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Show uu INSPIRATION OF THE COLORS Sentlmontt That the Soldier Associate! Associ-ate! With the Flag Hie Turned Many Battlea. Instance after instai-ce could to i quoted from military history lu which the mere sight of the rolors has in ; sp'red men and 'carried them to ultl ' mate victory when the tide of battle appeared to hare turned agninst them and all seemed lost Great generals I have themselves taken the colors in their hands and rallied their forces to supremo effort In tho hour of trial ( Obviously it was not the mero piece , of tattered silk that wrought these j wonders, it was the sentiment inseparably insep-arably associated with the colors that actod as th cnrtl We know, too, that the capture or the loss of coloro has always been assigned as-signed a vital Importanco by the world's greatest commanders, because be-cause they knew that these reglmcn-tal reglmcn-tal emblems typified all that their I possessors held mott dear prestige. I honor, victory Let any man visit I Napoleon's tomb at tho Invalided, and, taking on tho solemn spirit of the hour, gaze down Into the circular shrine In which lies the huge porphyry sarcophagus containing the body of tho great captain whos legions made all Europo tremble. Apart from the sarcophagus Itself, what is it that most Impresses nine out of every ten spectators? Surely tho sland3 of colors col-ors tho trophies of war that stand grouped round the tomb Thoy are the mutely oloquent witnesses to the greatness of the man whose duttt rest3 In their midst. London Teleginph. |