Woman's enterprise., 1922-02-10

Htt equipped 10f war.
"She had no Ships, she had no Navies,
But mighty faith in the great jeff
, Davis.'
, Her soldiers suffered the curcitiXion
of sabre, shot and shell, and as | let
memory wander, as wander she will,
| can see again the Soldier Boys IN
Grey broken, wounded, muddy, dying,
marching through every weather,
sweating but fearless, shivering with
out trembling, kept on their feet by
trumpet call, by fever by song they
sang "o'er Conquered Armies This
stanza expresses the confidence they
had in their leaders,:
"Lee formed his line of battle
Said Boys, you need not fear;
For Longstreet is in the Center
And Jackson in the rear
These Soldiers marched and fought,
fasting they marched and fought four
to one. They followed as proud a
flag as ever waved over the "lron Le-
gion," and that flag (as stainless as
any ever wrought by woman's hand
or hallowed by her tears) is torn and
battle rent and folded forever.
The Confederacy builded her foun-
dation on truth, and our cause was
eternally right. To uphold that nation,
that cause, that flag the Confederate
Soldier barred his breast to sabre.
thrust, to cannon shot, and the end
of it all was the costli2st funeral the
world has ever known.
Historians tell US that 650.000 men
died to settle the issue of that War.
The Crimeon War cost 100000 lives,
the Japanese Russian 100000, but,
ah! what difference when compared
to what the South gave up for liberty
and independence. think the great
est monument to Confederate valor
| is to be found on the pension rolls
Ct the Federal Government. You will
find more names there than were ever
enrolld in the Confederate Army.
Listen, young people, | am going to
give you some Historical facts as to
the record made by your fathers,
grand fathers and great grand-fa-
theirs. You all no doubt have read
of the Charge of the Light Brigade,
charge that won it's fame, but its
loss in killed and wounded was only
371a per cent. Why there were more
than Eighty Regiments (Federal)
that lost so per cent killed and wound-
ed in one battle. The greatest loss
during the Franco -Prussian War was
| 70 per cent. The 1st Texas at Sharps.
burg lost 80 per cent, the 18th. Vir-
ginia lost s. percent, the 2lst Georgia
at Manassas lost 76 per cent, 26th
North Carolina at Gettysburg lost
1871 per cent, 28th Tennessee at Stnoe
river lost 68 per cent, 9th Alabama
led by General John B. Gordon lost
more than 66 per cent. In the Aus.
trian War 1876, the loss killed anC
those that died of wounds was 26 pei
cent; in co-Prussian War it was
81 per cent. In the war between the
States the Federals lost AZ per cent
while the Confederates lost 10 pei
cnt, making the largest percentage
of men in any modern army that dice
in battle.
In the American Revolution. lasting
seven years, the killed were only 34O0
the wounded 640O. In the War Of
1912, covering a period Of three years
1884 were killed, 43OO wounded while
during the Mexican War, two years
duration, 1882 were killed and 345e
wounded. Contrast these morta!ltle;
with those suffered by the two armies
during "The War Between States,
why in the Battle Of the Wilderness
and Spottsylvania the Confederates
killed and wounded 5000 more men II
Grants Army than were killed in al
the Wars in which the English peo
pie engaged since 1892. That fact
reminds me of what the old German
"a Federal Soldier) said when speak
inc of the Confederates in a certain
battle:
"Their ugly rifles shoot so true
Whenever they do shoot;
Jo bol;ovo tho "Devil" and them