The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-17
UNITED DAUGHTERS
OF THE CONFEDERACY
BY MRS. M. z. BATS

Great Lee was Of this famous group,
while wars grim tempest storm'd
And with his north Virginia troops, he
mighty deeds perform'd.
Next followed the lieutenant grade,
that were, in all, nineteen,
Whereof the dashing Forrest, brilliant
Stonewall," too, have been.
And. after them, the gallant throng Of
major gen'rals came,
Who. NUMBERING eighty -one, oft facd
stern battles f1ercest fame
on those were matchless Stuart, sturdy
Cleburne, who upbore
Their country's flag, mid martial strife
and sounding lannon's roar.
Until at Yellow Tavern fight, and gio-
rfous Franklin, they
Gave up their noble lives, while In the
thickest of the fray.
And, last of all. the brigadiers-three
hundred. sixty six,
That were an honor to their cause in
numerous conflicts.
II would be hard to name the ones
more fearless than the rest;
They all were heroes in a word, and,
with these braves to breast
The northern horde, II Is not strange
to any man alive
That Confed' army could hold out from
sixty one to FIVE.
Pensacola, Fla, March I, 1919.
General order No. IL.
The attention of commanders and
members of camps of United Confed-
crate Veterans belonging to the first
brigade of the Florida division, is here
by called to the annual reunion of this
brigade at DeFuniak Springs, Fla. on
March 23rd. 1912.
Every camp is expected to send &C.
credited delegates, and all Confederate
veterans, sons Of Confederates, and
Daughters of the Confederacy, are in
vited to attend this reunion.
The camps are urged to forward re-
ports to Adj. Gen. Frank E. Dey, at
Milton, Fla. The reports should in
clude names and post office address of
commanders and adjutants of camps,
together with the number Of active
members now on the rolls, and the
number and names of members who
died during the year 1911. Also tho
per capita dues of five cents per mem
her should be sent to Adjt. Gen. Dey
so that his report can be completed
before the meeting of the brigade.
The brigade commander takes great
pleasure in announcing as brigade
sponsor Miss Kate Jordan Alsbrooks.
with Miss Eleanor Daff1n as maid of
honor, both of Mariana, Fla. The
comrades are requested to accord to
these ladies all courtesies due them rs
representatives of the cause we love,
and such attentions as are character
istic of southern manliness.
All the camps are requested to ap-
point sponsors and maids OF honor for
this reunion, and, II desired, arrange
ments can be made for their meals at
the same rates as the veterans by
notifying Maj. Dan ellis. assistant
commissary general addressing him at
Westville, Fla, at an early date.
All veterans intending to be present
are requested to send their names to
Maj. Gen. ellis at Westville as soon as
possible.
To fill vacancies in the staff Com
rade Dan ellis, of Westville, Fla, has
been appointed assistant commissary
general, with the rank of major, and
Comrade Boykin Jones, OF Pensacola,
Fla, assistant quartermaster general,
with the rank of major, and the ac-
customed Difference of comrades to-
wards these officers Is respectfully
commended.
Commanders and other comrades are
requested to confer with the railroad
agents as to excursion rates for Con-
federate aDy at the Florida Chautau-
qua, and the commander earnestly de-
sires a large attendnce.
C. ". THOMPSON,
Brig. Gen. Commanding.
F.E DEFY,
Adjt and Chief Of Staff