The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-20

to be- members.
Very respectfully.
JAMES ". pF0EhM.
This communication was. ON motion
of Mr.. Ferrier. laid over until the head
Of the good of the order was reached
Mr.. j. Taylor StrattOn moved that
| the Camp 20 INTO the election oi trus
ices right now. A suggestion was made
| that the Camp wait until later. where
upon Mr. Stratton Withdrew his motion.
TWO NEW MEMBERS.
Mr.. Henry #. Matthews. who en-
/ listed ia Bcaurcgard IS Rifles. Captain
SchafTer. commanding Company T..
/ Louisiana Infantry. and subsequently
/ became member Of Pelham p Battery.
/ Stewart Artillery, Captain Jehp Pei
/ ham commanding. and afterwards
7 Major Pelham commanding. and a ~
/ Gill. who enlisted 40 April. 1861. from
/ Middiesex county. IN Fleet s Artillery
winch was disbauded 40 Leesburg Va.
and who subsequently joined the Wool
/ folk Battery. Alexander Battalion.
and who lives az No. JlG norlh Twenty
sixth street. we're both elected mem
bers Of the Camp.
COLONEL MURPHY S LOT.
Mr. John Murphy formerly Colonel
commanding. said that be bad seen ln
one Of the daily newspapers that be- had
refused To- pay for the lot hc bad pur-
chased at the sale Of tnu Soldier
/ Home property. The night Of The day
/ he bought the lot he rosOld tine same To-
/ a real estate agent. This agent wanted
"a clean title. lie and the agent We're
/ the parties 10 be sued. There was no
objection ON his part to the title. 10
was the second purchaser who objected
BOARD OF VISITORS.
The following gentlemen were cleo
| ted members of the Board of Visitors
to the Soldiers Home General John
r. Cooke, Colonel James W. White, and
/ Colonel Archer Anderson.
Anamendment was adopted whereby
/ the bylaws requires that One week e
notice shall be- given when q candidate
is to be proposed. &c.
THE LEE MONUMENT.
Governor Lee, who was present said
/ that he was member of the Camp and
| that all his dues were paid. SO %
former meeting of the Camp bee hnd
Icilled its attention 90 q monument 10
/ be erected IN honor of the IllustriOu8
commander of the Army of North.
FERN Virginia. lie had been dead
now about nineteen years. The
/ Governor spoke of the two or.aniza-
lions formed for the purpose of raising
/ funds with which To erect "a monument
q I.. f.IHH
! had taken nineteen years. he saiI. Go
reach the eliminating point There
/ had been failure to raise the full
amount needed for This monument.
/ There has been a failure 300 New York
/ To raise money for monument TO
/ Grant. though the merchants there
owned their millions and men owned
/ their thousands and thousands. So
there is trouble everywhere in raising
/ funds with which to erect monuments
commemorative OF our dead heroes.
+ rhe members OF ihis Camp no doubt
know OF the great trouble which sur
rounds each Of you when sou attempt
| to raise money.
JUHAL EARLN REFUSES.
General Jubal Early. in a letter, the
other day. refused tocOntributc towards
/ the Il onument because he learned that
"a portion of the granite for the pedestal
came from Maine. The reason of tins
was simple. When the bids were
opened ON the first occasion they
we're found To be too high.
they were all refused. 4 see
ond lot of bids were advertised for
aud received. and they were also found
To be too high. Mr.. james NeiheIwood,
% prominent contractor of thl, city.
undertook 90 build .he pedestal for
/ Sfl 900. "a sum $4,000 less than any bad
which had been presented. Tie granite
people of Richmond refused 60 allow
/ him to have any of their material, and
So he was compelled To 80 elsewhere in
order to get suitable granite.
AMOUNT PAID.
The Lee Monument Association has
paid Mr.. NethcrwOod S2O.OOO There
is owed him S2lO0O which becomes due
as the work progresses. looking
around 1t is found that after paying the
sculptor and sundry incidental Npemses
tine Lee Monument Association viii
lack about - 900 This amount is NOW
needed TO complete the pedestal.
TO BE UNVEILED is NOVEMBER.
The monument would be unveiled
next November The model had been
perfected by July 10Th, and The bronze
casting would bee ready for tIansporia-
ton across the water ln september and
thus be ready TO be placed on The pee
desial IA October aud unveiled in No
Vember
There will be in Richmond then an
immense crowd. the large conc0urse
of people which met ip th4s city when
the cornerstone was luii will be- small
compared with the great gathering next
November. when the bronze horse and
rider Will be presented To the great pub
lie.
The moment that the news is flashed
across the ocean that the equestrian
statue had left Paris, and WIS on the
deep blue sea 1t Will bring about large
appropriation from your city. II Lee
Camp will raise the 5000 now needed.
the entire monument will bee success.
and the public will be- surprised at what
they will see next November.
lhi kLNbLl HUNS.
The following resolutions were then
read by the adiutant:
Whereas az meeting of the II. +.
Lee Camp, held on - 10 was deci-
ded to set aside all funds collected
to defray the expenses OF laying the
cornerstone of the Lee monument. but !
not used for that purpose owing 10 the !
good management and economy Of the /
committee having the matter in charge F.
10 be devoted 10 the ceremonies of the /.
unvellns of said monument; and where /
as the Camp Is pow officially in /
formed by committee from the Lee |
Monument Association that more
money is required than they have now
IN their treasurer's hands 90 complete
the pedestal OF said monument, aud it
Is important that no obstruction to the
progress Of The work should take place; !