Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-12

educational work. including the rais-
Ing o: Il $4,000 educational endowment
!und. tn" United Daughters OF the Con
fcdcracy has already subscribed over
s?.u60.o0o to Liberty bonds. In accord
ancc with the plan OF tho war Sic
committee. each OF the Twenty-Five
states in which this organization cH-
iats is also arranging to cndow e!ther
81 ward or bed in the American mill
ta!y hosr!ta! At Ncuiiiy France. six
teen states have already responded
and the following wards. named in
honor OF confedera;cs and Contcdcr-
a.ie organizations. have been cslab-
ilsEcd; United Daughters of the Con
iederacy Ward. Hoods Texas Brigade
ward jefferson Davis Ward Wade
HAMPTON Ward. II. l.. Lee Ward. Har-
v.y Heth Ward. Joseph Wheeler Ward
SON Ward. Zebulon B Vance Ward.
i;eauregard Ward John %. Gordon
Ward Albcr; sydney Johnston Ward.
Mitchell ward. IL addition 10 this III.
o!ferent chapters are making generous
contributions 20 the Red Cross; many
women are serving on Red Cross and
national defense committees: some OF
INC chapters are contributing held ann
balances and Kitchen trailers. while
others arc taking French children t.
support They are also engaged In al.
kinds Of war relief and conservation
work. !. @. knitting, sewing, making
:uFst All dressings and handases and
comfort kits. cannin. fruits and veg
etabics. gardening. etc. one member
alone. Mrs. Robins. OF the Stonewail
Jackson Chapter OF Chicago. averages
twenty comfort kits week. and an
other chapter reported nifty trench
tags and 700 knitted garments. one
OF these United Daughters Of Conted-
'racy workers. Mrs. Harriet Angelina
Sptnks Thornton. Of Nashville. Tenn.
celebrated her Tooth birthday last oc-
tnbcr. and still She has registered for
war service. and is working just As
Whole -heariediy now for our boys in
KHAKI as She did for our Confederate
boys in the sixties"
The South is also giving unstintcdiy
of the best and bravest OF her sons.
The commander chief Of our army
is southern man. and many other
prominent officers in the army are the
descendants OF Contederates.
The contribution OF the navy is cs-
pccialiy interesting. The Confederate
navy. poor in resources rich in genius.
developed ironclads and fought in the
that revolutioniZcd naval warfare
created the ironclad; created the best
time. The Brooke rife; created and eX-
panded a torpedo service and operated
tn" frst successful submarine torpedo
toat. and many OF the descendants OF
the Confederate states Navy have gain
cd place and fame in our present navy.
The old confederatcs are making
smother rather unique contribution.
United States marines in training are
rracticing the Rebel yell" The old
vets: who take a keen interest in the
activities OF the sea solde are teach
ing the boys their battle cry.
word now about the South's ma
tsriai contribution to the war: it is
;he South that produces the cotton for
inns country and our allies. the cotton
which is essential to the manufacturs
OF all explosives: 1t is the South which
is producing 9S per cent of the sulphur
when Is absolutely necessary in the
rmanufnc,ure OF explosives: it is the
q IN fr,-
an or It's naval stores, more than half
Of its lumber output. large proper
l6n OF its coal output and practically
all the coal that is shipped abroad and
used in the navy and commerce; IL is
the South that furnishes over one-half
OF the petroleum. the entire bauxite
rites and practically all OF the man
Ganese IT the supply OF these raw
materials was cut off, the country
would find herself absolutely inca pable
oil fnainta ming It's Industrial interests
or OF making war.
Identity of ideals is the great bond
that is holding the allies together now.
we are fighting with England and the
son that we fought against the former
in 1876 and the latter in the sixties;
me issue is exactly the same: battle
for constitutional liberty and against
tyranny and invasion. The ideals Of
the South have never changed; only
the alignments are different: in 1876
land and Germany: in the sixties, the
South against the North and Germany:
and now. the North and the South and
England leading the allied nations
ed at In the light of subsequent his
tory. tho Revolutionary War and The
War Between the States seem TO have
been just preparation and a testing
fict. MARY ID. CARTER.
Upperville. Va. August 10. 1918.