ANTIQUE (1937) OUR COUNTRY'S FLAG - Col. James A Moss. FIRST ED RARE AMERICANA

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The Following items come from a large estate sale of a late, affluent, world traveler from a historic section of West Hartford CT. Many of the antiques, oddities, and collectibles were acquired during a lifetime of global travel and antiquing. Items will be described to the best of our ability. For more treasures from this collection please ! You are bidding on an old antique book. Feel free to ask any questionsA RARE FIND!Our Country's Flag: The Symbol of All We Are - All We Hope To Be. Let Us Honor It and Uphold Its Ideals. By Decorated Col. James Alfred Moss (U.S. Army, President General The United States Flag Association)Published by Unites States Flag Association., Washington DCBook was published when HI, and AK were still Territories.BONUS: Your Flag and Mine: Its Message (brochure guide)- also by Col. Moss 1938Paypal Only. Please pay within 5 days of auctions end. All items from a smoke-free environment. Shipping discount: increments of 20% off each additional item won at equal or lesser value of the high shipping item. If payment is not completed within 8 days of auctions end, an unpaid claim will be issued by eBay under the eBay policy. Please Check out my other items ! ColonelJames A. Moss was born on 12 May 1872. He wrote the Officer's Manual, and Origin and Significance of Military Customs. Colonel Moss died on 23 April 1941 and was buried with full military honors in Section 1, Grave 1266, Arlington National Cemetery. James A. Moss was last man in the Class of 1894 and won the Silver Star in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. James A. Moss, Memories of the Campaign of Santiago (Mysell-Rollins Co., 1899). Courtesy of Michael T. Stein: Colonel James Alfred Moss Born May 12, 1872 in Lafayette, Louisiana Died April 23, 1941 Cadet U. S. Military Academy 1890-94 Graduated as No. 3616, Class of 1894 Second Lieutenant 1894 First Lieutenant 1898 Captain 1901 Lieutenant Colonel 1918 Colonel (National Army) 1917-19 Colonel, United States Army, 1920 Acting Superintendent of the Sequoia & General Grant National Parks, California 1899 & 1902 Served with 25th Infantry Regiment 1894-01 Regimental Commissary 1900-01 Served with 24th Infantry Regiment 1901 Regimental Adjutant 1901-02 Adjutant, Post of Manila 1902-03 Aide-de-Camp to Major General Henry C. Corbin (as Temporary Lieutenant Colonel) 1903-04 Served with Headquarters, Department of the East 1904-06 Served with Headquarters, Philippine Division 1906 Served with Headquarters, Northern Division 1906 Instructor, Staff College & Special Service Schools 1906-10 Special duty in the Office of the Army Chief of Staff 1911-12 Commanding Officer, 367th Infantry Regiment (France) 1918-19 Editor, of the Quartermaster Review & Secretary of the Quartermaster Assoc. 1921-23 Retired October 31st, 1922 Deputy Provost Marshal General, American Expeditionary Force 1919 General Nelson A. Miles , born in Westminster, Mass.achusetts, began advocating for bicycle couriers in the Army after seeing a six-day bicycle race in Madison Square Garden in New York in 1891. He wrote that unlike a horse, a bike did not need to be fed and watered and rested, and would be less likely to collapse. Furthermore, a bike is smaller and quieter than a horse and thus could help a soldier sneak up on the enemy, he argued. It was Gen. Miles, who became known as "the patron of military cycling," who approved Lt. James A. Moss' request from Missoula to form the bicycle corps. The 25th Infantry Regiment was made up of black men, known as buffalo soldiers, commanded by white officers. Its Bicycle Corps began with eight riders using one-speed Spalding bicycles on loan from the manufacturer in Chicago. MOSS, JAMES A COL USA RET LA VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown DATE OF DEATH: 04/23/1941 DATE OF INTERMENT: 04/26/1941 BURIED AT: SECTION WEST SITE 1266 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETER... read more

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