The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-07

Senator Daniel Offers Bill to Set
..sas8 Apart Memorial
VI 8 Tract. 4.
TRYING TO STOP '[,|': THE i: TIDE |.'E'IE !:
Representative Hay Trying e
Keep West From &c Getting
All the Parks.
trrop, Our Regular corrcspondcnt)

(rron, our Regular Corrcspondcnt.)
WASHINGTON. y. G.. April 0.--sena-
tor Daniel has introduced q bill proviida'-l
Ing for tho creation Of a comm isslon 70
1 establish n memorial park IN the v ,hhy
gur Virginia, rho commission Is 70 70
composed OF three persons, ono OF %n .1.,
stn1i bo Nh officer Of the engineer coTl'"h
ofithe army, not below thn rank 2. i M
Tor. ana the other two, citizens OF VT. VIZ
rlnin, ono OF whom served IN the army
81 In. Potomac, ana the other In tho
y Amy OF Northern Virglnin, the conltnls-
rlon 10 be known as tho Shenandoah VAL
Icv Memorial Commission. The mem
bery OF tic commission are TO servc win :
out pay, but their ccsEnry expenses arc
III be borne by the government / "a,
The bill provides that the commission
E emil negotiate for and In It's discretion
secure IN option upon, and 4 spracticnllD>lEe
acquire d site for a memorial park az
some point II, Anguish county, III Inc
& vicinity OF the city Of Stanton. me
\ commission will consider and recommend
pans for the Improvement OF the lanu
thug acquired, and for the erection there
or OF a suitnbLs monument IN comment
Grafton OF the historic events which oc-
Ii Cured In the Shenandoah valley IN the
war between the States, ''and OF the
heroic character OF the American soldier
II, that con test 35
NO ExTORTION HERE. 335f Y
II IS provided that the park shall not
ccnsis, OF less than forty nor more than
II ian hundred acres, and unless the lana
4 car b.. secured at price regarded by
sH tho commits son us reasonable. " - %
reject all offe-s and report TO the Scare
2,nry OF War. who shall lnybt the matter
before Congress- The commission is d.
rect,.d to bcgp no improvements unth
tho plan for the same shall have beer
4 suutnlttcd TO the Secretary OF War. ana
appropriation for the purpose has Been
made BY Congress. 'ft.s sum OK ten
tl,jusand dollars Is proposed 10 BIO Ep-
81 rroprIated for the purposes Of dcfrayin6
r the necessary expenses of the comrii3-
sion and for procuring options on or
foe the purchase OF the suitable tract, ana
o!har legitimate purposes o. the act M
Ct-dlng the opening OF oddWays 10 &t2c
d land so selected. sjj:: N
Representatives Lay, who is one OF tbs
confe-ees on tlla military appropriation
z iii, Is now engaged In fighting pro-
vision OF the bill az passed by the Senate.
which creates national park commits
sion. which it is proposed shall not Only
have control of all the national parks
OK the country. but shalt nave the power
TO locate all such parks as may ~ NJ
trre be established. Mr.. Hay says II
means ,hnt all military parks will here
after DC located In the Vest whereas
n the. war between the States was really
fought in the East For years efforts
have been made to secure the Location OF
Il military park at Fredericksburg, per-
haps the center OF the most important
military movements Of the war. but they
have failed. whi,, many parks have been
established in the North and West to
/ mark less important battle fields.
II cannot be predicted certainly that
MIR. Hay will be successful In his efforts
10 have this feature stricken from the
military bill. but he will come pretty
ncur'tO doing so. r.