f CaptainSamuel Chester Reid, the famous commander of theprivateer General Armstrong, proposed the bill. In recent years, the Joint Army and Navy Board hasproposed the arrangement of the stars in the union, andthe Secretaries of War and of the Navy have issued thenecessary orders. In 1912 a board,… … FLAG OF 1912 standard sizes and proportions for the national ensign.There were at that time some sixty-six different sizes ofthe national flag, and of varying proportions, in use bythe Executive Departments. The result of these deliberations was the ExecutiveOrder No. 1637, printed on pages 63, 65.…
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