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He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call 
retreat ; 
He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment- 
seat: 
Oh, be swift my soul, to answer Him, be jubilant my 
feet ! 
Our God is marching on. 
In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea. 
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me ; 
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make them 
free, 
While God is marching on. 
—Julia Ward Howe. 
How to Make an American Flag 
The exact proportions of the American Flag have been 
fixed by executive order; that is to say, by order of the 
President, as have other features, such as the arrange- 
ment and position of the stars. The exact size of the 
flag is variable, though the army has several regulation 
sizes. The cut given below shows the dimensions of 
one of the regulation army flags. The proportions fixed 
by executive order on May 26, 1916, are as follows: 
If the width of the flag be taken as the basis and 
called 1, then 
The length will be 1.9, 
Each stripe will be 1/13 of 1, 
The blue field will be .76 long and 7/13 of 1 wide. 
Other features of the officially designed flag are as 
follows : The top and bottom stripes are red. Each state 
is represented by a five-pointed star, one of whose points 
shall be directed toward the top of the flag. 
Beginning with the upper left-hand corner and read- 
ing from left to right the stars indicate the states in order 
