The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-11
WIRz MONUMENT
 ID BE UNVEILED
Event Will Be Notable Owing
 To Historical Connection
ERECTED BY DAUGHTERS
Inscription for the Monument Has Been Selected With Great Care So As To Give Offense
 To No One.

Savannah, May 10.-The unveiling of the monument to Maj Henry Wirz at Ander- sonyille, Ga, on Wednesday, May 12, vii be an event that will attract attention moi only throughout the south, but in all sec tions of the country. The monument will be unveiled with appropriate ceremonies It was erected through the efforts of the Georgia division, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and largely through the sug- gestion, of Mrs. A. B. Hull, when she was at the head of that organization. At one time the Daughters decided to place the monument at Richmond, but this idea was abandoned this spring at a meeting held in Atlanta, and it was decided then to put it at Andersonville, where Major Wirz saw his most active duty as commandant of the prison during the civil war.
 The inscription on the monument has been selected with great care, so as not to give offense to any section of the country, and at the same time to show the sympathy and love the southern wom- en held for one looked upon in the south as a martyr. The inscriptions are given up largely to a recital of historical facts.
 The exercises at Andersonville will take place at 10 O clock on Wednesday, May F. Rev. P. H. McMahon, a Catholic priest of Albany, Ga, will deliver the invocation and will pronounce the benediction at the close of the service J. E. Mathis of Americus, near which city Andersonville is situated, will be the marshal of the day He will be assisted by aids of his own appointment. James Taylor of Americus will be master of the platform ceremonies and will introduce the orators of the day One of the speakers will be pr. Charles Olmstead of Atlanta. The other will De Pleasant A. Stovall, editor of the Savan- nah Press. A feature of the exercises will be the unveiling of the monument by Mrs. Perrin of Natchez Miss, a daughter of Major Wirz. Mrs Perrin has taken great interest in the preparations for the erec- tion and unveiling of the monument, and has accepted the invitation to be present and unveil it. Capt. l.. M. Parks of At lanta, will give some "reminiscences of Major Wirz, with whom he was person. ally acquainted. The singing of Mary land, My Maryland" and Dixie" by a large cnOruS, the HrlnB or a military Sd- lute by the Americus military, and the sounding of Taps will conclude the cer- emony
 It Is expected that large crowd will be present for this occasion. Excursions will be run from almost every city in Georgia, and there will be delegations from neighboring states.
 The monument is a tall shaft of gray and white, 35 feet in height, in design simple, slender and symmetrical, the gen eral design being that of monolith. The long shaft stands on a base formed by four square slabs of stone, which are su- perimposed in the form of a pyramid. Just above this base the otherwise un- broken outline of the shaft is intersected by two heavy blocks of stone, below which on the four sides of the monu- ment are carved the following inscrip- tions:
 North Side.
 "When time shall have softened passion and prejudice, when reason shall have stripped the mask from misrepresentation, then justice, holding evenly her scales, will reouire much of past censures and