The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-02-15
A MEMORIAL HALL
Whore Confederate Relics and Mementoss
Are to BE Deposited.

y T..
Are to he Deposited.
Headquarters United Confederate Vet
Grams, New Orleans, La, Dec. :, ls9'''-
General Orders No. 155.--The progress
made by the allie and distinguished COM
mittee appointed in General Orders NOS.
IA and 149 from these headquarters to
examine into and report upon the plan
submitted by the great rholanthropist ana
benefactor, Charles Broadway Rouss, 1or
the establishment of / grand Memoriai
Hall, where Confederate reli's and me-
mentoes are to Re deposited for all 'ime'
and which is to become the Battle Ao-
bey" Of the South, must be very granny
ing TO the old veterans and to all those
who love the traditions of the South ana
who cherish the memories of the cour-
are and heroism of her sons, and the I'M
n.ralleled devotion of her noble and sell
sacrificing women.
This splendid committee has now sue
cessfully launched the grand enterprise
and through their action and that OF 'he
subcommittee, have formulated a mode
of procedure which, if energeucaily car
ried out. cannot fail of success.
| II will he remembered that the gener-
ous and larse-hearted donor, Mr.. Charles
broadway Rouss, who alone concei'eo
tb;s proiect for the perpetuation OF the
history and glory OF his countrymen' pre-
scented a plan for its consummatioh "
the veterans at the Houston reunion d.
the same time subscribing $loo,Ooo as
his individual subscription to assist III
carving out his grand views and ideas'
conditioned upon the veterans raising
like amount.
To raise this 100000 additional and
enough more to endow and insure the per-
netuation of the institution, is the prop
lem which now occupies the afternoon anu
efforts of the committee.
II is believed that one-half OF the
amount required will be raised through
the subscription of the more than oo,ooo
members of the U. {. v. Association,
and which will entitle them to the certl-
6cates showing their contributions, thus
giving each contributor an interest In
This glorious enterprise which is SO near
and so dear to the heart of every veteran
and il is considered to be sure ana
beyond peradventure, that the other nan
: or balance, whatever may be required
} will be raised by the noble women OF TIE
South.
The committee suggests that the most
, feasible manner of reaching the desired
object Is to set apart Memorial Fest
val Day." and they ask that the Genera
Commanding will designate the date, AM
issue general order.
The General Commanding, therefore, IL
compliance With the request of the com
mittee. designatcs Friday, May 1, 1896
t as the most suitable for a "Memoria
t Festival Day." to be set apart for tn
r use of the women of the South in raising
S funds for this great Memorial Hall.
t All the details and exercises of thi
@ Memorial Festival Day" are to be plan
q ned conducted and carried cut entirel
under the orders, control, ideas and man
:. agement of the women of the South 1
their respective localities.
For. in whose hands could this sacre
trust more properly be placed, and WI,
Q m ire certainty of success, than into thos
IS of the gentle women of the South, WI
n have never yet faltered or failed IN I'd
l. performance of any duty, either in wa
n or in peace, imposed upon them Tor tn
d Southern cause!
>. Their spirit and determination animate
= the men of the South at the scene OF ID
:. first conflict; they were the most col
: slant and unremitting patriots ana worl
~ ers during their countrys mighty stru
i gle and the last to abandon the sacfe
III cause after Southern hopes vanished
lie hind the clouds Mt Appomattox.
a The true history of their deeds and u
r. umphs has not yet been told.
le No historian has yet written the stor
vs. nor muse sung the song. nor minstrel Il
q TYRE. which 6tly celebrates their prais
The straits to which they were reduce
= for food and clothing, the self-abnegati'
- and hardships endured by them durii
., those dark and gloomy days of war, I'm
IA no parallel in history; their patriotism al
III courage will be written in golden lette
w upon the tablets of time, ineffaceapie "hi
lie memory lasts, and, as minlsterlng ahee
20 thir names will live upon the pages
or poetry and in romance as long as cmvai
exists in the hearts and minds OF ma
Mt kind.
al This Battle Abbey" will not be de-
!. Gated alone to the history and deds OF
=. civic and military heroes of the create
w of civil wars; but the General Commai
We ing will see, that within its sacred port'
at sufficient and conspicuous space VIII
Tn reserved for the names and fame OF
or "Heroines of the South"
re As yet, only wandering trouhadou
"a like the bards of the middle ages, journ
or ing from castle to castle, have very fai
to " sung their praise. but the tender
en- sacred memories which cluster with
ia halo of love and generation around tn
49, living and dead demands that their nan
" and the story of their glory be gather
:" ere it is too late, and that some mas.
I've whose pen is inspired with celestial :
ne and whose touch is mellowed and |
Id. lowed by he richness and grandeur
H. the theme, shall mingle and blend IN
he with their glorious achievements into
to Southern epic. glowing with tributes
it their unrivaled history, to be deposited
hia this sanctuary Of Southern yalor
In this Temple of Fame, which is to
consecrated to all the people of the c.
ing centuries, in niche which VIII
w! carved out by the story of their own
rn- drous deeds and glory, monument
also arise. commemorative of the cour
- oe tbo suaroincS af the Soul