The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-10-08
ABOARD THE TENNESSEE"
(Anna P. George in the Union sirnal.)

Ou pTIudy dLLSIAOOA, July soVg q
party of seventeen white ribboners
were numbered among the guests OF
the large United States warship,
Tennessee" which soon is to go to
sea. 1t was great day. The DaughJ
tiers of the American Revolution Of
the State of Tennessee presented an
historic flag and a silver loving cup
and the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union donated to the ships
crew 1900 comfort bags.
Officers and members from various
unions were present.
The ship was beautifully decorated
with flags and bunting and the band
was there providing the kind of mu-
sic which only a marine band knows
how to give. All the officers and men
were arrayed in their best white uni
forms and the officers were resplen-
dent with gold and their swords at
their sides. There were several hun
dred guests all in gala day attire.
Miss Mary B. Temple, of Tonnes
see, presented the flag and the loving
cup. The flag was blue on one side
and on the other white with blue
and gold lettering. There were also
on it the seal of Tennessee and that
of the daughters of the American
Revolution. Captain Leigh, in re-
spending, told something Of the his
tory of this wonderful flag, which
is old and worn and tattered. He
said that it had been to many parts
of the world, had been shipwrecked,
lost and found. 1t was made by the
Daughters of the American Revolu
ton of Tennessee and had originally
belonged to the armored cruiser,
Tennessee, afterwards renamed
the Memphis and wrecked off San
Domingo. For three or four years
the flag was lost. 1T was wonder
full work of art" Captain Leigh said,
"but we treasure it far beyond its
beauty. We treasure it for the in |
spring sentiment which prompted
the gift. We feel we will be bring
ing with us with this flag the spirit |
of the Daughters of the Revolution !
of Tennessee.
Then Mrs. Boole was introduced. |
She presented the 1900 comfort bags ,
which the w. c. T. U. of Tennessee /
had made and sent to the Brooklyn /
navy yard for the crew. Mrs. 0. T.
Tindell, superintendent of the de-
partment of Work Among Soldiers
and Sailors of the Tennessee w. c.
T. U. had requested Mrs. Boole to
represent her.
Mrs. Boole said inypart: MEN of
the ship, am sorry l was not born
in Tennessee because I've heard Won
dorfully nice things about that State
and l have Travelled about a great
deal in it. / have commission this
little gift to make-a
homely gift-to give for the w. G. T.
U. Of Tennessee, that organization
called Organized mother love- We
come from different parts of the
country, but in every one of our
hearts we think of mother. Some
mothers perhaps are far away and
some are no more. When boys go in
to the Army or Navy mother does not
forget them. She thinks of them
the last thing at night and the first
thing in the morning.
"The mothers of Tennessee, your
mothers, are not forgetting you
when you are far from home. They
are thinking of you. And when your
ship will soon be sailing, mother will
be thinking of you, and if you
could have been, home before sailing
she would have sewed on buttons and
iarned socks. But you could not go
and she could not come. So this or-I
ganization of mother love sent out
Word all over the State and said,
The Tennessee is going to sea be-
fore long. Won't you make comfort
bags for. the men on it? So they
sent the comfort bags of which hold
,ne. They each contain buttons and
thread and needles needles with bigl
syes-and pins and tooth brushes. Ill
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