The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-26

t LII |n Il1 zHl lllH 1lH M - " a President Genearai, Mrs. Cornelia, Branch, GaIveston, Texas.
 First Vice. -President-Gene Mrs. Second -President- General, Mrs. John P. Poe, Baltimore, Md.
 Recording Secretary General. Mrs. Andrew l.. DowdaIl. opelikas Ale;
 Corresponding Secretary General, Mrs R. c. Cooley, Jacksonville, Fla.
 Treasurer General, Mrs. l.. Eusface Williams. Anchorage. Ky.
 Honorary Custodian Cross Of Honor, Mrs S. E.. Gabbett. Atlanta. Ga.
 Custodian Cross of Honor, Mrs. L. H. Raines. Savannah. Ga.
 Custodian Flags and Remnants. Mrs. Frank Anthony Wade, Norfcik, Na.
 Alabama state Directory.
 Mss sallie Jones Hoporafy President Nrs. .chasies c. Brown. President Mrs. B. B. Ross. First vice-Rrssi- dsnE M. Auburn. burn 6nsr Ala; s.cona vio.-pres- Mrs. [. IT. Pride Recording ssc- retary. Pride station. Ala. Secretary. Birmingham. Ala.
 Mrs n W. Palmer. Treasurer. Non tevallo. Ala. TN
 Mrs. Harvey, D. Jones. Historian. Mrs. F. H. Eimore. Registrar. Noun Nrs 2. A. Rountree, RecordeaN sf sCross of Honor. 1900, Eleventh Ave nus: south Birmingham, Ala. Mrs. Mary c. Pickens. Director and Registrar of the Children of the Con. leaeracy. Greensboro. Ala s Auditing committee--Mrs. Ellen Pc. ter Bryce. Tuscaloosa.
 Chapter Extension.- .--Mra. R. A. Lee. Gfeenyile. Chairman.
 sgfnta gnuvanfr. piate-.Hrra w f. Durr Montgomery. Chairman:
 Monument Fund--Mrs. E B Ross. HosDissi RsDst. ! soldiers Homs--mrs. Frank Eimor& Mountain Creek. Chair schoiarship-- T. A. Thompson Tuscumbia Chairman.
 The following letter from our Pres- ident General will be read, with great interest. Let her words of confidence lead us to higher aims and greater results than we have ever before ac- confplished:
 Mary B. Brown.
 H Galveston. Tex. Jan. 4,tIs0s. To the United Daughters of the Con- with. change of administration. fl seems fitting <that your President should extend you a greeting, in which is inelosed a wish that the year 1908 may come full-freigfted with bless- ings to each one, of my "Daughters." 1" and trust that no rude blast will blight your highest hopes or dispel your most comforting realizations We are large family, co-workers in a great and glorious cause. so sac red that no inharmonious or discordani note should enter into our delibera- tons: so let us strive together in uni. son for the accomplishment of the great objects to which we have your co-operAtion and loyal support and with this the year will yield a rich harvest Of patriotic fruition. Re- member that upon the unit depends the success of the whole body-a fact felt and ernphasized by General Lee when he declared that victory came through ''the men behind the guns" Therefore, let every Daughter of the ConfederRcy take fresh cour- age and, forgetting self, give her best service to the progress of the work in hand.
 We have undertaken the erection oi monument on Shiloh.s historic field where Southern valcr never rose tc greater height, and where sleep some of our bravest and best. A strong committee with an efficient chairuaan has this work fin charge and, If we keep the faith.. we win soon see the consummation of this great purpose.
 Through the efforts of Dr. Samuel E. Lewis, of Washington City, a sur geor in the Confederate Army, bill was introduced in the Congress of the United States by Senator Joseph B. Foraker providing for an appropriation to care for the graves of Confederate soldiers who had died in Northern prisons President Roosevelt gave hearty endorsement to this plan, and our Confederate dead in and around Washington once in neglected graves are now placed in the Arlington Ma. tionaiN Cemetery on commanding site in a beautiful circular plot. tastefully laid off, with center space for a mon unent, and each grave marked and carefully kept. They sleep in the soil of the home oe their great leader-- the beloved Lee.
 The placing there of these heroic dead Is the strongest testimonial oi that fraternal love that now cementi country 6 common heritage of valor courage and patriotism. whether dis. played by Northern or Southern sol dier. The Confederate Veterans oi Washington had formed an association for the purpose of erecting monu. but feeling that this work should bt speedily done, they sent a representa-. tive to the general convention in Nor. folk to ask the Daughters of the Con. federacy to take charge and raise thu necessary amount to place this crown. ing tribute to our dead. This sacret trust was accepted. and we will show them that their confidence was not misplaced. To this end, every StatI where there is an organization of thu IA ~ AIEl