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Show FLAG ETIQUETTE Harry Lee King of the Boy Scouts in the New Yorl Tribune gives the following rules for flying the Nationa colors: f 1 The proper time for raising the flag is . sunrise or after, never before. 2 The flag must be lowered at sunset. 3 In draping the flag against the side of a room or building, the proper position for the blue field is toward the north or toward the east-It east-It is a mark of disrespect to allow the flag to fly throughout the night. 9 there is no uniform usage in the display of bunting but it is ust as easy to hang it in the correct fashion When buildings are . decorated in bunting draped hori zontally, the red should be at the top, according to a let ter from the War Department published in the Nev York Sun. War Department, Office of Quartermaster-General There are no regulations prescribing the method of utilizing bunting for decorative purposes, pur-poses, but good taste requires that the order shall be red at the top, followed by white, then blue, in accordance with the heraldic colors of ythe national flag. Lieut. Co. John T. Knight, . Deputy Quartermaster-General, U. Sf |