The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-02
F'aikaer Soldier Home Hospital ReIie

Mrs. Ralph Saunders, Athens.
 Mrs. c. A. Laaier. Montgomery. Falkaer Soldier Home Hospital Relief
 Committee.
 Mrs. William A. Gayle. Montgomery.
 Mrs. J. A. Kirkpatrick. Montgomery.
 Miss Addie Beaumont. Union Springs.
 Mrs. Franklin H. Fillmore. Secretary, Mountain Creek.
 To the Alabama Division.
 As the design submitted by the Shi- loh Monumental Committee at the Union Springs Convention did not meet with the approval of those present, and the impression was made that the Committee should make further effort to secure a larger amount and mere suitable designs, Mrs. L. G. Duncan, Chairman, requested q meeting of the subcommittee July 27 in Montgom- cry to discuss matters pertaining to a number of designs submitted. decide upon the location and ways and means to raise the funds for erection of the monument. 70
 The designs submitted ranged in price from $2,600 to $3,000 and from the three at tho latter price, one was selected as being most suitable in point of size and space for inscrtbtng the desired historical data,
 Dr. Thomas M Owen, Director of the State Department of Archives and History, who was invited to meet with the Committee, will render valuable assistance by arranging the data and emblems for inscription. Your Pres idant was authorized to appoint a committee at the earliest date to se- lect an appropriate site for the me morial, and the application for the privilege of erecting this stone" to- gether with the specifications will be forwarded at once to the National Park Commissioners. As soon as approval and permit have been granted by the War Department the work will be commenced and at last our desires and hopes be accomplished.
 Mrs. Dawson was requested to send a personal letter to each Chapter urg- ing you to arouse continued interest In the completion of our memorial stone. and ask for contributions for this pur- pose and necessary expense for the dedicatory and unveiling ceremonies.
 A number of Chapters gave promise of contributions, the total reaching nearly $100. Not all have paid, how ever. as yet. and 1t is greatly hoped that at the first meeting held by eacn Chapter the Presidents will enthuse the members to contribute as largely to the fund as possible.
  bama has placed on any battlefield. and the second Confederate memorial to be- speak the honor due to our heroes on Shiloh's bloody field we should be aroused to a worthy ambition to make this monument an expression of our patriotism and its unveillng the oc- casion one of which our country will appreciate, and our organization will feel proud.
 A full report of this work. with a statement of the amount contributed by each Chapter. and individual will be placed in the corner stone. and will also be read at the uRveiling.
 Do not delay your contributions as the contractors are urged to complete the monument before winter. the date for unveiling to be decided afterwards.
 Mrs. Lawrence, our Registrar, asks that all Chapters send their applica- tions at once, and remit her cents for each, also the amount for return stamps. or state when 1t is desired they be returned by express.
 She has gained assistance from young lady who will resume her studies in the fall and this work should go forward at once while Mrs. Lawrence can secure her aid.
 A number of letters were received from various Chapters in April just previous to the veterans reunion and Memorial Day. asking your Presidents iEtercession with Mrs Gabbett in re- gard to prompt response to applca- tion for Crosses of Honor.
 Letters and telegrams did not avail, and the Crosses desired were not re- ceived. The alphabetical list, with data (same as is contained in the ap- plication) if seems, was not sent with the order; in one instance the Presi- dent-Generals permit or order was not enclosed. A card from the Custodian announces that all orders for crosses must be in her office two weeks prior to date for presentation. The veterans should be urged to give certificates in time, and Chapter Presidents must re. member to send all desired. for any day of presentation, in one order.
 Mrs. Gabbett desires your President to inquire of those Chapters which have applications in her hands, and have them send her names os certifi- cates sent in (that Is, the alphabetical list and signed by Chapter President. stating that she has no means of know ing to whom large number of certl. ficates belong. there being a large number from Alabama As the extra date for comforting crosses is October 12, 1t is hoped this notice will be re- garded and effort be :nG ,e to aid Mrs Gabbett to unraVel the tangle matters have gotten into, and secure the crosses iE time for the old veterans
 Colonel Weedon enlisted in the Con federate service. in the 9th Alabama regiment, as lieutenant. but was af- rewards appointed adjutant of the 18th Alabama regiment, and late promoted to major. and finally to Lieutenant Colon el. He was wounded and captured dur ing the econd days fight at Nashville Dec. 16, 1884. and carried to the United States Military prison, Johnson's Island, and there held prisoner of war until July. 1865.
 Colonel Weedon descended from a line of Revolutionary heroes who served in old colonial days under Washington. One of his ancestors. Col George Wee den, of the 3rd Virginia regiment, was. after the battle of Brandywine. made hrigadier general, and his brigade was instrumental in the capture of the Hessians at Trenton
 Colonel Weeden filled the chair of law at the University of Alabama for several years after the war and is now a prominent member of the Florence bar Florence. Ala.
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