The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-09
SELECTED THE MONUMENT.
Block and Cross of Georgia Marble
VIII MemorfaIize Soldiers.


The Ladies' Aid Society of the Savan-
nah Volunteer Guards met yesterday at
noon at the Guards Armory to consider
a design for a monument TO the Second
Georgia Regiments dead. The meeting
was presided over by Mrs. T. M. Gun
bingham, president The attendance was
not as full as was desired, but the ladies
entered with interest into the work and
decided upon the design and the inscrip-
tons the monument Is to bear.
The monument will be a block of Geor-
gia marble, six feet long and three wide
1t will stand upon pedestal Of brick, AMI
fiat upon the marble will be laid a marble
cross, the dimensions Of which will be the
same as those of the block. At the head
OF the cross will be inscribed I'm Me-
moriam," and on either side of the longer
arm from the cross to the end, will be
the names of those who died while the
regiment was in the service. The mem
org of the soldiers who died while this
country was at war with Spain will thus
be perpetuated
sixteen enlisted men OF the command
died. Their names were ascertained by
the ladies upon communicating With the
company commanders. The list Is as fol-
lows: CorpL James T. May, Jr., Musician
walker G. Lee, Privates Joseph o. Phil
lips, John T. Moseley, Barnabus H. Brown
Malcus B. Page, Thomas j. Burney, Cor
don Manning, John NJ. Walsh Nathaniel
Adams, Anderson NJ. Pace, William F.
Walton, John G. Winter, Lank l. Bar
ret, Henry l. Hartloge and Harry Taylor
Some of the companies had no losses.
The sixteen We're not equally divided
company, l.. eight men died. Two was the
greatest number lost by another compa-
ny. The mortality of the regiment was
excessive during the months spent at Tam
pa, the miasma of Palmetto Beach being
more than the constitution of a soldier
could stand
From the mothers of some the ladies'
have received letters thanking them for
the interest they have shown in the SOL
der dead. Nearly all the dead soldiers
were Georgians. though but one was from
Savannah. 1t was decided at the meeting
that the monument be photographed and
that copies be sent to the mothers of the
dead. This, however, will not be done I'M
til the spring, as il is desired that the
grass and flowers be in full growth at the
time to add TO the attractiveuess of the
monument.
Mr.. 2. Hagan designed the monument
and will erect ii. The cost will be about
$40 This money the ladies have in hand
and 1t will be Unnecessary for them to
raise more for the purpose The monu-
ment IL is thought, will be in position
within month.
The circle Immediately In front of the
entrance TO Laurel Grove Cemetery will
be the location of the monument, which
will stand in a plot donated and main
tanned by the city. A sloping bank of
turf will be raised, and the pedestal of
brick will stand upon that The monu-
ment will form an attractive addition TO
the memorials to the dead, and will speak
eloquently of the devotion of the ladies' of
the society to the Second Georgia Regi-
ment. the name of which command will
be cut deep into the marble block at one
end, with the year of its service in the
Spanish War.