The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-24
UNITED DAUGHTERS
 OF THE CONFEDERACY

At the meeting of the executive board ! or the United Daughters of the Com federacy, which met in Charleston, s. C., November 16, the report of the war relief committee of the United Daugh- ters of the Confederacy for the entire United States, of which Mrs. J. A. Roun- tree of Birmingham is chairman, was re- ceived with great enthusiasm and was the occasion of many expressions of hearty approval and commendation. It was splendid report, surprising to even the U. D. c. members, for the vol ume of work accomplished shows that the daughters of the Confederacy throughout the nation, wherever situated have grown in strength and iFfluence, and proved themselves a wonderful asset to both the United States government and the Red Cross, The report of Mrs Rountree shows the endowment of six entire wards in the American military hospital No. l, Neuilly-sur-Seine the largest Red Cross hospital in France, and a seventh ward almost completed, total of 6S beds, at an annual cost of 800 Of this number the Alabama division of the U. D. c. contributed two in honor Of Admiral Raphael Semmes and the boys of 1S6f-65 Electra Semmes Colston chap ter, q. D. C., Mobile, one in honor of Father Ryan, poet-priest- st-soldier; wom- ans division, council national defense, two; citizens of Selma, one Orville Red Cross branch, one; Marion Junction Red Cross branch, one; Benton Red Cross branch, one; the latter six beds being endower in honor of the Alabama boys of the A. E. F., in defense of honor, truth and justice, making total of nine beds contributed by Alabama. The other 5S beds were endowed by the Daughters of the Confederacy of Arizona, one; Arkan- sas, two; California, two; Colorado, two; District of Columbia, two; Florida, two; Georgia, three; Illinois, one; Kentucky, one; Louisiana, four; Maryland, one; Mississippi, one; Missouri one; New York, one; North Carolina, four; Ohio,
 one; Oklahoma, one; Pennsylvania, two; South Carolina, three; Tennessee, three; Texas, eleven; Virginia, four; West Vir@ ginia. one; U. D. C., one; war relief com
 mittee, one; Minneapolis, one; Boston. assisted by Evansville, Ind, and Portales New Mexico, one.
 The report also shows that the U. D. C. members have made for the Red Cross i 2,S52, 600 hospital garments, 2,60S,000 surgi- cal dressings, 93,0l3 knitted articles; that the chapters have contributed $S2,SS9 5S to the Red Cross in addition to the $40,S0O hospital endowments; are supporting $50 French and Belgian orphans at an an l nual cost of $19, 4s3; have bought $S,S69,00o of Liberty Bonds; and sold s25,330 49O have bought s1457,465 of w. S. S., and
 sold $1,143,555 of w S. S. The report fur ther shows that the above figures were obtained from less than half of the U. D. c. chapters, the others having failed to keep accurate records of their work. In addition the U. D. c. chapters at the cantonment towns are official sponsors 1 for many community houses, hospital wards, and burial grounds.
 | The U. D. c. chapter at Anniston has adopted ward of the base hospital and | also places a marble headstone at the grave of every soldier who is buried in l the government cemeteries-those poor l fellows who have no home and near Of kin. Tn Mobile the Electra Semmes Col l ston chapter took such leading part in the establishment of the community ser vice club for soldiers and sailors that | the president of the chapter was ap- pointed general chairman of the club by | the Fosdick commission.
 l The report of Mrs. Rountree, chairman, shows that since January 1, 1918. she
 has sent the following communications | to U. D. c. chapters: Personal letters,
 1500; circular letters, 1500; reports, $500; record blanks and war relief reports. 5000; total of Il ,50O communications.
 | Thus it will be seen that the Daugh- l ters of the Confederacy, wherever locat- ed, are in every way living nobly up
 to and sustaining the heroic lineage that
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