Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-06-01
Hampton, Phoebus and Old Point
IMPOSING SHAFT 10
MEMORY OF REGULARS
Description Of Monument Which Was
4 Unveiled BY Presidents pausn-
ter Yesterday.

GETTYSBURG. PA, May 3--The
monument erected on the battlefield
of Gettysburg TO commemorate the
services of the regular army of the
United States in the Gettysburg cam
paign in 1868, which was unveiled
this afternoon is one OF the mcst IN
teresting. dignified and conspicuous
memorials on the famous battlefield.
Ii Is situated on Hancock avenue a
little south CT the Bloody Angle where
Pickett's fearless men struck the
Union line with such disastrous re-
suits to the invading army. The me-
mortal is a shart So fee high from
the ground and is made d light color
granite from the quarries at Mopnr
Airy, n. c.
The base puinth of the monument
is IA 1-2 feet square and n feet higl
and Is surrounded by beiutifu gran
lite terrace 43 IL feet SQUARE with
two. foot high fence or vail Four
entrances each II feet Wild with three
granite steps lead to the base of the
monument On each side OF the sec
ond plinth. which is ~ IL Ieet high.
is an eagle cut sOlidly IN the face
Of the plinth. Each eagle is -four feet
high and all are said TO le the finest
modelled eagles ever Gu in granite
or cast in bronze in Amrica. Upon
the second plipth ress the plain
shart which is SO feet tai.
On each side of the pliith is a large
bronze panel. said to bi the largest
and nest memorial tables ever cast
in the United States C. any other
country The tab'et fang the east
contains the following:
Erected by the SConress to Com
memorate the Services Of that Por-
ton of the Army of the btomac Com
posed of Cavalry, Artillery. Infantry
and Engineers of the leguIar Army
of Ihe United States the Gettys-
burg Campaign June-Jg 1863"
The tablet on the wet side is in
scribed as follows:
The Artillery consisting of 90 Bat
teries was distributed ,ver the field
among the several Any Corps and
placed in position vhre their SER
vices were most ne'dei. Brig. Gen
eral Henry J. Hun; Chief of Artil- |
lery.
The Regiments Of Cavalry under
Brig General Wesly Merritt took po-
sition OF the righ' flank of the Con-
federate line of httle.s
Eleven Regimets of Infantry were
on the field To with the Second
Division. Fifty 'crps., and one at |
Headquarters, Army of the Potomas.
BATTALION OF u S. ENGINEERS !
Captain Georg y. Mendell, Com
handing.
Casualties: Eille. ~ officers. $50 /
enlisted men: Moulded, CO officers.
sci enlisted men: Missing: 6 officers
275 enlisted men"
The north and sosh tablets con-
tain the names Of te ~ erganiza-
items and the name, of their CON-
manders.
Fcrty-two small nnuments. one
for each Of the commlds in the Get
tysburg campaign, with were erec-i
ed at the location esil organization
occupide during thebattle are O,
JoesborO granite. "a l so inches and
sewn feet high. Upoi each is de
scriptive bronze table and the coat
Of arms of the UnitetStates.
The central monumt and the q
memorials were authczed by act oil
Congress OF FebrsarNs. 1903. and
March 3, 1905, and .,st altogether
$4,000. The Gettysirg NATIONAL
Park Commission was ssisted in thed
selection of the site "a adoption oil
designs for the memoils by a com
mittee of nine from aong the sur
yiving officers of the mmands that
took part in the threaays battle.
The erection and location OF the
monuments to the regrs soldiers en-
rich es battlefield tn; already con-
tains hundreds OF beaiful memeri-
ais. There are now the fields
about 500 monuments nd the num-
Der of tablets exceeds }. The unn-
Der Of guns mountedin the field.
Union and Ccnfederatss about 375.
Pennsylvania will nextear erect a
State monuments at aOst CT $780,
600. and the States cf.labama and II
Virginia will also piac. monuments.
on the famous cid In q near future
to commemorate the alorous ser-l
vices of ttisir sons that night
struggle.