Chapter III

Army Flags--the Queen's Colour--the Regimental Colour--the Honours and Devices--the Flag of the 24th Regiment--Facings--Flag of the King's Own Borderers--What the Flag Symbolises--Colours of the Guards--the Assaye Flag--Cavalry Flags--Presentation of Colours--Chelsea College Chapel--Flags of the Buffs in Canterbury Cathedral--Flags of the Scottish Regiments in St. Giles's Cathedral--Burning of Rebel Flags by the Hangman--Special Flags for various Official Personages--Special Flags for different Government Departments--the Lord High Admiral--the Mail Flag--White Ensign of the Royal Yacht Squadron--Yacht Ensigns and Burgees--House or Company Flags--How to express Colours with Lines--the Allan Tricolor--Port Flags--the British Empire--the Colonial Blue Ensign and Pendant--the Colonial Defence Act--Colonial Mercantile Flag--Admiralty Warrant--Flag of the Governor of a Colony--the Green Garland--the Arms of the Dominion of Canada--Badges of the various Colonies--Daniel Webster on the Might of England--Bacon on the Command of the Ocean 61