The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-28
MEDALS OF BRONZE
DAUGHTERS OF CoNFEDERACY
BESTOWED CROSSES OF HONOR
ON SURVIVORS OF STRUGGLE.
INTERESTING EKERCIsEs ATTEND
ING THEIR AWARD.

President and Secretary of the
United Daughters of the COnfed-
eracy, Assisted by Miss McLaws,
Daughter of Gen. McLaws, Pinned
the Crosses on the Breasts of the
Veterans-Exercises Were Very
Impressive-RuIes Governing Pre-
sentntion Read by President
Young.
AS a fitting conclusion to the Inn
pressive exercises which marked the
observance of Memorial Day, the
Daughters of the Confederacy confer.
red the Southern cross of honor upon
twenty-five Confederate veterans at
the Guards Hall last night. large
audience witnessed the ceremonies, and
as the crosses were presented, 1t APP
plauded heartily.
The homage paid Roman conqueror
returning with victorious eagles could
never have inspired greater pride than
filled the breasts of the grey haired
survivors of the strife as with unsteady
step each one marched forward and
received the simple symbol, which
silently bespoke the accomplishing
sacrifice, indomitable courage and
answering loyalty with which he
fought for the cause he believed was
right. ( saA
Presented by Daughters.
The crosses were pinned on the
breasts of the veterans by Mrs. A. B.
Hull, president of the United Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy; Mrs. l.. w.
Dupont, secretary of the same organ
ization, and Miss Elizabeth McL,aws,
daughter of Gen. Lafayette McLaws,
who had some words of pleasantly or
praise for each of them. The ceremony
lasted but a few minutes. but during
its enactment was the occasion of al
most continuous applause.
President L. G. Young, of the Con-
federate Veterans Association, an
nounced the ceremony by reading the
rules and regulations governing the
bestowal of the cross which are re-
quired to be publicly read preceding
the exercises. There was a great deal
of interest in the reading, and many
were informed of the reasons, other
than the Specification of the cross,
which led the veterans to guard their
possession so zealously. The most
striking of these rules is the one which
provides that under no consideration
shall a lost cross be replaced.
Once Lost Cannot BE Replaced.
Though the price of the cross is but
cents, in case a veteran has the mis-
fortune to lose it, he can never re-
ceive another. Nor can he have the pin
hoR. @hA he inQa RiIf
upon application to the chapter from
which he received it he may be granted
copy of the certificate on file, con-
tanning the name of the president and
secretary who conferred it.
| Only the living veterans in each
county are entitled to wear the cross.
| When every veteran has been provided,
and an advertisement for three months
| fails to disclose any applicant, then to
the Oldest living lineal male descend
ant, or in case of no descendant, the
| oldest living representative of the de-
| ceased veteran, the cross may be be-
slowed.
Only ON Confederate Days.
The bestowal may be made only on
general Memorial Day, President Davis
and Gen. Lees birthday and on one
day between July 1 and Jan. 10, to be
selected by each state division in con-
vention assembled The presentation
must also be accompanied with such
ceremonies as will give proper dignity
to the occasion.
The names of those veterans upon
whom the cross of honor was bestowed
are: Clarence G.. Anderson, d. r.
Cesar, F.. L. Cooper, w. S. Carmi-
chael, w. D. Dixon, P. D. Dafin,
Ralph Elliott, M. L. Exley, William l..
Exley, Edward J. Henderson, John JEFF
fry, Peter Jacob. r. B. Kerr. o. e.
Metzger, D. B. C. Nunnally, John S.
Overstreet, John T, Pacetty, F. Ell
lott Quarterman, William Rogers.
Charles C. Schley, John w. Smith and
George w. Tenant