Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-02-24
STATUE tv DEAD
CONFEDERATES
Memorial For Arlington Is Fast
Nearing Completion.
WORK OF SIR MOSES Ezekiel

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lie Declares the Monument viii 6e tho
Drowning Effort Of His Life---Photo-
graphs Show the Model to 30 Mag
nifioent Work Of Art.
The movement to erect a monument
for, the Confederate dead In the Ar
lington National cemetery, started sew
en- years ago by the Washington chap
ters of the Daughters of the Confed-
eracy and the Sons of Veterans. has
finally been crowned with success.
Only a few thousand dollars Of the
entire sum nenied remain to be sub
scribed. ~ ~
It Is proposed to erect the statue at
the plot in Arlington where the re-
mains Of more than 260 Confederate
soldiers are buried. All the expense
attached to collecting and reinterring
these bodies was borne by the nation
al government. At the time this sec
tion Of the national cemetery was set
aside for the Confederate dead por-
ton was reserved in the center of the
plot for the erection of a memorial
and permission granted by congress
for Its erection. Yf
Leaders in the movement say that
1t is peculiarly fitting that the memo
rial should be at Arlington, the estate
OF the "hero Of the lost cause" Ar
lington has long been one of the most
frequently visited points of the coun-.
try in the vicinity of Washington, and
the memorial when completed will be
observed by practically all the visitors
to the capital.
The sculptor OF the monument is Sir
Moses Ezeeliel, himself a veteran of
the civil war, having been twice
wounded, who won great distinction
In the battle of Newmarket as one of
the corps of cadets at the Virginia Mil
itary institute. Upon his graduation
he achieved many honors as sculptor
and has been TWICE knighted.
-st conapists In 1918. se
The attention of the executive com
mittee was attracted to the work of
Sir Moses when he wns In this coun
try to attend the unveiling Of his
statue OF Stonewall Jackson, then be-
ing erected In West Virginia. The
committee requested him to appear be-
fore 1t and give an idea of a fitting
memorial. He did SO, and as a result
the committee was 80 pleased that he
was Immediately engaged to carry out
tho work, the contract stipulating that
the monument should be completed by
November, 1918. NFa
The price for the monument was to
be $4,000, OF which $1,000 was to be
reserved for the erection and ship
ment. This price was later increased
to $4,000. Of which $4,000 is to be
reserved by the committee. lte5
The entire time of the sculptor is be-
ing devoted to the work, and he has
informed the committee that unless
something unforeseen happens he will
be able to fulfill his contract.
Sir Moses has sent photos of the
work to the committee from time to
time, but he stipulated that they We're
not to be made public until the work
has been completed. 1t is said, how
ever, that the central figure Of the
memorial is to be the figure of wo-
man to represent the south. In her
right hand she holds a laurel wreath
or crown. Her left rests on the han
die OF a plow. M ,
Around the top Of the circular base
on which the figure stands are the
seals of the Confederacy. Beneath
this are some fifteen fgures-men,
women, children and soldiers--all allie
gorical and typical and each a work
of art In itself.
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