The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-11-02

federate Army that inasmuch as their
meeting is to be held for the first time
in the city where the U. c. V. headquar-
tiers are located, the general commanding
not only feels 1t to be his bounden duty,
but with heartfelt and sincerest pleasure
he calls the attention Of all camps and
commanders OF the U. c. V. association
to this interesting event, which Is OF SO
much importance to lnem. and to ask
them and every Confederate survivor 10
give all the aid and assistance in their
power to make this meeting of the
| Daughters of the Confederacy" both
eminently successful and pleasant.
The general commanding Is fully aware
that 1t needs no monition from him to
arouse the Southern survivors OF the
great war between the States to sense
of their duty, nor to urge them to show
grateful appreciation for the grand ana
holy services being rendered to their Nv
ing comrades, and to the memory OF their
heroic dead, by these gentle women OF the
South.
Neither are eulogy or commentator
necessary to call attention to or enrich
their blessed deeds; for their splendid
life-work in behalf of the Confederate
cause and its survivors, speaks more elo-
quently than words. and will stand as
monument to their pure and devoted
hearts and tireless. loving hands while
time lasts.
Comrades! In that Respondent gather
ing on the 18th day OF November next
Will he assembled our uncrowned queens
of the South-what a galaxy of beauty
and glory will there he presented-what
glorious recollections ot the past and what
| splendid promise for the future Will their
presence evoke!
f4th ~
| Confcderacv yet left will be there TO grace
the occasion, who after their benign and
glorious careers are now slowly an
| peacefully sinking to rest behind the
clouds of eternity into everlasting life;
also their beautiful and lovely daughters
and granddaughter, worthy descendants
| of those illustrious women OF the SIX
/ ties, will DE there, shedding lustre upon
! the story of the glory of the South, and
who in their deathless devotion to cause
| and their people have won the admiration
| of the world, and have proven by their
priceless deeds that they are the highest
the purest and noblest types OF woman
| hood.
| The old veteran who attends Will once
again behold the survivors OF the gray
| haired heroines of the Confederacy, whose
fortitude and heroIsm like Volumnia and
| Vereilia in choosing between Coriolanus
| and Rome between the son and the nus
band and their country, chose their coun-
| try first, for every one of them sent their
husbands and sons to battle for theiT
"humes, their firesides, and their native
land" and with the Spartan mothers
deathless injunction. Return with your
shield or upon it." They will be face tc
face with, and can gaze with love and
rapture upon those gentle, golden-heartet
women who, in their dire distress anC
hour OF need, sent them food and cloth
ing, and who sustained their droopins
courage in the field; whose every mes
sage waited to them was freighted will
love and hope; who ministered to then
in the hospitals closed their comrades
eyes in death, and then tearfully lai'
them away in their graves Of glory; VIII
} toiled bravely in sunshine and in storm
and who wove and spun necessarily II
their lonely homes during those sad ant
weary days of war; and who with eyer