Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-22
correspondents memorial was a conse-
quence of this recommendation.
TIE Idea of the Design.

TIE Idea of the Design.
Passing through Hagerstown, after in
spectng the new road at Antietam. Mr..
Townsend observed the fine horseshoe arch,
in Hagerstown limestone, at ths new Bal
tiInore and Ohio station there. Right op-
posite was new tower Of the same quarry
dressed stone upon an engine house. He
drew the tower into a sketch beside the
arch and it gave the suggestion Of a bat
tlemented gateway, such as survives in the
towns at the passes of the Apprentices,
notably Pontassieve, under Vallambrosa,
where W. w. Story, the sculptor. lately
died.
In 1862, while taking his correspondents
vacation, after the campaigns of Pope and
Mcclellan, Mr.. Townsend walked up to
Vallambrosa from Florence. and slept at
Pontasseve. Its double stored feudal gate
way gave splendid effect of stars and
mountain through the open arches. Meet
ing John L. Smthmeyer. the architect Of
Georgetown College and Of the new Library
Of Congress, thirty-four years after, Mr..
Townsend Said
II am going to build a monument to the
army correspondents on South mountain;
a battlemented feudal gate with a horse
shoe arch We ran on the horseshoe and
were under feudal tenure to our papers
and the state"
II will make my contribution the design"
said Mr.. Smithmeyer.
This conception has been developed with
campaign speed The idea was born No
vember 49, 1895. In four days an associate
advisory body was collected by letter and
the Hagerstown Bank made the depository.
December IL circular was sent out. De-
cember II Mr. Smithmeyer began his draft.
December 26 Mr.. Townsend and the archi-
tect visited the site January g. one month
later, the sum of $1,000 was assured.
Some of the Contributors.
William G. Whitney began it with a
handsome subscription of 5000 cash, saying:
II wonder the idea was not thought of be-
fore. and am glad of the opportunity"
Congressman Richard c. Mccormick, who
began his career by writing letters to the
Evening Post, New York. from Abraham
Lincolns home at Springfield, ILL.,, and at
gave 500, and guaranteed $500 more, which
Mr.. Elkins and Mr.. Shannon have SUBJ
scribed.
Mr.. Elkins' generous partner,R c. Kerens.
gave his check for 500, and Mr.. Hugh j.
Jewett of Deer Greek, Nd. gave s100
promptly.
The correspondents who survive are not
often rich, but Joseph B. Mccullough, edi-
tor Of the ST. Louis Globe-Democrat, and
founder of interviews, and one of the most
active correspondents in the western armies,
gave $lOO Mr. Nathaniel Paige, who wrote
for the New York Tribune and was en-
ployed for that purpose by Henry Willard,
gave the same
Mr.. Crosby S. Noyes, who was a writer
numerous
army events for The Washington Evening
Star and Philadelphia Telegraph gave 500.
and his partner, Mr.. S. H. Kaufman, and
their former partner, Governor A. IL. Shep-
herd, also contributed to the fund
Col. John Hay began at Springfield, ILL.,,
as Abraham Lincoln's associate secretary,
and with Mr.. Nicolay, grandly composed
Lincoln's memoirs. He gave his name and
check with hearty wishes, and Robert r.
Hit, the stenographic reporter of Lincolns
debates with Douglas, sent help and the
words: Il saw much of their devotion to
auty; their brave and untiring activity, and
nation in bringing to every home the fresh
est and most vivid word
Whitelaw Reid. q noted correspondent.
gave $lOO, and Joseph Pulitzer slOO
Gen. James H. Wilson the cantor Of Jer-
ferson Davis, gave money, and wrote of the
army correspondents:
They were most gallant and patriotic,
as Well as enterpriSing, set of men and
their services are worthy of commemoration
before all their countrymen, and in such
manner as the whole world may be remind
ed Of them"
Henry M. Stanley, the worlds greatest
finder and army correspondent in Missouri.
Abyssinia, Spain and Magdale, wrote: tsWei-
comely use my name!- was over Antietam
battle ground recently and kodaked many
interesting scenes in that locality"
1t is hoped that means may be obtained
to place Mr.. Stanley's bust upon the me-
mortal, and also McGahan's, the pupil of
ride to Khiva, and died the idol of the
Turkish Christians as their sword of speech
to Europe.
When the cash in hand reached 81 200 a
ciDular Of the subscribers was sent after
other disciples, and the nature Of the
memorial widened from the reporters to the
letters Of the great civil war.
With the exception of Robert Hoe, how
ever. no pressmaker, publisher of books
type founder. type machine maker or paper
maker has given anything.