The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-09
Confederate Memorial Report.

Confederate Memorial Report.
lieutenant tAovern7r j fssiHy-tor E3Hiiyr
son, of Richmond. Va. read the report
OF the Confederate Memorial Assoc
citation
tThs report read ny Governor Ely
/ s0n follows:
/ We regret to have to announce the
/ death during the year OF two OF our
mosr distinguished and useful mem
/ bers, General Clement A. Evans, OF
! Georgia, universally beloved as the
( commander of the United Confederate
Z Veterans, and Colonel Thos s. kee-
| nan, of North Carolina, whose gallant
/ conduct In war and courageous dcVo-
! ton TO. duty In peace won for him
/ the love and esteem OF all who knew
| him.
MIR Louis j, D'Au5y has resigned
! his membership on the board. MIR.
D'Auby was q deeply interested and
! useful member of the board OF tras-
! tees and we shall greatly miss him.
/ He was a personal representative OF
| the late Charles broadway Rouss,
! Vacancies ON Board.
+ There are Ii number OF vacancies in
! our board occasioned by the death Of
/ trustees, The board has notified the
| commanding officer in each division
| where these vacancies have occurred,
urging prompt appointments of their
| Successors and we now renew that re-
quest, Tor We rn1 great difficulty IN
securing a quorum for the transaction
If any business.
We announced in our last annual
report that the site for the location
Of the Confederate Memorial Insti-
tute had been secured and the selec-
ton of architects made and advertise
mems asking for bids for the con-
structIon OF the buildings had been
| published. We regret. however, to
z advise you that when the bids were
received il was found that the lowest
| bid was SO much in excess of what we
| had expected that ii was found neces-
| sary to reject all OF the bids. revise
| the plans and ask for new proposals.
! This was done. Our desire was that
| the building should be constructed of
| Georgia marble. but when the bids
| were opened they W.T. all found to be
| so high that they had TO be rejected
| and the award was for the construc-
| ton of a building to- be made Of In
! diana stone. and the building when
| completed. including lighting and
| heating will cost about s115. 900 The
| Confederate Memorial Institute will
! be located In beautiful park Of about
| five and q half acres, which admits
! NJ much fine landscape effect We
| have employed one of the most COM
petent landscape designers in the
/ country. whose aim VIII he to make
I the park one of the most beautiful in
! the city, so that the building and park
| together will constitute the memorial
/ 10 the great canse to perperuate the
| memory of which the Confederate
/ Memorial institute Is erected.
| Building To Cost xt2S, 900.
The total cost OF the building and
| park improvements will he $125. 900.
! The building has been constructed and
! located in the park IN such a way as
| TO admit OF additions and Independent
| buildings as the demands of the fu-
! ture may require. The most beautiful
! feature Of the landscape will be the
/ court of honor, in which 1t is con-
| templated that some day there shall
! be placed statues of the men who were
! greatest in the military and civil life
| OF the Confederacy. The work on the
building WAS h@gika early IA January
/ and wifi re fonlpieted by February /.
1918.
The cornerstone viii he laid on May
20
| beg leave to submit herewith the
report Of Hon. George l.. Christian.
treasurer. from which you Will see
We had a balance on hand as Of April
80. 1879. of s212.340.i2.
Valuable Relics in Richmond.
We renew the statement made in
our annual report that We have in
Richmond a Confederate Memorial
Literary Society which has a mu-
scum containing the most valuable
collection OF Confederate relics In the
South. We cannot hope to compete
with this society having these in
charge. and. therefore. we feel that
il would be wiser for us to work along
different lines. We feel that our en-
deavor should be to collect portraits
OF men distinguished In the military
and civil life OF the Confederacy. OF
paintings of scenes illustrative of the
war. of ststuary. and above all OF a
valuable library containing material
for use by the future historian. 1t
would be great disappointment to
open this building without something
to show our people who have been
locking forward 70 this with fondest
anticipation as he greatest memorial
building of the -eoafeAeFaey, and that
we visa to make II, and We are very
DESTROYS that when its doors are
thrown open 10 the public that 1t shall
haze at least the beginning Of a col
lective worthy Of the purpose for
which ii was constructed. We. there
fore, appeal To our comrades and
through them to all who love the
memories OF the great struggle In
which We took so active part to
unite with us In securing those things
which shall perpetuate on canvass. In
marble and In bronze the glorious
deeds OF the men and women whose
valor and self sacrifice deserve TO be
held in everlasting remembrance by
all who knew them as well as by those
who shall come after us
We cannot accomplish this result
without the earnest cooperation of
those who have been the leaders In all
OF our Confederate undertakings. II
they will give us their hearty coop
GRAFTON. then we cannot fail. and we
earnestly invoke their active aid in
an undertaking 50 iaudablc and In
the accomplishment ~ which we all
would most heartily RJoice.