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...Because of numerous workless days during the past winter, it is not advisable that the occasion should be made a holiday, be in every factory, store, mine, school and on every farm there should be a brief period during the day when everyone who is loyal to the flag should stand up and be counted. Flags should everywhere be unfurled. At 12 o'clock noon, factory whistles and church bells should send forth a volume of sound that will reach Berlin. Every band in the country will then play the "Star Spangled Banner," while people stand at attention...
...every college there should be special patriotic exercises, at which messages from students and alumni in the nation's service may be read, instruction as to how every college student can do his part to win the war can be given and a pledge of allegiance to the flag and to the cause of the war repeated by all. The colleges of America have responded nobly to the call to arms. On April 6th the faculties and students should let their brothers in the field know that they are with them in spirit and in effort. WILLIAM MATHER LEWIS...
...Whenever the National Anthem is played at any place when persons belonging to the military service are present, all officers and enlisted men, not in formation, shall stand at attention facing toward the music (except at retreat, when they shall face toward the flag). If in uniform covered, they shall salute at the first note of the Anthem, retaining the position of salute until the last note of the Anthem. If not in uniform and covered, they shall uncover...
...Service Flag Has 870 Stars...
...service flag of the club has displayed on it the figures 870 for the members who are in the armies or the navy. So far as reported, the members in the U. S. Army hold the following ranks: Major Generals, 2 Brigadier Generals; 1 Colonels, 4 Lieutenant Colonels, 5 Majors, 68 Captains, 204 First Lieutenants, 187 Second Lieutenants, 124 Enlisted Men, 72 Of the men in the army, the following number have been reported as being abroad: In England, 4 In France, 75 In Italy, 6 In Serbia, 2 In Greece, 1 The ranks of the men in the navy...