The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-10
MONUMENT TO
WOMEN OF COS
PATTON ANDERSON. CAMP HAS
DONE GOOD WORK IN THE EF-
FORT TO RAISE A SUFFICIENT
AMOUNT OF MONEY.

The Monticello News of recent date
contained the following:
Elsewhere in this issue is a condens-
ed report from the commander of Pat
ton Anderson camp that should make
glad the heart Of every man, woman
and child In this community 1t tells
of the phenomenal SUCCESS of an I'M
dertaking in a public matter of men
we like to have said old men, be-
cause half century ago they stood
in the lime-hght of battle, chal-
longing the admiration of the world
and making the earth tremb1e with
unparalleled achievements. Such men,
such spirits, never grow old. They
spend three or four score years, bring
ing things to pass-writing history all
the while-then, folding their tents
they quietly retire to "a Land that is
fairer than day." where throughout
eternity they will invest their energies
in the service Of the King of Kings
All hail these noble Veterans! All
honor to this remnant of the living
wall of gray, that once barred their
breasts to the leaden-iron hail, and
stood between the homes of Bonnie
Dixie and a foe that encircled our
southland on every side for four long
years. The deserve the most exalt-
ed commentator that can be ex-
pressed.
The report of this camp shows that
the organization composed of Is ex-
Confederate soldiers has raised for a
monument to the war women of Flor
ida $250.00 in cash. Sixty one OF
these contributors are men of such
a. III n.
to the state pension roll This is an
average per capita of $3.3S 1-3.
Pursuing an inquiry we learn that
the state pension roll shows the names
Of over 5000 Confederate veterans
drawing aid. The monument propos-
ed is to cost $40, 100000. What grand
achievement 1t would be to have these
''oid men" contribute upon a scale OF
Patton Anderson Camp generosity
and erect this memorial.
When we were informed that no
such condition existed and no such re-
suits had been reached in any other
county in our state, we naturally ask
ed And why In Camp Patton Ander-
SOM"
Whenever there is trouble between
men we ask who is the woman" AS
naturally whenever men achieve great
success we may ask, who are the
women"
Ten years ago Camp Patton Ander-
son was a failure. When we reckon
upon the defamation by death for the
! past ten years, and are told that the
camp had less than, fifty members al
that time. we readily see that Jeffer-
son county's Veteran interests were as
! low then as any county in our state al
the present time.
We have been admitted into the In
side history. OF this work, and pro-
pose to disclose-to point out and
answer the question, who is the wo-
man in the case?'
! A Veteran suggested to members OF
his family. There are men dying
around US unknown. unnoticed and
unwept that were once the admired OF
all the world" Who" said one Of the
daughters. ARE they. father" WHY
the men who touched elbows with yol
father in company - in - Flor.
ida Infantry. and rode with boot II
boot in company -, Cavalry
regiment" What could we do t.
make life brighter for you comrades,
Surely we appreciate and love them
why, you girls and your mothel
might call them together and give
them dinner and wait upon then
yourselves. Only few homes in Mon.
ticeIlo would be required to do this"
About two weeks later the father