Co, MRS. VERNON CASTLE AS BETSY ROSS Part II. THE TROPHY FLAGS OF THE EXITED STATES NAVYBy Instructor II. C. WASHBURN D. S. NAVAL ACADEMY AT the United States Naval seas, victories won by the consist-Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, ently maintained skill and efficiency,is the greatest collection of as well as by the traditional daringnaval trophy flags in the world. and devotion to duty, of our officers. BRITISH ROYAL STANDARD This gorgeous blazoning of the arms of England, Scotland, andIreland, together with the arms of the Hanoverian dominionsin Brunswick, Lunenburg and Saxony, is said to be the onlyBritish Royal Standard ever captured in battle. And indeed,this great standard, which measures thirty feet by twenty-five,was taken at the attack on York I now Toronto), when that place,then the capital of Upper Canada, was captured by the squadronunder Commodore Isaac Chauncey and a land force under Gen-eral Pike, April 27, 1813. Nevertheless, it should be remem-bered that the royal standard has for centuries ceased to bea battle flag, that it is used primarily to signify the presenceof the sovereign, and that it was found at the Parliament Houseat York, where it awaited the visit of a member of the royalfamily. It was in retaliation for Chaunceys raid on York, andmore especially, perhaps, for the taking of the Royal Standardfrom the Parliament House, that the British sent General Rosss
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