The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-22
GEN. LEE ASKS STATE FOR
 MONUMENT APPROPRIATION

thirteen will be mounted on siege car | riages. The lines of lntrenchment of the two armies will pe exactly restored; the | saps, will be niarkeu by iron tablets :. The work thus outiineH has been. or will be don5 by the National Commis- sion. under direction Of the Secretary of War, at the cost of the United States; $675.00O have been appropri- ated by Congress for the work and l additional appropriations will be maoe until the park is fully established. Twelve States (Illinois, Iowa. Mas sachusetts. Michigan. Minnesota. Mis- sissippi. New Hampshire. New York, consinl have appropriated $62s,6oo for the PittsbuTg Park--an average of S2,642 for each command. M Illinois has finisDed State memo rial of white Georgia marble, in the i form of a come. fifty-four feet in di- ameter and sixty-two feet high. The names (about 36.2b0) of the soldiers who 1 then belonged to the seventy-nfne Iili- nois commands engaged in the opera tions commemorated by the park, will be inscribed in bronze on the interior wall of this dome. The cost of the completed memorial will be s200,000. 1 The State has also placed seventy mine monuments and eighty nve markers in the park. Iowa has placed thirty-two monument inscriptions and will soon place tifty-nine bronze markers; her "a granite peristyle with six bronze panels in alto relief and bronze equestrian figure in front of the center, at contract cost of $10O.000. Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania have placed State meino- rials in the park. The last named fought for their principles. Here he- roes died for their-country and united people will forever cherish the pre- cious legacy or their noble manhood. : k,f. &- ~..ts. n faced obelisk of South Carolina gran ite, ninety feet high. is under contract and work on 1t wLli soon begin The state also places three monuments and three markers In the park.
 Ohio has placed thirty-nine mop- uments and twenty markers. and Is ex- pected to make additional appropria- ton for a State memorial Mississippi will place beautiful State memorial and about twenty-five markers in the park.
 ument inscriptions and seven markers and is expected to make another ap-' propriation for q State memorial and for additional markers. Michigan. New York and Rhode Is- land will each erect fine State me- morial.
 "This summary shows that ten State memorials. 170 monuments and 199 the the Legisiatures of twelve states About twelve more State memorials and not less than 150 additional mon uments and markers, by States, can reasonably be expected. "The varied and picturesque beauty of the battlefield can not be described. but must be seen to be realized and appreciated. When the park Is finish ed and the twenty-eight States inter- ested have placed their memorials. monuments and markers therein. q landscape battlefield picture will have been created. unsurpassed for historic accuracy and interest. for beauty and attractiveness.
 Alabama must have an honorable and a prominent part in this great and enduring work. The State had nine teen commands engaged in the opera tions commemorated by the Vicksburg Park. The valor the unselfish devotion to duty and the exalted patriotism dis played by her soldiers throughout these operations, are priceless legacy to their children. to their State and to the nation
 "Gentlemen of the Legislature. we appeal to you, during the present ses- sion. to make an appropriation for this park, worthy of them and commensur- ate with the wealth and resources of the great State of Alabama. Very resrectfully. William T. Rigby,
 stephen D. Lee,
 James G. Everest
 Park Commissioners"
 If is expected General Lee will res main in the city. In connection with his mission to the Legislature. for sev- eral days.