The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-05
HONOR OF BRAVE CADETS
SIR MOSES EzEKlEL'S STATUE, 'VIR-
GINA MOURNING HER DEAD"
It Is to Be Placed on Parade Grounds
OF Virginia Military In
stitute.
washington Times.

Washington Times.
Lexington, Va, April 25.-Slr Moses Eze-
kiel's beautiful bronze statue Virginia
Mourning Her Dead" which reached here
last week, is to be placed on the parade
grounds Of the Virginia Military institute
as a memorial to the doad an living of
the heroic cadet battalion who took part
In the battle of New Market May 10, is6i
The statue has been stored to await the
raising of $4,000 necessary to build the base
and cost of the four bronze tablets, with
the battalion roster thereon. Sir Moses
Ezekiel, who was member of the famous
battalion and yirgnian, donated his work
to his comrades.
The following extract from letter writ
ten by the artist offering his work to the
committee in charge of the memorial de.
scrlbes the statue and indicates the sculpt-
or's idea of what it is Intended to eN'
press:
'As orderly sergeant of company c. Wiz
ginia Military institute, ! feel it almost
duty to write and say that If you intend
putting up a memorial TO my fallen com
rades in the battle l hope to be the means
IF rendering my tribute to their memory
n the work of my hands in my own arr.
Wy statue of Virginia Mourning Her Dead
'hl have kept in plaster all these years-the
apil clad female figure is seated mourning
,usou a piece of breastwork and her foot
IT'S upon broken cannon overgrown VITA
ling, and she holds reversed lance in ler
,'tno ds This statue in bronze III placed on
S Som parade ground | would consider the
W. appropriate ideal representation Of
,on. II is proposed to do. The haekneyed
cost IS and bronzgSOldiers that have so often
ston erected have little or nothing 20 90
100 lsucn an opJect as OURS al" Aie"" "''''
this statue weighs 1850 pounds, and is
Vera fleet in height. IT Is a masterpiece
az each minute detail being brought
mont o,perfection, and when placed in po-
aaflll be as fine a work of Its kind as
"a 1.-THE country. The cost of the cast
sion er,cn was done near Berlin, and the
ls'on trye fees were $1,000, the sculptor, as
rnI paag stated. donating his work. The
nnev no ich is still to be provided, is to
holm shape. four feet hye incnes III
,torv Nv I'd three feet In thickness it -
les, Isl e., plain native granite, solid, with
t.us Awe bronze tablets on the sides.
20 ~ rIii ese tablets is to contain tine
3 y III ~ tor'-the names of those killed
o IN, ' atu I'd In the battle of New Market.
coui it uft oAablet will present the complete
~ do nTsble cadet battalion on that iacn mem
mon Jaw fhen the boys of virginia NH,
upvn tnnis e faced without dnching and
~" miss1r of a hundred battles, the ter.
: tho nv the Federal battery which
~ ene 'rrrb aud captured.
soh' ~ kch the monument is expect
- e9 ~ as suggested by the artist
Mheh \ Lexington is on the west
siu. Virginia Military institute pa
JG rnnS SrNhere IT. would be in plata
~ NleGrstNet barracks and would lie
MIN, object to greet the eve on
ehtiaipea bunds. From this point IT
Mnds lrlook the cadet burial
siL",oiio bic the remains of FIVE Of
'n Ts I'm killed in the charge.
"a facIonor," which Is to appear
CITIES He'd monument sb is as folows
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