The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-30

statue was designed and erected under
OF Captain NJ. j. ioimmock,
OF this city.
This inscrlptiqns on the four sides OF
The monument were selected with care
from number that have been pre-
seated.
The -four insesiptions rsaSi ;lss follows:
East side:
Maior-General ]. H. z. stuart,
Commanding Cavalry Corps, Army
Northern Virginia, Confederate
states OF America. This statue
erected by his comrades
and the City Of Rich
tnonl. a. %. 1906
The west inscription reads:
Ecrn in Patrick County. Va. February
6, 1893. Died In Richmond, Va. May
u, 1861. Aged 81 years, Aiortniiy
wounded in tile Battle nc yellow Tav-
oIn, May II, 1861. He sava his ITO
for his country, and sa.ed this city
from capture.
M The north tablet reads.
Ills grateful countrymen Will mourn
his loss and cherish his memory. 20
his comrades in arms he has left tho
proud recollection OF his daeds anu
the inspiring influence of his exams
ple.'-c;eneral r. T. Lee, ANNOUNCE
ing the death OF General Stuart 10
Ills army, May 30, 1864.
= The south inscription Is another
glowing tribute: TELL General Stuart
10 act on his own Judgment and do
what he thinks best: ] have implicit
condolences in him. '-Gencra' IT. j..
(stonewall) Jackson, in turning overs
the command OF his troops to stuart,
after being wounded ut chancellors-
vile, May 2, 1856
Death OF General Leg.
OnAprii rs, 1906, the Veteran Cavalry
Association suffered the loss of It's
president, General ffitzhugh Lee. whose
personal popularity and untiring ef-
forts had carried the association
through many discouraglng delays No
successor was elected to General Leo
as president of the Veteran Cavalry
IAssociation, Captain NJ. j. Dimmock
continuing to act as chairman of tho
executive committees.
AS the work nearcd completion. yari-
Gus committees from the association
went to Providence and inspected tho
statue at different stages of It's pro-
gross, and expressed their, fullest sat
l.isfaction with tho character of the
work The statue was eventually
l.shipped TO Richmond and placed in
position without mishap. and the mem
| bers of the association have the salts
| isfactionfof knowing that 1t is paid for
| In every detail
At the unveiling exercises, which
take place on the opening day of the
Ircunion. the parade will he under tho
! auspices OF the Veteran Cavalry Assoc
/ citation. Colonel John w Gordon being
lchlef marshal. The address will he de-
/ livcrcd by Judge Theodore s. Garnett,
LOT Norfolk, a colonel and aid on tho
.istaff OF General Stunrt. II
Ny The Veteran Cavalry Association WI
5Ihavc their headquarters at Crcnshawaa
4 Warehouse during reunion week, and
.Iqnnrters Will be provided FOR the horses
LOT visiting caValrymcn.
/ 1t is proposed to continue the Or
4 ganizntion for social and beneficial
4 objects, although the principal 1nten-
|ition OF tho founders of the organiza-
tion has now becnNso successfully ae-
Il compishcd.
i The monument which viii be unveil-
\ ca with appropriate ceremonies this
Elafternoon, represents Stuart in tho full
5|.uniform Of a Confederate cavalry off,
4 Ger. mounted on y powerful and spir.
tied animal, the whole statue being n-
4 stinct with life and ANNA ton In n re-
i mnrknble degree, The monument Is
4 said to have great points of similarity
a ia tho statue Of the English General
\ Outram In the streets of Calcutta.gIn
4 Ida, by the well-knoWn English artist,
4 Foley. Certainly the bronze 1 s n DASH
4 ing and successful representation of
: the gallant Confederate cavalry leader.
Tho artist OF the statue, Mr.. Fred
Moynihan. now Of New York. was. n
Ipnpil Of Mr.. Edward Valentine, tho
U Richmond sculptor, = M =, $50
r - 4sH +. d. . - y