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Show FOURTH OF JULY. 113 " The Chairman announced that the first thing in order would be the appointment of committees on 'Order of Exercises,' ' Banquet,' ' Procuring the Flag,' and nomination of ' Officers of the Day.' " The committees were appointed and ordered to report forthwith. " The Committee on ' Order of Exercises' reported as follows: "' 1st. Every man shall wear his best clothes, but no one shall be permitted to wear a ' biled' shirt. "' 2d. National salute from revolvers. One extra shot for Pike's Peak, one for Green Russell and one for John Gregory. ' 3d. Oration by the orator of the day. ' 4th. Recess^and lemonade (without any lemon). '5th. Banquet. ' 6th. Spinning yarns. ' 7th. Fall into line and march over to Gregory Gulch and see what the boys there are doing.' " The Committee on ' Officers of the Day' reported, giving every man in the camp an office. "The 'Committee on Flag' reported no flag to be had nearer than Fort Laramie, two hundred miles north. "Here was a predicament. No flag, no Fourth. But it was soon remedied. Pioneers are equal to any emergency. One contributed a pair of old blue overalls, another a 'biled shirt,' that he had brought from 'the States, and another a red flannel under garment. From these a very respectable looking flag was soon constructed. This flag was long preserved by one of the boys as a memento of the period, and may still be in existence. "The Committee on Banquet reported the following: i n < it 11 |