302 MARYLAND MANUAL.
Year Rate. Year Rate.
1883 18 3/4 1906 23 1/2
1884 18 3/4 1907 - 16
1885 18 3/4 1908 16
1886 18 3/4 1909 16
1887 18% 1910 16
1888 17% 1911 22
1889 17% 1912 23 1/4
1890 17 3/4 1913 3]
1891 - 17 3/4 1914 31
1892 17 3/4 1915 32 1/3
1893 - 17% 1916 32 1/3
1894 - 17% 1917 - 365/12
1895 17% 1918 36%
1896 17 3/4 1919 3631/72
1897 - 17% 1920 3631/72
1898 17 3/4 1921 35 1/3
1899 - 17% 1922 - 35
1900 - -17 3/4 1923 30 1/13
1901 17 1924 30 2/13
1902 17 1925 27 1/5
1903 17 1926 - 27 1/5
1904 22 1/2 1927 27 1/4
1905 - 23 1/2 1928 25 64/100
1929 25 74/100



BATTLE FLAGS OF MARYLAND.

In the Flag Room, State House, Annapolis.

No. 1. “Old Glory,” believed to be the oldest United States Flag
in existence, and carried by the American troops in the Revolutionary
War. It was made in accordance with the Act of Congress, June 14,
1777.

No. 2. Flag carried by the Union Volunteers of Baltimore during
the War of 1812-1814. The Union Volunteers were attached to the
Fifth Regiment of Maryland Militia. This regiment served at Fort
McHenry and North Point on September 12, 1814.

No. 3. The “Old Defenders’ Flag,” the original flag adopted by
the Old Defenders’ Association of the War of 1812, and presented to
t.ne State of Maryland by the Society of the War of 1812.


Federal Army Flags

No. 4. Three flags of the First Regiment Infantry, Maryland
Volunteers of the Federal Army, a regiment that served throughout
the Civil War.

No. 5. Six Flags of the Second Maryland Infantry, Maryland
Volunteers in the Civil War. Organized under the President’s call of
May 3, 1881.

No. 6. Four Flags of the Third Regiment Infantry, Maryland
Volunteers, recruited under call from the President. The recruiting
began June 18th, 1861.