Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-01-29
Confederate Memorial.
mons DEP. EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
UNITED CoNFED. NEIth ss sos
CoIuMBUs, MISS, Jan. To- w.

9 roIn.SnIs. Mss, Jan. is, '95.
GENERAI. ORDERsl
r.a N i;sntenant- General Commanding in
yites the attention Of all Sonieoeru.e
ans n. and heartily commends the patrio'is
suggestions of Col. Chas Broadway noussi "
New York City who, in the war ue'ween
the States, was eomrade IN me Sa,a.s
r.or,,s Army of Northern Virginia -looklng
~ tho establishment and maintenance Oh
National Memorial Assn in and by winch
.ito perpetuate the memorials of the glorious
struggle of the South for Constitutional rights;
to pay a deserved tribute TO the heroic deeds
Of their fallen comrades, TO furnish an insp'r-
ing object lesson to their descendants and to
leave to posterity enduring proofs OF the
courage. loyalty and devotion TO duty oil the
Confederate soldier"
For the erection of all the necessary build
ings and to provide an adequate fund for the
permanent maintenance of the contemplated
Memorial. it is estimated that the sum of Two
Hundred Thousand Dollars will be necessary,
to be raised as now outlined in the form OF
subscriptions to an incorporated body, with
the stated capital and stipulated valuation OF
shares. under the Beard of Administrators,
cha with the organization and manage
ment of the Association, to be composed oil
the nine surviving Confederate officers OF the
| highest rank, who, after organizing, VIII
alone receive donations and subscriptions to
the stock to be iesued by them, and that none
might lie excluded from participation in the
| patriotic undertaking, it is contemplated that
| the PAR value of the stock be fixed at Ten
| Dollars PER share.
1t is the purpose of this general order to
enlist interest at once in the proposed Memoir
| ial. and to urge upon the nine surviving rank
ing Confederate officers to meet at an early
date, organize the Board of Administrators.
and formulate the details of organization, so
that the Veterans and their syspathizers will
be placed in possession of the purpose, scope
and extent of the movement. and be prepared
to consider and perfect the uncompleted de-
tails of the work, when they meet in the re-
union at Houston, Texas, next April.
Let it be und erstood that the contemplated
Memorial will in no wise antagonize, but
rather supplement the existing Memorial or
CARNATIONS here and there throughout the
late Confederate States.
AS well said by Comrade Reuss: 1.-The mem
cntos of the struggle of the South and the
evidences of her glorious proves in the field
/ are scattered DrOaucuSJ Oyer luS GoAIAS y
Should they not be collected and provision be
made for their preservation as n rich inheri-
tauce for our children and patriotic object
lessons for generations to Gomez" To this
eloquent appeal we believe the responsive
answer of all true ex-Confedcrates will he,
''Yesl' Then as our ranks are being rapidly
thinned by the scythe of Time, let the compnr-
atively few of us that remain, at once take
the matter in hand, and labor for the realiza-
ton of the prophetic vision and joyous hope
of the patriot orator Senator Daniel, of Ya.)
| in the contamination of completed Battle
Abbey, in which the figure of Jefferson Davis
shall be the central object, aud around which
shall be grouped the heroic relies of the bat
ties of the Confederacy, and the pictured
faces aud scnlptn.cd forms of the great and
true and brave men who fought them. An
| und wing memorial of the people who fought
their own battles in their own way, for their
own liberty as they conceived it, for their
own independence as they desired it, and who
need give to the world no other reason why"
BY command of
LIEUT.-GIN. S. d. LEE.
e. T. SYKES,
Acknowledgement and Chief of Staff.