Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-16
A MEMORIAL TO war CORRESPONDENTS
Unique Monument Dedicated To-day Upon
the South Mountain.

ferson, the National or Cumberland road
and the Potomac gap at Point of Rocks are
also seen through the aerial arch.
The memorial of the army correspondents
is section OF a wall like portal with a
tower and pier, resembling one of the gates
of the Alhambra. 1t has horseshoe arch
on the ground of sixteen feet height and
span. made of brownish red Hummelstown
stone. The shape of the arch gives the
otherwise solid structure an instep or bow
peculiarly light and graceful. Three Ro-
man-Gothic arches above give heavier
Romanesque trinity of expression and are
of gray limestone. All the four arches re-
,, veal the scene and sky, the edifice has
no interior, being a facade. like the front
of some cathedral altered from the Arabian
and left standing like an admired fragment.
The great arch typifes the horseshoe on
which the correspondent sped to his work;
the upper arches express narration, pic
ture and photograph.
TIL Particulars.
Abreast of the upper arches in an alcove
is a white figure of Orpheus playing pipe
of Pan and idling with sword. In the
thanking spaces of the arch are heads OF
Poetry and Mercury in terra Gotta, pam
neled in carved brick. with Acanthus bor-
ders. Two heads of horses in similar pam
els are above the upper arches. panel of
rose brick runs across the monument, with
the carved letters "War Correspondents"
executed by the decorative sculptor, Mr..
James T. Farley. Below the symbolic
heads are stone shields, carrying the gold
letters on their bands of
Speed"
Heed"
The tower rises on the north side to the
height of fifty feet, or ten feet above the
square of the structure, which Is near forty
feet in height and width A pier or gable
the south side Is some forty-six feet
high. and carries a gold vane of quill
passing through a broken sword. Upon the
tower Is a flagstaff, which reaches the
no.
bowels of galvanized iron ascend the tower
from the rear. The thickness Of the cur
tain center Is three feet, OF the Hanks
from eight feet to six feet, tapering up.
ward. The battlements are strong and
rude and give look of early antiquity to
the profile, while the color of the body OF
the stone is light gray, with lichens, iron,
ETC., lending it the variety OF age. The cor
ner stone, well up the tower, contains the
GATE OF the local battle and the monument,
September IA, 1S62-96."
Before the facade the road has been
opened INTO a circular area Of above a hun
bred feet diameter, with urned gate posts of
Gapland breaking the Enclosure or stone
walls which are on all the roads, and OF
the material Of the monument. The gap Is
only about one hundred and fifty yards
wide and in the space of three acres are
five stone and one frame residence, with
numerous adjunct buildings, the whole CIV
ing the impression of a village, convent or
collegiate institution.
In the rear of the monument. which
shows a stern. gray castle. looking down the
descent are tablets of the correspondents
and artists and of living persons. called the
| directory, who We're selected to represent
| the guild or corporation.
| At the south end of the monument is a
| genesis or photography of army chroniclers,
from Thucydides to Stanley and McGahan.
At the north end is a statement of the mo-
| tive of the monument and a part OF a
stanZa from the Army Correspondents pal
| lad below, beginning:
20 wondrous ruth"
The structure stands upon an artificial
| terrace, and is surrounded with iron posts
| and chain. The contract price was 81 400.
| all the material supplied by the society.
| The hauling of materials cost $500. The
| dressed stone and tablets and the carving
| of letters cost near 1,4OO. Materials cost
500, besides freight, grading, fares, pro-
| fessional services, printing, engraving, ar
| tisans, etc.
| For its size, effect and extensive design
! this is said to be one-half the cheapest
| monument erected in this country. The
| stone and site, forest lumber and natural
| materials were free. The cheapest bid from
| the cities was 5000 to do the construction
| alone. All subscriptions and payments have
| been through the Hagerstown Bank, whose
] cashiers, Ed. w. Mealey and John M. Bike,
| have acted as treasurers. The mason was
! Daniel w. Martin of Brownsville, Nd.
| Directory of army correspondents me-
| moriaIGov. Lloyd Lowndes, George AL
fred Townsend, John Hay. Richard c. Nc
| Cormick. Edmund c. Stedman, Henry Wat
terson. Whitelaw Reid. Joseph B. McCul-
lagh, Crosby S. Noyes. Nathaniel Paige
Edward w. Mealey, treasurer; John l..
Smithmeyer, architect; Junias Henri
Browne, James Elverson, Francis A. Rich
| ardson, Victor Lawson, John G. Moore
| Subscriptions - Lucretia Garfield, SO;
! Hugh ]. Jewett, 500; George Alfred Town
| send, 500; William c. Whitney 500; Henry
Willard. $50: Victor Lawson. $50; Crosby
| S. Noyes, $50: John G. Moore, 1925; Will
liam singerly, $40: Baltimore and Ohio
| Railroad sos; Edwin L. Abel, 500; Pitts
burg Dispatch, 800; Brooklyn Eagle, 500;
Henry C. Cannon, 500; James Emerson,
$780, C. P. Huntington, 500; r. c. Kerens,
500; H. H. Kohlsaat 500; John q. Moore.
500; ]. Pierpont Morgan. 500; Levi p
Morton. 800; Richard c. Mccormick. 500;
Paige. 500; George NJ Pullman, 500:
Joseph Pulitzer. 500; Whitelaw Reid,
500; Richard Shannon. 800: Frank
P. 500; Calvin Wells. 500: Union
Cement Company, 500; Western Maryland
and Reading railroads. ST.; John D. Arcn-
bold, $50; John W Bookwaltec. $50; VIM.
Cheney, $50; Mark Hanna, $50; s. H. Kauff-
mann, $50; D. o. Mills, $50: A. A. Pope. $50:
John d. Holt. $50; Pennsylvania Railroad
s27.75; N: W: Burehell, s26; Felix Agnus.
Geo. c. Boldt. SO; Asa Bushnell. SIS; A.
L. Conger. SIS; Joel Cook. SIS: John u.
Crir'mins, SIS: Cnauneey Depew. s2o; G.
bouSep S-o, Ounlap, 80,
Robert Hit, So; Robert Hoe. SIS; W. B.
Franklin. 50: c. G. Glover. s25; D. NJ
Hildreth. SO; NJ. 8. ingalls,, $25; Samuel
T. Hunt, So: Stilson Hutchins, SIS; Daniel
Lamont. So; Seth Low. SIS; Arson G.
McCook, SIS; James Mcmillan. SIS: E.
Plmpton. s25; Horace Porter, $25; J. G.
Prsther., So: Redfield, Proctor, SIS; A. R.
sas City, So; p. Studebaker, $25; J. b.
, Sener. SIS; Jas. L. Wilson. SIS; R. T. VII
son, SIS: John wanamaker. SIS; W. B.
, Allison, $50; Junius H. Browne, $50; Arthur
. p. German. $50; F. Mclaughlin. $50; Johr
A. Mccall. $50; E. C. Ste1man, so; ]. B.
, Henderson. SIS; Colonel Burleigh, SO; J.
C. Camden. $40: T. L. Casey. $40; J. w
DePeyster, SO; T. A. Edison, SO; w. l.