The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-04-30
MONUMENT AT ARLINGTON
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All who honor the courage and de-
votion of the Confederate soldier will
please read:
Some years ago under a generous
act of the United States congress, at
government expense, the remains of
265 Confederate soldiers, then scat
tered throughout Arlington and the
District Of Columbia, were gathered
and inferred together in beautiful
spot now known as the Confederate
Section in Arlington cemetery, each
grave marked with marble head
stone, identifying the soldier when
possible. Practically every Confed-
crate State is named on those slabs.
Later the Z. S. congress gave by
unaniomus vote $2OO,OOO to care for
the graves of those who died in North
ern prisons. Each Of these soldiers,
where known. is to have a separate
headstone, and the remains of the .un-
known, it has now been decided by
the president, are to be grouped under
appropriate monuments.
In the center of the Confederate
Section at Arlington is left mound.
There, in sight of Washington City,
where for untold generations the
American and the foreigner will be
pilgrims, the Confederates themselves
are expected to build a memorial,
which will typify their love Of and
veneration for their dead.
Soon after the reinterment at Ar
lington, Confederate organizations in
Washington began to move in this
matter. In 1906 the United Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy, in convention
at Gulfport, endorsed the movement
and subscribed to it. In 1907 at
Norfolk the Daughters took full
charge, appointing directors in the
several States and an executive COM
mittee at Washington. All went
to work. From all sources the amount
received and deposited in the Ameri-
can Security & Trust Company of
Washington, D. c., as reported at a
meeting Of our committee, on the 5th
of April, 1909, was $9,999.73, besides
$3.50 on hand but not yet deposited,
aggregating over nine thousand dol
lars now in hand.
To build a monument worthy of our
dead and which will represent at Ar
ington the home Of Lee, all the Con-
federate every where, We feel that we
need $4,000 more. This sum can and
will be subscribed by our friends at
once, if they are properly solicited.
Each local chapter of the Daughters
is therefore hereby earnestly request
ed to
l. Ask the local newspapers, which
are always public spirited, to, print
this appeal in two (or more, if dali
ies) of their issues preceding the COM
! ing local Memorial day, calling atten-
tion to the appeal and reinforcing it
with editorials.
2. Appoint number Of earnest and
efficient young lady canvassers, each
to be decorated, when soliciting with
appropriate insignia of authority, and
instruct them to ask Of every one, in
streets, business houses and homes, to
contribute 10 cents, informing each
person that no more is asked, but that
larger or smaller sums will not be re-
fused, and the canvassers must polite
ly insist on pinning upon each one
who responds piece Of white ribbon,
upon which is printed "Contributor
to Arlington Monument.''
3. Amounts thus collected, less nee
essary expenses, will be sent by check
or express to Mr.. Wallace Streater,
treasurer, $3.50 18th Street, Washing
ton, D. c., who will duly acknowledge
as well as publish in the "Confeder-
ate Veteran" of Nashville, Tenn.
This plan energetieally carried out
it is earnestly hoped will at once en-
able the organization to ask for de-
signs and bids to be submitted to the
L. D. c.. at the next convention.
1t will be gratifying indeed if the
building by the Federal government
, Of the monument it is about to erect
over our unknown dead around North
ern prisons, shall be promptly follow
ed by the consummation of our own
plans for such a memorial at Arllng-
ton as shall be source Of pride to