Origin And History of the American Flag And of the Naval And Yacht Club Signals
Origin And History of the American Flag And of the Naval And Yacht Club Signals
George Henry Preble
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227 secret resolution, no member of the first year should hold his seat in Congress until he became a suliscriber.^ The first legislation of the Continental Congress on the subject of a federal navy was on the 18th of October, 1775, and cruisers were about that time equipped and sent to sea on a three months' cruise, under the pine-tree flag, but without any provision for a national en- sign. Two days later, Oi-t. "^O, 1775, Washington writes to Colonel Glover and Stephen Moylan, " Please fix u...pon some particular flag, and a signal by which our vessels may know one another. What do you think of a flag with a white ground, a tree in the middle, the motto, ' Appeal to Heaven. ' This is the flag of our floating batteries. We are fitting out two vessels at Plymouth, and when T next hear from you on this subject I will let them know the flag and the signal, that we may distinguish our friends from our foes. " - Mr. Moylan replies : "■ The schooner sailed this morning. As they had none but their old colors, we appointed them a signal that they nuiy know each other by, and be known to their friends, — as the en- sign up the main topping lift.
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