The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-21

4. Mason. a box containing news
papers and documents was nlaccd
beneath the stone.
Colonel White. who came here
from Wheeling. W. Va. to deliver the
! chief eddr~ee,- reviewed The history
ai the building.
He said. in part.
Colonel White,a Address.
| After years and years OF arduous
/ efforts, personal sacrifice, anxieties.
| disappoinrments, troubles, care and
! labor, at the call of the executive
committee, we have ar last gathered
| TO lay the cornerstone of memorial
| temple TO he here erected in dear
| old Virginia, and In the war capital
! IT the Confederacy. and to be known.
/ as provided in the charter OF the
( Confederate Memorial association. as
} The Confederate Memorial INST
4 tute,p and to be dedicated as Me
mortal Building" in which will he
gathered statues, paintings, portraits.
library and other things. commence
ratite OF our dear Southland. Its great
/ people, its splendid statesmen. rs
( presidents. senators. governors, judges
and others; its grand generals In
war, and IT'S grander heroes In battle.
] with The earnest hope and stncerest
! prayer that, in years 10 come, IL viii
+ be q very mecca" for our chITdren's
children.
have not deemed 1t hest upon this
! suspicious occasion TO prepare me-
! moral address and TO speak of the
} great battles of war, OF the grand
/ on1ters who led our brave soldiers
| INTO battle. or nf-the xaiorr courage
! ana heroisn of the private soldiers
/ In the army who fought SO bravely
/ those great battles. ana who grandIy
! endured and suffered for four long
YEARS OF the war: or, indeed of the
! pr!vasions and devotion Of the noble
! w0rnen of tbs South during that great
/ struggle; but rather here TO give, in
1 condensed form, somewhat of the his
/ tory familiar to mo connected with
/ the memorial temple.
Conception of Rous.
I Ii was the conception of that big
hearted soldier of the South. Charles
broadway Reus. To build the Seuth's
| Memorial Hall" otherwise then ia
| miliarly known as the Battle Abbey"
| OF the South. ! personally knew him
| long before the war. when he first
| commenced his business life at VIM
| chester. Va. | knew him when he was
| u gallant. brave private soldier In the
twelfth Virginia cavalry. | knew him
well after the war from the time he
established himself in business In the
city of New York and I'm which he
! succeeded go well, until he became one
OF New York $ princeiy merchants, at
| the head of great business house.
! knew him well after blindness came
upon him, and how bright and cheer
ful he was after he was cut off from
the light and beauties of this beauti-
full world. which he so much enjoyed.
l can here testify that he was a born
man OF business with a wonderfully
quick, active brain: that he was,
| brave soldier OF the South. whose
| cause he loved and did battle for,
and that he had heart big enough
| and warm enough and true enough to
suggest the thought of erecting this
memorial to his dear Southland and
it's heroes.
II you want to know more of the
history and life OF rhts big hearted
| man, go to Winchester, and there see
for yourself the monuments there
t erected by him and the great inn
/ provements made by him to that old
! town he so fonly loved; or to Charles
| town he so fondly loved: or to Charles
| helped TO raise up from the ashes of
! war; or to the University of Virginia.
and there look upon the monument to
| his memory. erected by him, upon
! the ruins made by fire there. Yes,
! Charly Rous was a brave soldier, a
| splendid business man and a big
/ hearted lover Of our Southland
Committee is Appointed.
1t was at the convention OF the Con-
Tolerate veterans at Houston. Tex, IL
| May. 1895. seventeen long years gone
by, that Mr.. Rous proposed to the con-
vention to give one hundred thousand
dollars tsl00.0oo) for the erection Of
| a memorial hall" provided that ths
whole South would raise as much for
that purpose. It was then and there
that his proposition was most heartily
| concurred In by that convention, which
| convention appointed a committee,
Icomposed OF one member from each d.
| vision of the United veterans. charged
with the duty of examining into and re-
porting upon the plan suggested by MIR.
Rous and thus. then and there. the
| loving work OF erecting and dedicating
Il memorial temple was started
That committee met at Atlanta. Ga.
on the 9th day of October. 1895, in
conjunction with Mr.. A. G. Dickinson.
I, the accredited representative OF Mr..
Rous. and, after session of three
days. the committee approved OF the
general plan OF Mr.. Rous. and recon-
mended that charter be taken out,
people OF the South. and also appointed
d coraEnittee Of was:s. and. neans and
al executive committee.
In response TO tIle appeal made
through that circular letter. the sum
of about $1,000 was raised. Colonel G.
r.. wood, Of navy fame then living
In New Orleans. was made the general
mana ger. and the money so raised
was deposited in the Fourth NATIONAL
| hank NJ Nashville Tenn
| The committee which met at At
| lanta made It's report TO the next gen
| eral convention of the veterans which
met IN Richmond. In the year 1885,
(which, determined TO have am assocla-
! lion constituted Il sfsf chartered sis an
association. and appointed commit
| tee, consisting Of one. person from each
Of the Southern States. and OF the ter
| ritcries charged with the duty OF Sc
| curing charter, directed to name
themselves therein as the charter par
! ties. and to act as BOARD of trustees
| for the Confederate Memorial asso-
/ citation. That committee consisted of
the following named persons. viz.
Colonel John p. Cary. OF Virginia: Col
onel Robert White. of West Virginia;
Colonel J. q. keenan,. OF Ncrth Caro-
lima: j. r. Tague. or South Carolina;
j. e, Briggs. of Kentucky; General
| Clement A. Evans. Of Georgia. ]. 8,
| Cherleren. OF louisiana J. r. McTn-
tosh. of Mississippi; John 9. easier. OF
oklahoma; ]. p, Teagne, OF South
}Carolina: ", H. Jackson. OF Tennes.
see. John r. Hicky, OF Washington.
u. c.. J, y. Mcintosh. of Mississippi