The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-09
ALL DESIGNS FOR
SHILOH MONUMENT
RECENTLY REJECTED
MODELS DID NOT COME UP TO
REQUIREMENTS OF THE
COMMITTEE.
site HAS Been SELECTED
Growth of U. D. c. During Past Few
Years Has Been of the Phenomenal
Order-Twelve Thousand Crosses
Of Honor In 1912.


OF Honor In 1912.
PARIS, Tenn, Jan. Mrs. Alex
ander B. White, of Paris, who is at
the head of the Shiloh Monument
Committee of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy, announces that
all designs and models for the monu-
ment submitted at New Orleans were
rejected as not quite meeting the re-
Quirements or IDEAS Of the commit
tee.
Last year over $4,000 was added
to the Shiloh fund, and this fall Mrs.
White and members OF the commit
tee paid visit to the site of the his
toric battlefield, now the Shiloh Ma
tional Military Park, and selected a
splendid site for the monument.
This project is one of many this
great body OF patriotic women, nearly
10000 strong, are carrying to a sue
cessful completion.
The great scope and value of the
patriotic work Of the United Daugh-
ters Of the Confederacy are not as
widely known as 1t deserves. The
educational work alone is stupendous,
the U. D. c. having placed this past
year $50 scholarships, valued at $685.
900 a year.
Mrs. Alexander B. White, whose
two-year term of office as president
general, expired few weeks ago, has
been receiving much praise on the
splendid work accomplished by the
Organization under her direction.
The presidency Of the United
Daughters is accounted by many as
the greatest honor that can come to
a Southern woman, and the term of
Tennessee's representative in this
high Office reflected much credit upon
the incumbent and the state. During
the greater part Of her term Of Office
Mrs. White carried on its arduous
duties under great difficulties during
the prolonged and fatal illness Of her
husband, the late Alexander B. White
Of Paris, one of Tennessee's best and
most valuable citizens, whose death
was so widely deplored.
The growth Of the U. D. c. during
the past twelve months has made a
wonderful record, and owing to the
fact tina. executive ability of the pres
ident general and her sister officers, a
remarkable amount Of business was
transacted with little interior friction
During her official term Mrs
White signed over 10000 certificates
of membership and over 10000 appli
cations for membership were sent
out, nearly twice as many as any
one of her predecessors. Over 12,.
900 crosses of honor were bestowed
in 1912 alone.
One valuable new feature of 1915
work inaugurated by Mrs. White dur
ing her first year Of office was the re
lief committee work for the helping
Of INDECENT veterans and daughters
in the north. The study of Southern
Literature Department was begun in
1913 during Mrs. Whites administra
ton. 'ii~i9 i~T8gE
Also during Mrs. Whites presiden
cy more money was contributed fol-
Arlington than at any time. and the
fund for shiloh was doubled.
The certificate of merit was inau
gurated by Mrs. White and won both
years by Virginia. The first yeal
Virginia added 1878 members and
twelve new chapters to her rolls
Tennesseans will be glad to remem
BERG however, that this does not equal
Tennessee's record the second year
Mrs. White served as president Of the
Tennessee Division, which added
1000 new members and seventeen
new chapters.
The U. D. C. was organized In
Nashville September 10, 1894, by the
mother Of the organization, Mrs. c.
M. Goodlett, and it seems particular
ly appropriate that the women of the
Volunteer state should be leaders in
its many good works.