Henry Holcomb Bennett
RULES FOR FLAG ETIQUETTE
In no case should the flag be permitted to touch the ground, nor should it be marred by advertisements, nor desecrated on the stage.
For indoor decorations the flag should only be used as a drapery; it should not be used to cover a bench or table, or where anything can be placed upon the flag.
No words, figures, pictures or marks of any kind should be placed upon the flag.
When our national flag and state or other flags fly together, or are used in decoration, our national flag should be on the right.
Whenever possible the flag should always be allowed to fly in the breeze from a staff or mast, but if it should be necessary to fasten it to the side of a building or platform, it should hang with the blue field at the upper left hand corner. If hung where it can be seen from both sides, the blue field should be toward the east or north.
The correct salute to the flag as required by the regulations of the United States army is:
Standing at attention, raise the right hand to the forehead over the right eye, palm downward, fingers extended and close together, arm at an angle of forty-five degrees. Move hand outward about a foot, with a quick motion, then drop it to the side.
The oath of allegiance to the flag, adopted by the N. S. D. A. R., and by our military schools, the Boy Scouts and other organizations, and which should be taught in all our public schools is: