The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-27

encioSes letter from Coi. ftliary ~.
Herbert, chairman of the executive
committee.
Colonel Herbert's letter Is most
interesting communication. giving In
detail the origin OF the movement for
the monument and its growth. In
order to assist the Daughters In their
work it is given to the public. Fol-
lowing is the letter.
ARLINGTON CONFEDERATE MON
UMENT ASSOCIATION.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Chairman, Hillary A. Herbert,
1419 @ street N. w.
Vice. chairman, Mrs. Marion Butler.
The Portland.
President--The President General
u. d. c.
Recording Sscretary--Mrs. Drury
Conway Ludlow, The Concord.
Corresponding Secretary--Mrs. Ar
thur Il. Johnson, 1914 q street. n. w.
Treasurer--WalIace Streater. 1859
Monroe street.
Advisory Board-Francis NJ. CocA-
rell, Joseph j. Darlington. Charles >.
Faulkner. Randolph RI, McKim.
Thomas Nelson Page. Seth Shepard,
Marcus j. Wright.
Washington, ID. c., Feb. :, 1874
My Dear Mrs. keitt:
seize my first available moment
to answer yours asking ME to write
something about the Arlington monu-
ment, that may aid YOU in appeal
ing to the people OF South Carolina.
Let me give YOU briefly the story of
the undertaking, which YOU are at
liberty to use as you see proper.
The remains Of now over 2e5 Con-
federate soldiers are resting In a
haa nj n ('AnfGH-
crate section of the National GENE
terry at Arlington, In sight of the city
of Washington. These remains rep
resent every State Of the Confectionery.
All the expenses of collecting and re-
interring the bodies were paid by the
federal government. When the ground
for this section was plated, a mound
YVES left In the centre, suitable for a
monument, and permission has been
granted to erect it. Indeed, that was
the expectation of Congress.
Some seven years ago the Ave
chapters of the Daughters of the Con-
federacy, Camp III, L. c. ". and the
TIVE camps Of Sons OF Veterans here,
came together and formed an asso-
lciation, for tho purpose of erecting
the monument. An executive COM
nittee was appointed TO carry on the
work, the personnel of which Is sub
stantially today the same as when it
was nrst formed Altogether, the
membership of the Confederate or
CARNATIONS which formed this asso-
citation numbered, then as now. only
/ some COO or 100. When we had coll
ilected some $4,000. the Importance
and magnitude Of the enterprise grew
] upon us: We began to see that no 9TH
er monument TO our Confederate
dead anywhere was comparable in
Significance 10 that which We had
undertaken. 1t was to be at Airing
ton, the home of Lee. close to the
capital of our country; visitors from
all parts of America and from all the
world will see ii. 1t Is to he mon
lument not to the dead of any partic-
ular county or State. but to the heroes
OF all the Confederacy--a memorial
to q nation that. though past and
gone. will forever in the bright
est pages Of the worlds history. Clear
ly the few hundreds of us in Wash
lington city were not equal to the work
we had undertaken. We therefore
appealed to the Daughters of the
Confederacy, the only. body that was
equal to the task. They took 1t upon
themselves, in their convention at
Norfolk, three years ago, and at once
formed their own Arlington Confed-
Mrs. Stone at the head Of 1t and a
director from each State. You have
SO far zealously represented South
Carolina Under the Daughters the
executive committee at Washington
was continued substantially as It had
fheen formed, and under them that
COMMITTEE has continued to work.
Mr.. Wallace Streator. $3.50 Fiji
teenth street, Washington. D. c.. Is
the treasurer. acting on an approved
bond Of $4,000. Altogether we
have collected and deposited In the
/ american Security and Trust Com
,pany here som ething over $4,000, Of
which some $4,000 have been paid
to Sir Moses Ezekiel, the sculptor at
Rome. Italy. who now has the mon
ument nearly or quite half completed.
nader contract, .fssRaso with him g. tn
November. 1910, by the executive
committee, by direction Of the COM
mittee on design. which had been
formed for that purpose by the
Daughters.
| This committee on design found by
careful inquiry that f1rst-class artists
cannot he induced TO submit Compel
!, tive designs, and that an artist must
lbe selected and the details Of de-
sign left to him. BY great good for
tune the committee hit upon Sir
Moses Ezekiel. As boy, he was q
gallant Confederate soldier, who was
twice wounded, and won great dis
| tinotton in the battle of New Mark ct
as one of the corps Of cadets OF the
| Virginia Military Institute. After
graduating there he achieved great
honor as a sculptor. As such he has
been twice knishted tby the Emper-
/ or or Germany and Ivy the Duke OF
SAKE Haiuinuanl In Nnvartber 1Q10