Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-06-10
STATUE APPROVED

was commissioned By the joint committee
of the United Confederate Veterans and
the Uoiied Sons of Confederate Veterans
st their last grand encsmpment to de
sign a brorzs monument to the aomeu
of the Southern ConfedeTacy, has COM
pleted his work
The committee, consisting of Senator
John W Daniel, OF Virgins; Secretsry OF
War J. NJ. Dickinson, former Secretary of
the Navy Hilary Herbert Representa-
tive Genrge w. Taylor, Alsbams; Cll
r )beft L. Lee, jr , of Virsinis; Mrs.
Marion Butler, Of South OsrOlins; Mrs.
w. G. Ludlow, aud Mrs. j. f. Mulcsre
OF the District of Oolumbis, have ex-
amined the model and approved it.
The question whether Tire Confederate
organizations will put sll the money the
grand encampment can appropriate and
that obtained by popular subscription To-
to one statue aud elaborate base at Rich
monc, Va, or erect one OF the statues
at the capital of each of the thirteen
Confederate States hiss not been de-
termined. This matter will be settled
st the grand encampmeut that meets in
Memphis, Tenn, today.
The statue will be heroic in size, and
will be entitled "rhe Inspiring Genius
of the Coniedercy." 1t is designed to
commemorate the heroism, self-sscri-
fees, patriotism, and devotion 10 the
S)ntherl Conlederscy of the women Of
the South.
The figure represents a young woman
clad in loOse-6Itiug robe In the LETT
baud is clasped battle flag Of the
Southern Oonfederscy The right hand
holds an officers sword in its scabbsrd,
the whole effect being tina. the woman
is presenting both flag aud sword to
unseen hands.
The design is to iypfy in an sllegOri-
cal conception the young womanhood Of
the South at the beginning of the civil
war presenting to the young men of her
land the battle flag Of her country, TO be
, carried as an inspiration of patriotism.
With the model OF the statue there are
two bas.reliefs to be used on the bass
Of the pedestal upon which the figure is
10 slaud. One is entitled "On the bat
tltfeld," showing a brigade of Con-
federste soldiers, charging through a
wheat field.
The firing line of the conflict ID net
far distant, as ii is shown by the clouds
of smoke that envelope the lines of SOL
diers moving TO the front. In the FORE
ground is shown a southern woman,
amid hail of bullets and exploding
shells and canister, tenderly raising The
head of drummer boy who has been
shot down and whose drum lies ia the
twisted mass of the grain.
The other relief is entitled "Neys
From the Front" showing south' IA
home in the days Of the civil war, with
the mother, who has been making clothes
for the soldiers at the front, dropping
her needle and cloth, the elder daughter
eagerly rushing from her spinning wheel
while the younger daughter is starting
to rise from the floor as The young
brother rushes in the door, his every
feature showing glsdness, while 10 bis
hand he holds high letter from loved
one 8. the front.
In the rear of the room q typical
"black msmmy,' holding an infant Of
the family, has thrown her arms high in
the sir and is Offering q prayer of praise.
Just outside of the door venerahls
negro slave shows his pleasure a, the
arrival of news from his master.
At the Confederate reunion at Mem
Iphis yesterday the sculptors' design for
the monument to the Women of the
OoDfederacy WAS rejected because it
represented the typical figure rs a wO'
man militant, armed and waving bat
tie flag. The delegates sgreed that such
a figure was no ft memorial to the wo-
men OF South, who we're "genile, tender,
and devoted.