The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-06-25
MONUMENT TO THE NEWM Ar
KET BATTALION UNVEILED.
viroinia Nouns Her Dead

Lexington. A.. June ~.
Amid the applause Of thousands at
the Virginia Military Institute this alter
noon AT 'clocs the veil Wa r'm 1vei
from the heroic bronze statue, "NireinIa
Mourning Her Dad. executed and do
mated by the celebrated sculptor SIR
Moses Ezekiel. Of Rome Italy. IA honor
M the famous Newmarket BAttah ln,
of the Y NJ cadets. Of which he. ma
tive Nirginian. was member. To- the
aasemblAge were over i've hundr'i oi
the alumni Of this famous mi. AIRY
school aud among their number were
many of the heroic band oicadsts. They
were the cynosure Of all eyes and inuch
respect was paid them for their "a ant
conduct on the memorial fifteenth d. oi
NAV. 1864. the day OF the Newmh Net
battle
with hundreds Of sons Of the Y. 81. J.
and hundreds Of visitors all deeply ter
ested in the exercises that were o. axe
nlare the large auditorium 10 the - ne
wall Jackson Memorial Building 'gas
filled long before the time set Tor tie be
ginning of the exercises prior 10 tie m
yelling that waa to follow on thel ~ .de
grounds.
coMMANnfD THE BATTALION.
On the large platform were seated the
superintendent Of the school. Gen SOFT
Shinp himself a Newmarket ma. and
the commander Of the battalion on ihat
memorable day. and Others OF the hat
TALON. the board Of visitors, zen. j )-rph
b. Anderson. the president OF the \ NJ.
/ alumni association, the commit to- OF
the monument cause. and the faculty oi
the school. To music by the fost h .nd
the battalion of cadets marched IN and
took the positions among the audience
allotted 10 them.
The opening invocation was by the l,ev.
Robert ]. McBryde. rector OF the Il. l..
Lee Memorial Episcopal Church. and res.
ent chaplain Of the Lee Jackson camp oil
United confederate Veterans of Lev lng-
ton and Rockbridge county. The com
memoration ode by Hon. Armisteaf e.
Gordon. of Stanton, Va. was read by
the author.
Dr. John \. 'pshur, n member OF the
Newmarket Battalion. and private ID
COMPANY c. then delivered All address
describing the battle OF Newmarket His
recital of how the cadets sustained the
dav WAS fine in alits details jnstinted
apnlauses followed the speaker through
ont his speech Hon Holmes Conrad, o.
Winchester. Va. also made an address.
After the benediction the audience re
paired to the parade grounds, where al
ready were assembled hundreds OF per
sons unable to get into the building, anC
the unwilling took place
The covering of the monument was re
moved by theiour cadet captains-lieorg
: Dewey. North Carolina; Lewis II. Nc
Adow. Montana; Stafford q. White
virginia and William I. Blackwell
North Carolina, amid great applause.
DESCRIPTION OF THE STATUE.
The statue il mail-clad figure OF
woman seated, mourning, upon piec
ofbreastwork with her foot resting upo
a broken cannon that If overgrown wit
, wv. and in her hand she holds lane
reyersed. This heroic bronze rests upO
a pedestal of limestone. around whic
: are bronze tablets. On the bronze tat
lots are inscribed the names OF the cadet
in the battalion. On the first tablet ar
. the names of those who were killed o
= that day. after which follow those VIII
were wounded.
t The monument stands Immediately
!. front Of the archway between the Ston
4 wall Jackson memorial building and u
e state library. which il on that wing
! the cadet barracks, and just across Il
u roadway.