The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-14

Tuscaloosa, May 13-(SpeciaD.-In a 1ag-decked interior, brilliant with the colors of the Confederacy, the Alabama division, United Daughters of the Con- federacy is dispatching the routine work of its annual convention with remarkable promptness.
 Mrs. A. l.. Dowdell, the president, Is superb presiding officer and there Is ab- solutely no delay in the convention pro- ceedings.
 The first part of the morning session was devoted to the reading of additional chap ter reports and those of the Children of the Confederacy
 The first committee report was that On monuments on battlefelds, a work which the Daughters throughout the south consider second only in importance to their care of the living soldiers of the Confectionery.
 Mrs l.. G. Dawson of Montgomery, chairman of the monumental committee, announced that oyer $7OO had been raised for the Shiloh monument In giving her report she said that the Shiloh battle was considered the decisive battle of the war. and that Alabama should build a monu- ment to It's soldiers that lie buried there. bill asking for an appropriation of sl0,- GOO for this monument fund has been in troduced in the Alabama legislature, and was favorably recommended by the f. nance committee. Mrs Dawson urged that the Daughters see personally their representatives in the legislature in the interest of the monument fund.
 ba ,acfx ha A IaI df1yic ion has raised S155 towards tbe Shiloh fund
 The Daughters feel that unless the state falls In line with other states that have made appropriations for monuments that they cannot, unaided erect monu- ment on Shiloh battlefield that would be an honor to the Alabama dead or to the state
 Mrs. J. N. Thompson of Tuscumbia discussed the work. and pleaded eloquent ly for the erection of the monument. She said that she had been in the neigh borhood of the Shiloh battlefield, and that many veterans had spoken of the failure of Alabama to erect a monument to It's dead heroes, who He In trenches on this national battlefield. their graves unmarked. Mrs. Johnston said the com- mission had promised to put In the base of the monument, and she urged the
 
 within the next few years.
 Mrs. W. W. Williams of Opelika also made an eloquent appeal for the fund, and her motion that each chapter pledge itself 10 give the proceeds of an enter tainment to the Shiloh monument fund was adopted.
 Colonel Faulkner Talks.
 An interesting feature of the morning Of Colonel Il Faulkner, who was introduced by the president amid prolonged applause, the convention rising almost en masse. Colonel Faulkner presented the work of the Home for old Soldiers. interspersing his remarks with such brilliant eulogies of the Confederate soldiers that the con- vention hall repeatedly rang with ap- pause. There were many dramatic mo- ments, as the speaker, himself hero of '61. paused in some pathetic ref erence to his comrades.
 Colonel Faulkner spoke at length upon the building of monuments. work un- dertaken by the Daughters. It has been truly said continued the speaker, that land without monuments Is a land with out heroes. Colonel Faulkner had heard the discussion on the Shiloh monument fund.- and he said that he could sketch from memory that great battle. An army of 32,0OO, he said, entered into that con fict on April 6, 1862 and in two memorable days 11,0OO were lost.
 His appeal TOT assistance for the sur viving heroes who bared their breasts to bullets and endured hardships that the Confectionery might live" seemed in fitting harmony with the attitude of the Daughters upon all subjects affecting the welfare of the Confederate soldier White House Committee.
 The next important report was that of the White House committee, which was made by Mrs. Chapel Cory in the unavoidable absence of the chairman, Mrs. J. D. Beale of Montgomery. The report showed that the first work chosen by the Alabama division, in 1896, was that of preserving the first White House of the Confectionery. The committee has submitted reports at each successive con yention, a White House committee being appointed when later an effort to abandon | the work was made.
 | The second effort to abolish the work was made at the convention in Eufaula. | At the last convention the work as divis- | ion work was abandoned, the committee leaving the convention to make an un- | biased decision. Mrs. Cory said the com l mittee regretted this action, since the | Alabama division would not bear the dis | tinction of giving to the south the first White House of the Confectionery. l The committee. acting entirely inde- | pendent of the Alabama division, proposes l to continue the work until completed.
 Miss Clark of Selma moved that the | money contributed to the White House | fund when the work was properly the work of the Alabama division. be re- turned to the individual chapters. This was point to be settled definite ly The White House committee now carrying on the work to preserve this his- toric house has a fund on hand of $l46.S9 contributed by the chapters.
 After some discussion Mrs. J. N Thompson of Tuscumbia moved that the White House committee retain the money already contributed.
 An amendment by Mrs. John D. Kirk patrick to the effect that the White House committee use this fund towards the preservation of the White House. and in default of this purpose the fund would be returned to the Alabama division, was unanimously carried.
 May I ask how long will the work of preservation be continued?" said Daughter.
 ''As long as the house stands" quickly replied Mrs Clifford A. Laner, who Is a leader In this work.
 The work of preserving the White House is a subject upon which the Dangh- ters have been divided for several years. With the committee appointed by the Daughters now relieved of duty and the forming of a White House association, which Is entirely distinct from the Ala hama division n matter which has caused