Letter from Isaac H. Vrooman, Jr. to Adjutant General, 1917 March 21

Letter dated March 21, 1917 from Isaac H. Vrooman, Jr. regent, Sons of the Revolution, New York State to the Adjutant General, War Department requesting information concerning the proper way to display the American flag when used as a banner (vertically). Response glued to verso informs Vrooman that the War Department had not adopted any rules prescribing the manner in which the American flag be used for decorative purposes, but that when the flag is suspended as a banner, it should be hung to the North or East of a building. It is signed by H. T. McCain, the Adjutant General.