Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-07
SOUTH'S BATTLE ABBEY"
Grand Enterprise has Been Success
fully Launched.
FIRST OF MAY is FESTIVAL DAY



Tho progress made by tho able ana ola
tingulshod committee appointed in gem
era orders Nos. lI5 and li0 from these
headquarters 10 examine into and report
upon the plan submitted by the great
philanthroplst ana bonsfaetor, Charles
broadway Rouss. for the establishment
OF n grand Memorial Hail. whore Con.
Tolerate relies and mcmcntoes are to be
deposited for all time, and which IL to
become the Battle Abbey" OF tho South.
must be very gratifying to the old vet
Grams aud 10 al those who love the trn-
ditions OF the South aud who cherish the
memories OF thu courage and hcruam Of
her sons, and the unparalleled devotion
OF hcr noble and self-saorlnclng women
This splendid committee has now sue
ccssfully launched the Grand cnterprise.
and through their action and that OF
their subcommittee. have formulated a
mode Of procedure which, II cnergotcally
carried out. can not fail OF success.
II viii be remembered that the generous
and lnrEe-hcirtad donor Mr. Chprlcs
Broadway Rouas. who alone conceived this
project for the ncrpetuRtion Of the MIS-
tory and glory OF his c0untrymnn. present
cd plan for is consummRtion TO the
veterans at tic Horston Reunion, nj the
same time subscribing $1,000 as hT in
divldual subscription 10 aHslst In carrying
out his grand views and IDEAS, conditioned
upon the veterans raising like amount.
To raiae this 100000 additional. and
enough more to endow and Insure the
nerpetuntion OF the institution is the prob
lem which now occupies the attention md
efforts Of the committee.
II IL believed that one-haf OF the
nmount required will be raised through
the subscription Of tho more than 10000
members of the United Confederate Vet
..4l.I A., ..tlI Ia
them to certificates showing their con-
trlbutlons thus giving each contributor
an interest In this glorious enterprise,
which Ia 50 near and so dear 10 the heart
OF every vcteran--and II Is considered 20
be sure and beyond peradventuro. TINT
the other half. or balance, whatever may
he required, will be raised by the noble
women OF the South.
Tho committee suggests that the most
feasible manner OF reaching the desired
object Is to set apart memorial fes-
tival Day" and they ask that the gem
,ral commanding VIII designate the date.
and issue n general order
The general commanding. therefore. IN
compliance with the request OF the COW
mlttec deslRnntes Friday, NAV l. 1870,
ss the most suitable for n Memorial Fcs-
tlVnl Day." to be set nnart for thu use
Of the women OF the South In raising
funds for this great Memorial Hail.
Al the details ana exercises OF this
"NemorIal Festival Day" are to be
planned conducted md carried out en-
tircly under the orders, control, ideas and
management OF the women OF the South
In their rcspe-tive localities.
For. In whose hands could this sncren
trust more urcpcrly be placed, and with
more certaiity OF success, than INTO those
Of the gent,cwomen Of the South. who
have never yet fa!tered or failed In the
performance OF any duty, either In war
or In peace, imposed upon them for the
s-...tern oeuae
Their spirit and determination animated
the men OF the South nj the scene OF the
first conflict; they were the most con-
slant and unremltting patriots and work.
ers during their country's mighty struggle,
and the last to abandon the sacred cause
after Southern hopes vanished behind the
clouds at AppomnttoN.
The true history OF their deeds ana
triumphs has not yet been told,
No historian has yet written the story
nor muse sung the song, nor minstrel
strung the Tyre, which fifty celebrates
their praise,
The straits to which they were reduced
for food and clothing. tho self-abnesauon
and hArdRhlps endured by them during
those dark and gloomy days OF war hnds
no parallel in history; their patriot im
and courage will be written In golden
lettors upon the tablets Of time ineiface-
abe while memory lasts, and, as minister
ing ange's, their namea Will live upon
the pages OF poetry and In romance as
long as chiVnlry exists IN the hearts ana
minds OF mankind
This ''Battlo Abbey will not be dedi-
Gated alone to the history and deeds OF
the civic and military heroes of the great
est of clvi wars, but the general COM
mnnding viii see, that within Its sacred
portals sufficient and conspicuous space
4 -. L.. -. aa 10 ma
OF the "Heroines OF the South"
A. yet, on,y wandering tronbadours,
like the bards Of the middle ages jour
neying from castle to castle, have very
family sung their praise; but the tender
md sacred memories which cluster with
halo OF love and generation around
their living and dead demands that their
names and the story OF their glory be
gathered ere It "a too late, and that some
master whose pen Is inspired with celes-
tlal FIRE, and who1e touch is meliowed
and ha,lowed by the richness and grand
eur OF the theme. shall mingle and blend
them with their glorious achievements
into a Southern enic, glowing with lrib-
utes of their unrivnl.ed history, TO be
deposited in this sanctuary OF southorn
valor.
In this tempe OF fame. which is to be
consocrated 10 all the people OF the COM
Ing centuries, In niche which viii be
carved out by the story OF their own WON
drous deeds and glory. monument will
also arisc, commemorative OF the courage
and fame OF the "Heroines OF the South,
tory with those OF Roman Mairon" and
Southern mother. like the Roman Ma
trnn." proudly exclalm: 'rhese are my
'ewels"' and did not their fortitude and
hsrosn r!se to even supreme heightsg
For they sent their offspring bravely and