The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-19

bore no darker stain than the blood of
| its defenders, the womanhood of the
! south, black-robed, it is true, and desc
! late, but with courage unfailing,
merged their wayside reltefs, their sol
diers' aids and hospital circles into
| the Memorial Association and the
| Daughters of the Confederacy, and
| teaching their children loyalty to
| common country, taught them also
/ love for their southland and pride in
their Confederate lineage with every
breath they drew. Daughters and
! granddaughter grew to womanhood
| and stepped into the ranks beside their
| silver haired mothers and grand
! mothers. We have yelled our cup with
the flag historically sacred to us, and
that of the state OF Florida, the sea-
| of the latter provided by a veritable
woman of the sixties, whose IS years
! have not robbed her hand of its skill
or her breast of its love for her ances-
try. her pride in their courage. The
woman who speaks to you represents
| a direct daughter of the Confederacy,
| the young ladies, the grand daughters
and these wee maidens the great
| and-daughttrs of the men who wore
| the gray.
| We have chosen the loving cup be-
! cause it speaks for the unity and hsr-
mony of our country, and we have
| placed upon its reverse that name
| which is yours as we'll as ours, Flor
| ida; below this the seal of the state,
| and the first line of our official di-
vision song, that distinctive Florida
song, Way down upon the Suwannee
| River and below this to remind you
| that F1oridians must be good fighters,
we have had embossed an alligator
| On the face is the emblem of our or
| Ger, the sacred Stars and Bars of the
! Confederacy, with our monogram and
| the encircling laurel which tells of the
| immortal glory of its defenders, tied
with the funeral bow which adds that
! the laurel speaks also our reverence
/ for our dead. Outside of this we have
/ placed our division flower, the orange
! blossom, which tells equally the purity
| Of our motive and the fragrance of
our memories, while below it stands
| the division motto 'Memoria in
Aeten1a, which tells our eternal re-
membrance of the men who gave their
| lives for their principles. The inscrip-
| ton tells the loyal pride in which our
| gift is offered to the officers and men
| of the Florida. We hope it will con-
| vey to you as much as it means to u.s.
and now, Captain Knapp, as the presi
! dent of the Florida Division of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
| it is my pleasure to present you by
| the hands Of our division sponsor, Miss
| Nadia LEngle, our tribute to the
| Florida.
.
| bouquet of red and white carnations
tied with the Confederate colors to
Captain Knapp, on behalf of herself
/ and her maids of honor Miss Bentle
and Miss Brent.
Little Miss Annie Mary Hall pre-
| scented bouquet of white carnations
tied with red and white baby blue rib
| bon to the other officers Of the Florida.
MISS MILLIONS TALK.
| Looking into the faces of the high
| officials of the navy, little Miss Sarah
| B. Milton, of the Children of the Con-
| federacy, one of the sweetest of Flor
/ ida's thousands of queenly maidenS.
| said:
officers and Men of the Battleship
Florida, Ladies and Gentlemen:
| l am so happy to be here today and
4 know my maids are, for they look
| like it.
| We are here to represent all the
| Children of the Confederacy who live
in this sun-kissed Land Of Flowers, -
| and we have come to help welcome
| the great battleship Florida.
| l wish you could look into our hearts
and see how happy and how proud we
| are to have this great battleship bear
| the name Of our beloved state. Flor
/ ida, the orange blossom state, the
bride of the southern seas" is indeed
! honored.
| And we hope when the captain of
this splendid ship looks upon the beau
| tiful loving cup which our president,
| Sister Esther Carlotta, is presenting
today in behalf OF the Daughters and
J Children of the Confederacy, he will
remember that~we, the Children of the
Confederacy of Florida, wish him God
| speed on his voyage.
HON. AMOS E. LEWIS.
Presenting the tablet from the Martha
Reid Chapter, Daughters of the Con-
| federacy. Hon. Amos e. Lewis of Mari
| anna, said:
! Mr. Chairman. officers and Men of
| the United States Navy, Ladies and
Gentlemen:
| This is an occasion long to be re-
membered in the history of Florida
and account myself happy that am
/, privileged to have part therein, espc
| cially because of the nature Of the
| duty that l am to perform. / trust
that you will hear me patiently and
| am sure that you will hear me sympa-
| thetically.
| The name this battleship heralds to
| the world bears testimony to the fact
| that we are a united country, and re
veals the truth that partisanship no
longer rules our government, when
| merit is in question, for il was in def
erence to the late United States Sen
| ator William James Bryan, and as
| token of esteem and appreciation that
| Theodore Roosevelt, president of the
United States. and Victor Fl. Metcalf
| secretary of the navy, made it possible
| for her to bear the name of our be-
| loved state-'Florida."
! This joyous news was flashed over
| the wire to me, and now abides as the
| one bright ray in one of the saddest
| and darkest days of my life. 1t was in
Jacksonville, Florida. on the day that
we laid the mortal remains Of our
J friend to rest and the ladies of the
| Martha Reid Chapter, No. 19, United
| Daughters Of the Confederacy, bear
| testimony to their love for their coun-
| try and their reverence for the memory
/ of Senator William James Bryan by
! appearing before you, through your
| servant, requesting the honor of pre-
senting to this ship a bronze tablet
| city state and country, and loved his
| city, state and county, and fellow
countrymen, and was ever true to each
and all.
Gentlemen. the Martha Reid Chap
| ter, United Daughters OF the Confed-
eracy, say to the nation today: Let
the name of William James Bryan live
| forever" and they do well in so say
| ing No state, or nation, can rise
higher than her women. No man can
stand without their help. or leave an