Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-23
NEW VOL. 31---NO. IA.


der and sacred memories which cluster
with halo Of love and veneration
around their living and dead, demand
that their names and the story of their
glory be gathered ere it is too late, and
that some master whose touch is mel
lowed and hallowed by the richness
and grandeur of the theme, shall min
gle and blend them with their glorious
achievements into Southern epic,
glowing with tributes of their unnval-
ed history, to be deposited in the sane
tus of Southern valor.
In the Temple of Fame, which Is to
be consecated to all the people of the
coming centuries, in a niche which will
be carved out BY the story oftheir own
wonderous deeds and glory, monu-
ment will also arise, commemorative OF
the courage and fame of the "Heroines
of the South, a name, which will ever
be linked in history with those of
Roman MatroD" and Spartan Moth
er. For did not every Southern
mother, like the Roman Matron,
proudly exclaim These are my
Jewels" and did not their fortitude and
heroism rise to even supreme heights?
For they sent their offspring bravely
and Loyalty to battle for their country
and with the Spartan Mothers
deathless injunction Return with
your shield, or on it,
1t is to the survivors of these Illus
trious women and TO their descendants
to whom the General Commanding,
therefore, confidently intrusts this I'M
portant mission of assisting in this
holy undertaking.
The General Commanding appeals
to and urges these heroic women, sur
yivors of a heroic age, and all the
daughters of the South who take pride
in the history of such worthy and glo-
rious ancestors, to Immediately, upon
the receipt of this order, organize So
cieties and elect presidents, secretaries,
treasurers and other officers, IN every
city, town, hamlet and neighborhood
in the South and to notify Colonel K.
C. Wood, general manager of the Con-
federate Memorial Association, No. IA
Perdido street, New Orleans, La, so
that he can at once supply them with
subscription books and full instruc-
tions, and respectfully requests that
they will commence without delay the
collection of funds for the erection Of
this depository of the records Of the
valor of Southern manhood, and the
heroism of Southern womanhood, and
continue their efforts Systematically,
making the Memorial Festival Day
May /, 1896, the elimination of their
efforts
The money raised by each society
and in each locality must be deposit
ed to the order of the United Confed-
crate Veterans for the use Of the Con-
federate Memorial Association, to re-
main until called for by the proper
authority.
In the meantime, each society or To-
cality, where the money is raised, will
report the amount collected TO Colo
mel R. C. Wood, general manager of
the Confederate Memorial Association,
No. A Perdido street, New Orleans,
La, so that an idea can be formed OF
the total amount thus secured.
The General Commanding requests
the old Veterans composing the ia
United Confederate Veteran Camps OF
this Association to render all the assist
ance possible to the ladies engaged IN
this holy cause.
The General Commanding also re-
quests that every newspaper through
out the South and elsewhere, favorable
to this grand historic enterprise, will
publish this order, and with an editori-
al comment give it the widest publici-
ty. By order Of
J. B. GORDON,
General Commanding.
GEo. MooRMAy,
A diutant General and Chief Of Staff.