The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-07
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 end Of his cot reading his prayer book
 AS ne looked up l said: MT. Davis 1
 nave an unpleasant duty to execute' At | the sama moment, seeing the blacksmith
 with the irons. he said: You do not
 intend to put letters on me?' Those are | my orders Those are orders for a
 slave no man with a soul in him would | opey such an order. I shall never sub
 init to such an indignity,' was Davis's | answer. He then asked if General Miles
 had given that order, and said he would
 like to see General Miles. Davis asked
 that the execution of the order be post
 poned and l should telegraph to the | President in his name. I said: MT.
 Davis, you are an old soldier and know l what orders are.' Davis replied that
 he was a soldier and knew how to die,
 and pointing to the sentinel said: Let
 your men shoot ms at once.'
 "As the blacksmith stopped to place the clasp of the shackle around his ankle Davis struck him a violent blow that
 threw him on the floor. He recovered at
 once and made for Davis with his ham,
 mer. and would have struck him if I had not caught his arm. A moment after that I saw Davis and one of the sentinels struggling. both having hold of the mus
 ket, Davis just below the shank of the |
 had wrenched the musket from Davis's
 hands.
 l T knew and saw there would be trou- ble, so ordered the officer of the guard to go out and get four of the best men of the guard without side arms. As the men advanced Davis struck the foremost but all four instantly closed on him, and showed him on the cot. The prisoner show ed unnatural strength It was all the
 four men could do to hold him while the smith riveted the clasp around his ankle. His helper holding a sledge hammer.
 Just as I was going out Davis raised from hi3 cot. threw his feet on the floor and J with the changing of the chain he gave way. Davis shed tears, but not a word had he to say
 On the 27th or 18th of May the shackles
 were taken off of Davis and he never wore them after that. On the 24th of June General Miles gave permission for the prisoners to have books from the post ] library. and on that day General Miles accompanied me to Daviss quarters. As
 we entered I remarked to Davis that the General had given him permission to have | books out of the library. Davis then
 deliberately turned his back on General Miles. He said: 'I suppose the works are | chiefly on military matters, Captain. I | suppose you have Bancroft in the libra 1 ry." General Niles then remarked: Who l IS DdNlS turned ms IaCe to- ward the General with the very picture
 of contempt. I at once said: We have Bancroft's History of the United States l Davis said he would be pleased to have it to read. Time and again when I came to Davis's quarters afterward he would
 make the remark: Do you suppose your
 General has found out who Bancroft is 1 by this timer"
 The regular monthly meeting of the
 Cradle of the Confederacy Chapter was | held at the home of the President. Mrs. J. Kirkman Jackson. on Wednesday, | May 27th. The meeting was called
 week earlier than usual so that the Chap
 ter might accept the invitation of the
 Sophia Bibb Chapter to unite with them
 in celebrating the birthday of President
 Davis on the 3rd of June, which, this
 year. falls on Wednesday-the regular l meeting day of the Chapter. The meet ing was called to order by the President. l The reports of several committees were | made The Cross of Honor Committee
 stated that having delivered crosses on
 the 26th of April, only two would be de- l livered on June 3rd.
 l The report of the Tuscaloosa Conven-
 ton was called for and the following re-
 port was read by Mrs. c. A. Lanier and
 adopted with a vote of thanks. It is as | follows:
 AS chairman of the delegation from l the Cradle of the Confederacy Chapter
 to the recent convention held in Tusca- | loosa, make the following report to this | Chapter: l The convention was opened Tuesday | morning May 12th, at 10 o'clock. The | opening addresses and the reports of the officers occupied the morning and were
 listened to with marked attention. The | Credentials Committee, which was com | posed of Mrs. Clifford Lanier. Chair
 man; Mrs Camper, Mrs. CIanton and the | l Recording Secretary and Treasurer of | the Division, being ready with their re- | l port. the voting strength of the conven- l | ton was declared t0> be S1. including the | privilege of the President to vote in case | of tie. The afternoon was devoted to | | the reading of Chapter reports. The re- | port of this Chapter was read by Mrs 1 | Chappell Cory. as the director Mrs. J. | | D. Beale. was necessarily absent on ac- 1 count of the Illness of her husband. The | | following morning the reports of the l l Children's Chapters were read. Mrs. | Laner read the report of the Winnie Da- l vis Chapter. which had been prepared | by the director. Mrs Hertz: it will be | incorporated in the printed minutes of the Tuscaloosa convention. At this | point resolution was offered by Mrs. | Alfred Bethea and seconded by Mrs. NJ l r. watt, warmly recommending the lec- | ture of Gen Geo. D. Johnston on Mem | ories of the Old South" to the United | Daughters of the Confadracy. Next in | order was the report of the Monument | Committee of which Mrs. Dawson is | chairman. After the reading of the re- 1 port a motion was made that each Chap ter pledge itself for an entertainment to | assist the Monument Committee Much | discussion arose. but the motion was l finally carried. resolution was offered | by Mrs. M P. Watt that a communlca- l ton be sent 10 the Alabama Veterans. | when they assemble next fall. asking for | their cooperation in the erection of mon | uments on battlefelds. especially at l Shiloh. Adopted
 Here the President introduced to the | convention our distinguished citizen, l Colonel J. NJ. Falkner. who spoke elo- | quentIy in behalf of the Soldiers Home |