Milford chronicle., 1912-04-19
A FITTING MEMORIAL.
Building at Washington to PerPetuate
Memory of Loyal Women of the Civil
War. To be Home Of Ameri-
can Red Cross.


A monument to the memory of the
loyal women OF the Civil War will be-
come an enduring reality if Congress en-
acts into law joint resolution just intro
duced by Hon. Elihu Root, of New York,
in the Senate, and Hon. James L. Slay-
den, of Texas, in the House. This pro.
ject, which has lain dormant in the minds
of the people for almost half century,
has been put into concrete form by the
generosity and patriotism of the Com
mandery of the State of New York of the
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of
the United States.
It is not proposed to make the monu
ment merely a remembrance of persons
and deeds, not merely a memorial of life
less stone or bronze, but a noble build.
ing full of the spirit of helpfulness, OF
tender sympathy, of humane and pstTi
otic devotion that lived in the women to
whom this monument will he erected.
This spirit is the spirit of the Red Cross,
and for this reason the memorial is to be
given to the Red Cross in perpetuitv for
it's headquarters in Washington.
Toward the carving out of this pur-
pose, the CommRndery has pledged itself
to secure and give the sum of $500, ,000, on
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equal amount as a contribution of the
United States toward the purchase of a
suitable site in the city of Washington,
the improvement of the grounds, etc.
Thus the memorial will be made TRULY
national, the tribute of all the people to
the sacred memory of the loyal women
of the war. The Red CToss, on its part,
is to agree TO secure an endowment fund,
the income of which will be sufficient to
maintain the building for all time
At the banquet of the Loyal Legion
held in New York, October 4, 1911, Hon.
James NJ. Beck. in urging the creation Of
this monument gave an address from
which the following tribute is quoted
1--WE need not fear the verdict of the
future as 10 what we now plan 10 do.
There are many memorials TO the death
less valor Of the brave men, who in the
four years from 1861 to 1865, responded
to the call of their country and in many
cases laid down their lives for its preser-
vation: but not less worthy of commem
orstive art is the equal patriotism of the
women Of America, who as truly threw
their hearts into the great struggle for
the Union, and who freely gave their
lives at the no less dangerous posts of
duty of the fever stricken camps, which
followed with the scythe of death the
march Of our mighty armies. /
To the mothers who gave their sons, to |
the wives vino gave their husbands, to
the sisters who gave their brothers, to the
women who became nurses, to those who |
in the privacy of their home gave their |
earnings and all the work of their hands,
to one and all, let US erect this noble me |
mortal and in payment of long deferred |
debt, let our memorial be more beautiful !
than any memorial known to man. Let |
it stand for all that woman has been in |
American history"
The resolution introduced by Mr.. Root |
and Mr.. Slayden is the first step on the
part of Congress toward the acceptance
Of this generous proposal of the Loyal
Legion of New York Appealing as the
project does TO all that is tender and sa-
cred in the memories Of the old and the
gratitude of the young, it is believed it
Will receive the hearty support of q large
majority Of both Houses of Congress.