The Washington times., 1914-06-04
CONFEDERATE DEAD
ARE HONORED TODAY
Monument Presented to Nation
Will Be Unveiled at Ariing-
! ton Cemetery.
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tIOnliNuBO from rlESl fdSe-D
the Fifth Cavalry Band. William J.
Cain. directing.
Mrs DAISY McLauren Stevens, presi-
dent general Of the United Daughters
of the ConfcderaCy, through the efforts
OF which the erection of the monument
was made possible. will make the ad-
dress of presentation.
The omnanders-in-chief Of the two
veterans organizations will follow each
other on the speakers rostrum. Col.
Hilary \. Herbert. chairman of the
executive committee of the Confeder-
ate Memorial Association. is presiding
at the ceremonies. Capt. John NJ.
Hickey and Col. John J. Glen are act
ing as marshals.
The Rev. Randolph H. McKim. of the
Church of the Epiphany, will pronounce
the Invocation.
Then will come the addresses Of the
commanders-in-chief of the Confederate
and Union Veterans. 4 cornet solo will
follow. tand then addresses by Col.
Robert Z. Lee and Col. Hilary A Her
bert
Child to Unveil Monument.
A buglcr from the Fifth Cavalry Band
will then sound the dramatic moment
of the exercises, and Paul Herbert
Colonel Herbert, will pull the cords re-
leasing the flags which drape the
monument Simultaneous with the lift
ing of the draperies from the memorial,
a salute of twenty-one guns will be
fired by battery of the Third Field
Artillery.
Sir Moses Ezekiel, the sculptor of the
monument and himself a veteran Of the
South. will be introduced. Mrs. Stevens
will make the address of presentation,
and President Wilson will accept the
tribute.
The ushers are Frank Martin. R. II.
Brock. David Clopton. S. c. Calvert,
Lieut. Austin Cumming. A. G. Drane,
Douglas, William Frailey, R. NJ. Hooe.
4. B. Hooe, Malcolm Henry, W. 3.
King, James McGee, J. R Price.
Thomas Ruffn. W. c. Ravenal, II. T.
w. c. Won Kessler, Clopton Chambers,
s. w. Graham. DR.. Clarence owen,
Benjamin Micou, DR.. Gilmer BreniZer.
Thomas A. Speight. e. fireman. J. L,
W. Warden. and Capt. John G. Capers.
The monument is the culmination of
years of effort by prominent Confed-
crate veterans and of the Daughters of
the Confederacy. Raising of funds for
dentally with the allotting of section
in Arlington Cemetery to the Confed-
crate dead.
The completed monument. including
the base of plinth, and thirty-two life
size figures all in full relief, surround
ing IT. is entirely of bronze.
Phases of Heroism.
1t stands upon a foundation OF besuti-
ful dark gray. highly polished Wood
stock granite. The figure of the South,
the plow stock and sickle. and a verse
from the Scriptures constitute the
synthesis of the whole work 1t means,
primarily, peace.
The attitude and the general effect Of
the thirty-two figures around the relief
as grouped, Illustrate IN a striking man
ner the enthusiasm that animated the
South when the tocsin of war was
sounded, and, in detail. these figures
exhibit every phase of the heroism and
sacrifice of the period.
Inscription:
ITO Our Dead Heroes
BY
The United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy.
They have beat their swords into plow-
shares and their spears into
pruning hooks -
NtctriX causa Dis placuit, sed victa
Catoni.
Not for fame: not for place. or for
rank; not lured by ambition or goaded
by necessity: but in simple obedience to
duty as they understood il, these men
suffered all, sacrificed all. dared all
and died.
The executive committee of the Ar
lington Confederate Monument Associa-
ton has decided TO place a large floral
wreath on the stone which marks the
graves of more than leo unknown
Union Cead in the cemetery Immediately
after the unveiling ceremony.