Jack" is the union or blue field of the flag. The Revenue Marine Service flag, authorized by Act of Congress, March 2, 1799, was originally prescribed to "consist of sixteen perpendicular stripes, alternate red and white, the union of the ensign bearing... Annual Report of the United States Coast Guard - Page 57by United States. Coast Guard - 1915Full view - About this book
| Peter Force - United States - 1835 - 404 pages
...thus— " An isign and pennant consisting of sixteen perpendicular stripes, alternate reel and white, f union of the ensign to be the arms of the United States, in dark blue on a white field. Thv hetia* established far the s«nkc, wiH be impressed with the shield of the Treasury anas, saraioeatrd... | |
| Robert Mayo - Commercial law - 1847 - 538 pages
...consists of sixteen perpendicular stripes, alternate red and white, the union of the ensign bearing the arms of the United States, in dark blue on a white field. The cruising ground of the Revenue vessels will be designated from time to time by the Department under... | |
| Robert Mayo - Commercial law - 1847 - 486 pages
...consists of sixteen perpendicular stripes, alternate red and white, the union of the ensign bearing the arms of the United States, in dark blue on a white field. The cruising ground of the Revenue vessels will be designated from time to time by the Department under... | |
| United States. Dept. of the Treasury - 1871 - 132 pages
...consists of sixteen perpendicular stripes, alternate red and white, the union x>f the ensign bearing the arms of the United States in dark blue on a white field. 202. Forms of the muster and pay rolls, requisitions for rations and ship chandlery, &c., are attached.... | |
| George Henry Preble - Flags - 1872 - 578 pages
...consists of sixteen perpendicular stripes alternate red and white, the union of the ensign bearing the arms of the United States in dark blue on a white field "(see plate I.) The stripes represent the number of states admitted to the union at the date when the... | |
| George Henry Preble - Flags - 1880 - 928 pages
...consists of sixteen perpendicular stripes alternate red and white, the union of the ensign bearing the arms of the United States in dark blue on a white field." (See Plate I.) The stripes represent the number of States admitted to the union when the flag was adopted,... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1886 - 836 pages
...ensign should consist of sixteen perpendicular stripes, alternate red and white, and the union bear the arms of the United States in dark blue on a white field. The stripes represent the number of States in the Union, when this flag was prescribed, and the ensign... | |
| John Franklin Jameson - United States - 1894 - 794 pages
...consist of " sixteen perpendicular stripes, alternate red and white, the Union of the ensign bearing the arms of the United States in dark blue on a white field." Revenue Scheme, a scheme proposed by the Continental Congress, in order to enable it to meet its money... | |
| James Harrison Kennedy - Presidents - 1895 - 686 pages
...consisted of sixteen perpendicular stripes alternate red and white, the union of the ensign bearing the arms of the United states in dark blue on a white field ; there has been no change since. 17. The American vaeht ensign is like the National ensign, excepting... | |
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