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Show H PARTICULAR USES FOR FLAGS B -.. -to B 3lack Banner From Time Immemorial B Has Been Unfurled as Flag of B .Plrov Red Denotes Danger. Bfl "'Strike tho flag" Is to lowor tho col- m ara In tokon of submission. Bfl "Dipping tho Hag" is lowering it and Bfl tolstlnc J. again in salute to a vessel H or Bfl A 'iflag .at truce" Is a whlto (lag Bj taken before an enemy to Indicate a BM Jeslro for coiiBuitatlon. B Tho black Hag from tlmo immomo- cH rial has boon .unfurled as tho flag of jwH piracy. V A yellow (lag flown from a vessel Is H a sign of dlseaso and donotes quaran- K BK A flag at half-mast denotes mourn- B4 Jng. When a man Is lost at sen tho wm vessel returns with Its flag at half- Wj imast to announco tho tidings of death. KB Wlion tho president of tho United JW 'States embarks In his bargo tho Amerl- IMS r coil. flag Is hoisted in the bow and at 311 ttho main of tho vessel. jg Flags nro ovorywhero used as tho Sfc isymboLof rank, and tho oflleors whoso Uwi rank la indlcatod by them aro called fm "Hag ofllcens." flgM Tim riHl'flog la a sign of duflanco and fMM Is ofton employed by dlsturbors of the wH?5 b peace. It is. also used to denote .dan mm ger. |