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JEFFERSON DAVIS (AN ACROSTIC) *
(By Caroline Dent.)
J-ust a man we might say
E-very inch a man—
F-rom his stately forehead
F-raming God's own plan,
E-very thought a purpose,
R-ight to do, his creed.
8-uch men make up hist’ry
O f such men we read
N-oting their distinction.
D-auntless, brave and true:
A-rmed with noble courage
V alor ever new,
I nspiring those who follow
S ome worthy deed to do.
Two Girard Children
on Founders Roll
Two names from Girard have been
sent in to the Children’s Founders
Roll of the Stone Montain Memorial
They are:
Louis Bartow Royal, son of Dr. and
Mrs. L. B. Royal, in honor of his
great-great grandfather, Riley Tur
ner.
Howard Guilford Royal, son of Dr.
and Mrs. L. B. Royal, in honor of
grand father, Guilford Royal.
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Origin oi the United
Confederate Veteran
In response to a call issued by joint com
mittees representing the Associations of the
Army of Northern Virginia, the Army of Ten
nessee, and the Confederate Veteran Cavalry,
a convention of delegates from other Confed
erate Associations was held at New Orleans,
.Tune 10, 1889. The purpose of the conven
tion, as stated in the call, was to form a
confederation of associations, benevolent, his
torical and social in character, that would
care for needy and disabled Confederate Vet
erans and assist the widows and orphans of
fallen comrades.
The convention met in pursuance of the
call with delegates from ten associations in
attendance. With the view of effecting a per
manent organization, a committee on organi
zation and resoltions was appointed to draft
a constitution and by-laws. This committee
repotred after several hours’ labor, submit
ting a constitution which was read, article
by article and adopted as a whole. Article
l is declaratory of the objects of the organi
zation and reads as follows:
“The objects and purposes of this organi
zation will be strictly social, literary, his
torical and benevolent. It will endeavor to
unite in a general federation all associations
of Confederate Veterans, soldiers and sailors,
now in existence or hereafter to be formed;
to gather authentic data for an impartial his
tory of the War Between the States; to pre
serve relics or mementoes of the same: to
cherish the tjes of friendship that should
exist among men who have shared common
dangers, common sufferings and privations;
to care for the disabled and extend a help
ing hand to the needy to protect the widows
and the orphans, and to make and preserve
a record of the services of every member, and,
as far as possible, of th se of our comrades
who have preceded us in eternity.’’
The other atricles of the constitution re
lated to officers and their duties and to the
management of the organization. Upon the
TO JEFFERSON DAVIS.
(By Caroline Dent.)
The years in their passing
Have dimmed not his glory;
We still will honor his name,
And tell to the whole world
In verse and in story
The truth of his life-work,
His sufferings and fame.
We write in his mem’ry
These few lines about him
Hoping that some who may read,
Will catch a true vision,
Refusing to doubt him,
But follow forever
His teachings and creed.
His justice in ruling,
His patience in sorrow,
Today and tomorrow
That will make mankind better.
More true and sincere.
adoption of the instrument and the election
of officers, the convention effected permanent
organization, and the “United Confederate
Veteran Association’’ entered into organized
and permanent existence. General John B.
Gordon was the unanimous choice for Com
mander-in-Chief, and this gallant and distin
guished soldier was selected annually to suc
ceed himself as long as he lived. Major-Gen
eral George Moorman, of Charleston, S. C.
was chosen Adjutant General and Chief of
Staff.
The first reunion was held at Chattanooga,
Tenn., July 3, 1890. There were 18 camps
represented by delegates.
Confederate Flags
and Their Origin
Colors:
Red—typifies courage and strength.
White—typifies purity and innocence.
Blue —typifies constancy and sincerity.
In 1860, when the South -found that war
was a settled fact, the first thing that pre
sented itself to the minds of the leaders was
that a flag must he chosen as the emblem
of the South.
It must be remembered when the Stages
seceded the North kept the flag and the South
kept the Constitution.
The old flag , was greatly beloved by the
South—their ancestors had gained glory and
renown under its folds during the Revolu
tionary days, and so they said the new flag
must .be as near like to the old flag as
possible.
There were four flags in all —and changed
for important reasons.
The first was chosen by a committee ap
pointed in Montgomery, Ala., during the meet
ing of the First Provisional Congress, Feb.
4, 1861. It was the Stars and Bars (No. 1).
The union was to be square (blue); upon it
seven stars representing the seven seceded
States, South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas, the
stars were to be five-pointed, and the length
of the flag one and a half times the width.
On March 4, 1861, the “Committee on a
Proper Flag for the Confederate States of
America," made its report, which was ac
cepted and by 3 o'clock that afternoon the
flag floated over the capitol building.
This flag was very much like the U. S
flag, only not so many stripes and stars. It
was one white bar between two red bars,
and he square of blue. When in battle and
the flag had wrapped itself around the staff
it was hard to distinguish it from the U. S.
flag—so a change became necessary.
General Beauregard then designed another
flag to be used on the battlefield, and Gen
eral Joseph E. Johnston adopted it. This
flag was simply the square of red with a
cross of blue, and the thirteen then seceding
States in stars upon it (No. 2). This was
not used until after the first battle of Manas
sas. The first of these flaggs were made by
the three Misses Carsy. of Baltimore, and
the next flag (No. 3), adopted at Richmond,
Va., May 1, 1863, was the battle flag on a
field of white. This did not prove satisfac
tory, for the reason when it was wrapped
about the staff it seemed a flag of truce, so
on March 4, 1865, it was replaced by another
(No. 4), which added to the white field an
otuer bar of red half way the union square.
This flag was only used a few weeks before
the surrender, and never received the baptism
of blood.
Then there were the naval ensigns, naval
Jack and pennants. The first naval ensign
w r as No. 3 flag, only the white field longer;
the naval Jack was No. 2 flag elongated n
the pennants were long, narrow strips rep
resenting the four flags.
The veterans saw how often these flags
were distorted by manufacturers until South
ern people did not really know their own
flags when they saw them, so when General
Stephen D. Lee was General Commandant he
issued the following request after a commit
tee on flags at Nashville, 1904, had made
their report:
“The Commander-in-Chief urges all Con
federate Veterans, Daughters of the Confed
eracy, the Confederated Southern Memorial
Association, and other Confederate Memorial
Associations to exert their utmost influence
in support of the resolution and the abridged
report as above given to the end that man
ufacturers of flags, designers, engravers, and
others, may hereafter be required to conform
therewith in all respects.
“By command of
“STEPHEN D. LEE,
“General Commanding.
“WM. E. MICKKLE,
“Adjutant General and Chief of Staff.”
Origin of the Confed
erate Uniform Is Told
There is no doubt that Mrs. Napoleon
Locket, a Virginian, living at this time in
Marion, Ala., with her son, deserves the credit
for securing the design for the Confederate
uniform.
Nicola Marschal, an Austrian artist, was
also living in Marion at this time. He had
painted the portraits of many prominent fam
ilies in Alabama, and was known to Mrs.
Locket. She requested him to design a uni
form for the Confederate soldier.
At once came into his mind the beautiful
gray uniform worn by the Austrian sharp
shooters of his own home city. He immedi
ately made sketches of the uniform, indicat
ing the different colors to be used on collars
to denote the branch of‘service.
The officers were to have buff.
The cavalry were to have yellow.
The infantry were to have blue.
The artillery were to have red.
The Austrians had green upon their uni
form.
Now these suggestions were made and
adopted, and this tells the story how the
uniform of our Confederacy originated.
By many it was thought that Francis Bar
tow first suggested the gray color, but when
we realize that our hero fell in the first
battle of Manassas before the gray uniform
was suggested, we can readily understand
that this could not have been true in any
official way.
Memory Book of the
Children’s Founders
of Stone Mountain
The BOOK OF MEMORY will not close
until every child knows about The Children’s
Founders Roll and has had the privilege of
enrolling. The slogan now is:
“Every child in every Southern home that
no Confederate hero may be forgotten.’’
The U. D. C. Chapters are asked to assist
in the memorialization of these old Confed
erates by appointing a Children’s Founders
Roll chairman to enroll as many children
as possible and to enlist the co-operation of
every organization in their community in see
ing that no Confederate is left out.
Bend in names continuously but make par
ticular effort to signalize the Confederate
anniversaries, such as the birthdays of Lee,
Jackson, Davis and other great men of the
Confederacy by a demonstration enrollment
of names for the BOOK of MEMORY.
Every child who becomes a member of The
Children’s Founders Roll will receive a small
bronze medal designed by Gutzon Borglum,
the world-famous sculptor, who is carving
Stone Mountain, as token of the child’s par
ticipation in the creation of history’s great
est memorial. Later, when the child’s name
i 6 actually inscribed in The Book of Memory
each child will receive a certificate giving
the number of the page and the number of
the line on which he is enrolled.
On one side of the medal will be the figures
side the words, “In Memory of the Heroism
of the Confederacy." This small medal will
be a priceless possession in the later years.
Every child’s name should be enrolled.
THE TRUE CITIZEN, SATURDAY, JUNE 7TH, 1924
S. A. Cunningham, Editor Confederate
Veteran, Conceived the Idea of Marking
Jefferson Davis’ Birthplace in Kentucky
Bv Mrs. Herbert M. Franklin, Tennille, Ga.
Sate Director 1917-1924.
“O noble shaft, lift high thy head,
And pierce the vaulted blue.
Rock-hewn thy cradle in earth’s deeps,
Thou callest in review
The gray-dlad legions of the South,
With war flags flashing high—
The starry cross, unstained alway—
The Southron’s battle cry!”
The idea of marking the birthplace of the
President of the Confederate States origin
ated with Col. S. A. Cunningham, the late
editor of The Confedearte Veteran. General
Bennett H. Young, of Louisville, Ky., was
associated with him, and brought the sub
ject before the General Convention, U. D. C.,
held in Dallas, Texas, November. 1916. In
his elokuent address, General Young said:
“Mr. Davis was great enough to command
the admiration of all men, but when we con
sider his sufferings and sacrifices for the
South, it is'his just reward that somewhere
in the Confederate States which he loved so
much, and where he lived out his days, there
shall rise up some structure which in so far
as art in its feebleness can proclaim, shall
declare the love and veneration of the people
for whom he gave his all—time, money, place,
citizenship, health and lifelong peace.
We must see that the men who come af
terwards and look upon • this magnificent
obelisk, towering amongst the clouds, grace
ful in the lines, superb in its immensity,
will thoroughly understand who Jefferson Da
vis was, what he did, and who were the peo
ple that he led, /who loved him, and made
under his guidance transcendent and im
measurable sacrifices for the great principle
of self-government."
The Daughters of the Confederacy agreed
to assist the Veterans in the erection of
this monument. Each State President was
put in charge of the work in her State, and
as President of the Georgia Division, U. D. C.
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was appoited State Director. In 1917, the
erection of the monument began, and the
Confederate Veterans who were leaders in
the work were:
Gen. Bennett H. Young, past commander
in-chief U. C. V.; Gen. George W. Little
field, of Austin, Texas; Gen. John H. Leath
ers, of Louisville, Ky.; Col. Edmond H. Tay
lor, Jr., of Frankfort, Ky.; Gen. Julian S.
Carr, of Durham, N. C. (who died recently) ;
Col. V. G. Cook, of aßtesviile, Ark.
ring the World War work on the mon
ument was discontinued. General Young and
other Veterans passed into the Great Be
yond. After the War was over, and the
monument had been erected to a height of
216 feet, again, from lack of funds, the work
ers rested. At the urgent request of the Vet
erans, the U. D. C. assumed responsibility
for raising funds with which to complete the
monument.
Various means were used, small banks were
sent out to the Chapters, each holding five
dollars in dimes. Later, one dollar certifi
cates were sold by the U. D. C. To frequent
appeals of the State Director, Georgia has
responded nobly. Our dollars have spoken
of our patriotism with mighty voice, and
Georgia has a splendid share in the monu
ment. When the Christmas drive for SI,OOO
from our state was put on, many contribu
tions were sent at once, and necessary funds
were taken from the state treasury. We hope
the full amount will be repaid to the treas
ury before the close of the year.
The monument is in the form of a great
Egyptian obelisk, 351 feet high, second high
est in the world. Washington’s monument
in the Nation’s capital towering above all
others in the world is an indication that our
country holds him above all others. The
j Jefferson Davis monument shows that the
President of the Confederacy stands for the
highest ideals of the Old and the New South.
The plans called for forty-five flights of
stairs, ten floors in the
windows at each side near .j h !J? P ; he
is an elevator, and it is said that the view
from the top equals Lookout Mountain m its
"to \he hTofthe mojum.... stands . B.p
tist Church, small, weather-beaten, and sho
W Bethel Baptist Church as
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years, was of great assistance m inspectmgj
the work until he became too feeble Then
he sat in an easy chair on hl s b ackporc
with a magnifying glass in hand looking at
the monument. He sard to a Visitor . Yo
have no idea the company it has been to me
to sit here these years and watch it as it
has grown in height but the sands of my
life are running very low and “jV® see it
ished quickly. I may « ot Je here *0 B ®e i,
•ind I do so want to see it finished.
Let us hope that his dreams are realized
and he has lived to see the monument
veiled this week. • .
The father of Jefferson Davis was aGeor
e-ian and we have an unusual degree of state
pride In the erection of such a monument as
Fs a fitting tribute to the President of the
Confederacy. The monument shows to the
world that Jefferson Davis will he loved and
honored so long as there is left in this broad
land of ours one loyal son of the South,
true Daughter of the Confederacy!
“Majestic shaft, art only stone?
Ah no, a sentient thing.
Is patriot’s blood, or woman s fears;
Thou standest for a king! _
No lesser pile, great shaft is meet
To mark the sacred place
Where he was born whom Fate did make
Exemplar of the race. . ,
Where stands his peer? O, friends, let us
His people guard his fame,
Till generations yet unborn,
Shall reverently speak the name
Of Davis, only President,
The Southland’s martyred one
Rare statesman, warrior, Christian, man,
His glory like the sun!’’
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born in Burke County where she died. Dur
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County, Between Waynesboro and Green’*
Cut. She, as all true Southern womanhood
was wedded to “The Lost Cause’’ and va
ried and valuable indeed were the service s
rendered by her and her two daughters, Alice
Louisa. Everything in their power was done
by them, chief of which was moulding can
dies, caring for refugees, making clothin
knitting socks and scarfs for the men in
gray.
Her home was always a veritable soldiers’
home. Once two soldiers were wounded in
Waynesboro and she nursed, housed and pro
vided for them for weeks and weeks, nmi]
they were nursed by her tender hands back
to health and returned to fight the invaders
Often it was necessary for her and daugh
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when stronger hands, but not stotuer hearts
were absent fighting for them. She had two
sons, James and Mack, who served valiantly
throughout the war.
W T hen there was a camp of sick and wounded
at Green’s Cut she nursed and fed all of them
she could, her services only being limited bv
her utmost capacity. Her daughter, Louisa
went to the Wayside Home with Mrs. Redd
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