The daily tribune., 1907-11-27
FAIR NAVY SPONSORS
Christeners of the Nations War.
ships TO Organize.
SUGGESTION is FROM ss3TH

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Miss Mary Campbell of Birmingham,
Ala, Took the lnitative-ApProved
by Naval Officers, Vino Believe Sch
Society Would Be Americas 1urke's
Peerape For Women.
The Society Of Navy Sponsors now
being organized will be one of the
most interesting and exclusive In the
United States. says Birmingham
(Ala) correspondent of the New York
World. In Its ranks will be numbered
the daughters Of governors, senators.
congressman, wives Of naval officers
and many of the most beautiful wo'
men in the United States. each sponsor
having been selected on account of the
social prominence Of her family. its
political Importance. as well as for
her own rank In the list of national
beauties.
Every woman who has dashed n bot
tie Of sparkling wine over the prows
Of ship of the United States navy is
eligible to the society. and from time
to time others who act as sponsors VIII
be admitted. There are 100 women
who are eligible to such society.
Application to the navy department
has revealed the fact that no official
record of sponsors has been kept. The
task of obtaining the names and ad-
dresses Of eligible women has been
undertaken by group Of navy spon-
sors, who are anxious to be supplied
with complete record. When 1t was
unable to give an official record. In
quiries were made of government Off.
cials, representatives in congress and
| other prominent folk. Navy sponsors
from one end Of the continent to the
other are in communication. A list of
eligible women is now being prepared
although the complete record will hard.
| ly be obtained until the society Is well
! organized. meeting of navy spon-
sors will be held in Washington this
fall.
From the far south came the sug.
| gestion to organize society Of women
| who have christened the nations war
ships. Miss Mary Campbell of Bir.
mingham, Ala, who broke bottle of
champagne over the cruiser Birming.
ham at Its launching in Fore river last
spring, has taken the initiative From
the interchange Of letters between this
southern girl and one from the north
the Society Of Navy Sponsors had
its inspiration.
| AS sponsor Of the Salem, the sister
ship of the Birmingham. Miss lorna
Pinnock of Massachusetts wrote 4
congratulatory note to Miss Campbell
on the successful launching OF that
vessel. MAY we trust" wrote Miss
Pipnock. that these two shlps-t the
Salem and the Birmingham-wIl Ions
carry the stars and stripes and be EN-
blematical Of the friendship and love
Of the north and the south"
Miss Campbell's reply was most cor
dial and enthusiastic. Can we no
organize society Of sponsors OF the
United Stntes navy" she wrote Miss
Pinnock. From the pleasant asso
citation and comradeship that should
grow out Of 1t we would contribute oul
mite to the development Of our navy
and to the furthering Of the good feel
Ing which should pervade all sections
of our country" were some OF the pa
triotic sentiments expressed by the
young sponsor.
The suggestion reached Washington
Naval officers were delighted that q
movement had been started to organ
lie society of women who had stood
sponsors for American warships. The
navy regarded itself fortunate in hav
ing the cooperation OF so many beau
tiful young women at the hundred OF
more lnunchings Of the grim destroy
ers. Navy people expressed the opin
Ion that such society would be Amer
ica's Burke's Peerage for the feminine
sex. The approval Of the navy wa
equivalent to the successful launchins
Of a battieship. and national social in
tcrest has now become centered In the
plans OF the navy sponsors
Many OF the sponsors are eligible t.
| viz 'V'S'"' O'hSi paNiV'iN hoNtbeS IL
the United States. As members OF the
Daughters Of the American Revolu
tion they are interested in preservin,
war records and establishing the claim.
Of hundreds Of women who are eligible
to this organization. The Colonia
Danes Of America also numbers many
navy sponsors who nre cirect descend
ants Of colonial governors. The soutf
has Its Daughters Of the Confederncy
Claims In other societies are estab
lished through lineal descendants. bu
the Society OF Navy Sponsors will IN
distinct In its eligibility c'n"ee. No
through the patriotic role o. nm nm
ccstor Will its members be elected. bu
for the individual part that she IN,
PLAYED In the history of her country.
Admiral Dcwev has warmly indorsc,
the object OF the society. He ha,
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