The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-04
ARLINGTON CONFEDERATE
MONUMENT ASSOCIATION


Vice-chairman Mrs. Marion Butler.
The Portland.
President. Tho president general.
United Daughters OF the Confedcracy.
Recording Secretary Mrs. Drury
Conway Ludlow. The Concord.
Corresponding Secretary. Mrs. Ar
;lur L. Johnson. 1914 Street =. w.
Treasurer. Wallace Streatcr. 1862
Monroe Street.
Advisory Doard-Francis VI Cock
'rll. Joseph j. Darlington, Charles J.
faulkner. Randolph II. Mekim. Thos.
Nclson Page. Seth Shepard. Marcus j..
Wright.
Washington. d. C., February 2. 1e1l.
Ny Dear hirr Keit:
seize my first available moment to
answer yours asking me TO writa
FomcthInE about tho Arlington Monu-
m.nt, tina, may aid you IN appealing
70 the people OF South Carolina. Let
iuo xiv" you briefly the story of the
Undertaking. which you arc at liberty
10 use rs you soc proper.
The remains OF now over go Con-
tolerate aoldiers arc resting IN beau
tiful plot of ground, the Confederate
section OF the National Cemetery at
arlington. in sight Of the city OF
Washington. These remains represent
cNory state OF the Confederacy. All
OF tile expenses OF collecting and re-
inierrinE the bodies were laid hy tho
Federal government. When the ground
for this section was plated. n mound
vas LEFT In the centre, suitable for q
monument. and permission has been
GRANTED To erect It. Indeed, that wan
the expectation OF ConErcss.
some seven years ago. the nvo chap
tors OF tho Daughters OF the Confcd-
crdcy Camp III. United Confederate
Veterans. and tho two Campo OF Sons
81 Veterans here. came together and
formed an association for the purpose
~ erecting the monument. An execu-
tive committee was appointed To carry
On the work, the personnel OF which
Is substantially to-day tho pame AZ
when !; vas DIST formed. Altogether.
VIC membership OF the Confederate or
=an=ntioms which formed thin nsso-
citation numbered, then as now. only
come 900 or roo when VIC had collect
Cd some $4,000. the Importance ana
magnitude az tho enterprise grew upon
GS, wc began to sec that no other
monument TO our Confederate dead
Un-whcro was comparable In siEni1-
'"ncc 10 TIM: which We had under
taken.
1t was 10 be- at Arlington, tho home
90 Lire close TO the capital of our coun-
ir%, visitors from all parts OF America
nlnl from al the world VIII SEQ Il, II
* to he a mcnuincn; not TO tho dead
~ any particular county or State. but
10 the heroes of all tho Contcderacy-
memorial TO n nation that, though
rlst and gone, Will live forever in the
brightest pages Of the worlds history
clearly. tho few hundreds OF us IN
Washington city were not equal TO tho
work. We had undertaken. We there
forc appealed 10 the Daughters of tho
E"nfsdcracy. tho only body shat was
equal TO the task. Thcy took II upon
themselves In their convention al Nor
folk three years ago. and at once formed
ihrir own Arlington Confederate Mon
u!nent Association. with Mrs. stone at
The head OF II and director from each
state You have so FAR zealously rep
resented South Carolina. Under the
Daughters. the executive committee at
Washington was continued suhetan-
TALLY as II had been formed. and under
them that committee has continued to
work
Wallace s,rcatcr. 1850 Fifteenth
street. Washington. d. c.. is the treas
urer. acting on an approved bond Of
$4,000. Altogether we have collect ed
and deposited in the American Security
and Trust Company here something
over $4,000 o. which some $4,000 has
boon paid TO Sir Moses Ezekiel, the
sculptor, at Rome. Italy, who now has
pleted. under contract made with him
in November, 1910, by the executive
committee. BY direction OF the commit
tee on design, which had been formed
for that purpose by the Daughters.
This committee on design found by
careful inquiry that nrst-class artists
cannot be Induced TO submit COMPETE
tive designs, and that an artist must be
selected and the details of design left
n I'm
committee hit upon Sir Moses Ezekiel
AS boy he was a gallant Confederate
soldier. who was twice wounded, and
won great distinction in the hattie OF
New Market as one of the corps of
cadets Of the Virginia Military Insu-
lutte. After graduating there he
achieved great honor as sculptor. As
such he has been twice knighted Thy
the Emperor Of Germany and by the
Duke OF Saxe-Heiningen). In Novem-
bcr, 1910. he was In this country nj
tending the dedication of his statue OF
Stonewall Jackson, then being erected
in West Virginia. Called before tho
committee on design. he outlined to
them his idea of a fitting monument.
Ills suggestions were heartily. Endorsed,
and contract was made with him for
the erection Of the memorial. to DO
completed within three years from that
date-by November, 1913.
The price of the monument complete.
boxed ready for shipment, base includ-
I'd. was to be $4,000, of which $4,000
was to be reserved by the associa ton
to pay for shipment and erection.
Sir Moses was Informed that at the
line OF tho contract only about s16,-
600 was on hand. He replied that his
heart was In this memorial; he de-
sired 10 make II the browning work
of hts life and &c tho dauryht ro
ngred to pay. he would trust them
TO fulfill their contract. The agree-
ment was reported to the daughters
Mt their session in Little Rock In 1910
They enthusiastically Endorsed the
action of the committee. and raised
the price to $4,000. The monument at
Arlington. they declared. must DO