Show SCHOOL CHILDREN TO 10 TRAIN TRAINE FOR HUMAN FLAG FEATURE E Supervisor Wetzel Has Charge of Big Task Asks Aid of Teachers and Parents Supervisor William A Wetsel of the thIS public school of ot Salt Sail Lake City has MIS ac accepted accepted the th stupendous tash lash of o selecting sel arranging and training children of ot the schools for or a II living flag which te is to be M beL JI 3 L feature of the annual encampment of ot the tl he Grand Army of the Republic to be beheld I beheld held In this city the second week in io Aug August August August Preparatory to the work he has ad addressed addressed dressed a letter to te the principals principal and teachers of o Salt Lake schools requestIng request requesting ing their assistance In the matter In Inide his ide letter he describes briefly about the flag and then states how he wishes to be assisted as follows The flag will wUl be 7 74 6 feet long and i feet teet wide Vide The U 13 stripes will be com corn composes poses of girls The blue field and the stars will be composed of boys It wilt will re to require reI quire throe three rows of o girls to make one I stripe For the red reel stripes the girls will willbe Willbe willbe be dressed in red for tor the white stripes they the will be dressed In ID white The boys O for or the blue Held field n ld will be dressed In blue and for tor the stars star they will wilt be dressed In white It will require 73 g 3 girls for the red stripes and 83 girls for the th while white stripes It will viII require A 2 IJ boys boy In white for the stars and 7 boys in blue for the blue bluefield bluefield bluefield field To complete the flag nag as e planned will wm require 1666 1660 I girls and 57 MT 55 boys or a u total of o children Now Row this is 18 what I wish you Ou to do Take the nam and address ad ot o each child who Is 18 willing and w jIe parents J are willing that he or he may te lOme a mem member member ber bet of the living flag g company Ask the teachers to take the names and addressee addres It need not take long We will have to have children as ae a young as II H It years of ot age ase For Foe each 3 S names arne choose some good re reliable reliable reliable liable responsible re boy boa 00 or girl to act as a captain of ot title this tit number These captains will wilt provide themselves th with the names and addresses of 01 the members of ot their company and will report to me when any anyone anyone anyone one te W ill m or drops out of o the ranks Be sure to give ghe me the address of each cap captain captain tain tam to so 1 may m y be able to communicate with him or her at once Assure Aure the children and through them assure the parents that every e ry precaution will be taken to protect the children from Injury during the drilling and presenta presents presentation tion of o the flag nag The platform for the presentation of the flag nag will be construct constructed ed across l Main street t at Seventh South The platform will wm be he substantially built and thoroughly inspected by the city building Inspector before the n are allowed to go uon upon it Will VIlI you also please a ask k those teach teachers teachers ers era who will 1111 remain In the tha city during the summer and who wilt kindly give tv me as assistance assistance occasionally when I 1 ask ak for It to hand you their names and addresses Say to 10 the children that calls for meet meetings ings ingi will be made through the Ule dally pa papers pers Peru and that they must watch for such notices Please leave Iea at the superintendents of or office flee fice this week the lists to te May Ma 7 1006 1005 |