Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-20
v. M. !. CADETS
Movement to Erect Memorial 10
Those Who Fell
At New Market I'm the Wnr I,ctvccr
the statcs-'rhc Roll of Rouor
Patriotic Letter From The scuIp
tor lzckiei

y movement is now on foot 70 erect
nonumen; commemorative of The he
ioism Of the V. NJ. /. cadets. whose
mag lie mt work 4 New MarNe durn.
the war between the States has here
tofore met with comparatively ssant
recognition. The daring Il The mon Of
Picketts Brigade. OF Lee. JatN son.
Lonsstreei. OF Stewart. wheeler pol
nam. Of in fact. The men OF 6i-'s5. has
been sung ana written. immortalizai In
verse. story and monument: the hero
ism OF The women Of the south has won
its wrcaths OF undyins fame. bu, the
boys OF the Y. Nj. l.. those Who msroh-
Ell out of its parade ground in the
jaunty esprit OF the student. exchaus-
me me school book FOR the musket tine
pay ground for the batlcne,i. and the
cheerful dormitory for blanket under
the stars OF a rude trench i'm The war
desola,ei fields and forests-f for these
the public desires to nave their deeds
concentrated in marble and bronze.
The days of '6l'65 sleep under the
blotter of 1895 that bears but one nae-.
knows but one government one peo-
Pie. one country, but the Y. NJ. /. SIM
lives and her boys remember ana Keen.
=
ord. her baptism of fire and blood at
New Market. and intend that a fitting
monument shall soon mark IL every
eye nev place in history
Norloli.ans are, as they should be.
ceeMy Interested IN this project aud its
iuIill Iment. Tor Norfolk figured to her
everlasting honor IN that famous bat
tie. Numbers of her citizens remoul-
Der that day of whirlwind ana flame.
MeSSrs. w. ii. White. II. c. Whitehead
IL Il. Tunstall. l.. Register w. Z. Hair
dy ana w. -. Martin among the num-
Der, ana others we'll known here Will he
found IN the honor roster of the hattal-
ION which Will be found below.
y committee has been appointed bv
| the Y. NJ. J. Alumni. ana now has the
monument matter in hand The COM
nItite mas been cur.ousy helped i'm it's
plan by one OF the alum. MIR. NJ
tZeAiel. the famous SCULPTOR whose
studio in Rome. Italy. turns uut some
notable work. and who writes as fol-
lows from Rome:
rs orderly sergeant of COMPANY c.
V. NJ. l.. feel it almost a duty To- write
ana say That II YOU intend putting an
memorial 10 my fallen comrades i'm
the battle. hope to be the means of
rendering my tribute to their memory
III me work of my hands in my own
art. My Statue of Virginia Mourntn.r
Her Dead l have kept in plaster ail
these years-thc mail clad fcmai. 0r-
urc IS seated mourning upon Il piece of
breast work and her foot rests unon
broken cannon oVergroWn With iVv
ana she nolds reversed lance In her
hailus. This Statue in bronze Or rlarcd
on the parade srounO would consider
inc most appropriate ideal representa-
tlon OF what ii is proposed TO do Tho
hackneyed shafts and bronze soldiers
that nave so often been erected have
3 ca. a.
ana mean nothing. For this work | Drc
sumo 1t would not be difficult TO collect
suIhclent TO pay ut least the material
costs Cat the most $3.0o0.c0) of lis exc
cutlon and | would (athOugh I would
not accept less than SO OOO 10 for my.
| other purpose) be willing and glad In
give my time and labor and art towards
II. nave calculated that a casting i'm
bronze of my statue of "Nireinin
Mourning Her Dead would cost me
apout ES'Voo.0o the figure being seated
and colossal in size The oval bnse Is
feet inches by 3 feet. and The statue
entire i'll seated posture is feet high.
$50 that standing ii would be over
feeD. think that the statue in bronze
should be placed upon n plain granite
Sold nasc. a single block quarried in
virginia, If possible with no oino,non
iation except the roster roll of the New
Market Rattalion engraved on II. esna
ciai prominence given to roll of honor
OF the killed and wounded. | would
CO - LII -s--i>1l
act size and shape Of the granite base
vi course You are correct about ~
Nalue OF my work as I get from $40 O0O
10 S2OO00 for any figure that nlolSa
But | only wish the work to fulfil its
original Intention. There is no dutv ON
my work In America-and the cost of
packing and transport would. Of course.
ne your matter but that is a small
item have no idea what block Of
granite would cost in Virginia. saw
feet high. feet by feet 6 inches
squ2re-t that YOU might Inquire about
on The SPOT but ! should think II would
he comparativclv small nafter'I
IRON NJ Ezekiel. Studio Baths OF pio-
cletian Is Pia2zo Tcrmjnce Rome.
Italy; telegrams. Ezekiel Rome
IT IS now es.ii115tttl that ths nm.
proved design for the monumeu:
crowned by this splendid gift of ono Of
me actors in that decd If fame. VIII
cost $4,000, Of which $1,000 has alraafl,
been raised ana steps to raise the re-
mninder are now being taken.
Ihe roll Of honor 30 be cut upon tho
monuments base here follows:
ROLL of HONOR.
Kiiled-W. II. Cabell. sergeant. vir.
ginia; 5. +. Atwill. corporal Virpinia.
w. II. Mcdowell. North Carolin1. T -
Stanaid. virginia: T @. jefferson Viz
ginia; \. j. Jones Virginia: G. G.
Crockett Virginia; j. c. Wheelwright.
Wounded-s. Ship. lieutenant colo
mel; Nirsinia: y G. Hin. captain. Vir-
SinIa; 5. $. Shrivcr. captain. virginia.
r. w. Garrow. sergeant. Alabama; I
\: stuart. sergeant. Virginia: =. q
use sergeant. Virginia: q. X. Macon
CORPORAL. Virginia j. 5. Wise. corporal
Virginia; d. 5. Pierce Virginia: H. c
w hitehead' Virginia: G. Spiller. Viz
gina; II. J. Meade. Virginia: w d