Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-22
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Monument Society. tiM organization
which brought about ths construction of
the giant shaft which dominates the
landscape in the federal city.
While the War Department has the
care and custody of the Washington
Monument. this society has a auasi-pub-
lie status, exercises paternal watch
fuiness over il. possesses the right tn
send mail under frank and stands ready
TO resist any plan or proposal which
seeks to change in ny way the monu-
ment or its surroundings.
John Marshall. that sseat jurist whose
opinions from the bench of the Supreme
Court breathed the spirit of nationalis,n
INTO this government, was the society's
first president. Since then. beginning
with jackson. the Presidents of the
United States have been eX-officio presi-
dents OF the society. over today's ses-
sion President Woodrow Wilson will pre-
side.
First OF all. there IS TO be elected a first
vice president in the place of the late Mr.
Justice Henry B. Brown OF the Supreme
Court. retired. whose death occurred last
summer. In all probability William A.
Maury. now second vice president, for
meriy assistant attorney general of the
United States. will be chosen. Then will
he considered the matter of securing and
placing in the interior walls Of the Monu-
ment memorial stones from states that
are not already represented by such
stones.
Seven states oDly without this rep
resentation Within tine past few years
Frederick l.. Harvey. secretary of the
society. has visited these states and
urged that they add their portions to the
remarkable collection of memorials. In
response to his urging, three of the
states. Colorado, Idaho and Washington.
by legislation have provided for the
stones.
The one from Colorado. u handsome
slab OF yule marble such as is to be used
in the construction of the Lincoln me-
mortal. is already here and has been
placed. yelled. on the 296-f,,ot landing Of
the monument. 1t is expected that Idaho
and Washington will have their repre-
sensations here soon. and the hope OF the
society is that joint exercises, unwilling
and dedicating the three stones win be
held probably on April 30.
The states that are missing are Texas,
q.
for the civil war Texas would have had
a stone in the walls of the Monument
many years ago. She sent to the cere-
monies incident to the laying of the cor
ner stone of the monument the 4th Of
July. 1SiS, a splendid state banner. to be
hung in the interior. and her people con-
tributed literally in subscriptions for the
early building operations. But since then
she has done nothing.
The three new states and Texas will be
urged by the society to provide soon for
their stones SO that the Monument will
become. intended true representation
Of the Cuior-a single shaft into the COM
position OF which has entered stone
from every state in the United states.
The Washington National Monument
bic in its membership Its roll reads as
the roll Of an American hall of fame.
Law, literature. science. the church. edu-
cation. statecraft. Journalism army.
navy, finance and commerce always have
been represented in the list. The men,
bership today is as follows:
President ex officio. President Woodrow
Wilson; second vice president. William A.
tary. Frederick L Harvey: Admiral
George Dewey, L. S. n; Brig Gen. John
NJ. Wilson. [. S. A.. retired; Charles c.
Glover, Surgeon General Francis NJ. Gun
nell. L. :. n. retired: Charles d. VOL
colt Edwin NJ Gallaudet, r. Ross Perry.
Henry .. F. mcfarland. Ri. Rev. Alfred
Harding. D. D.; Theodore w. Noyes,
Thomas Nelson Page. Herbert Putnam
William Corcoran Eustis and Frederick
r. Mcclure
In the wears that have passed. Gen.
Winfield Scott. Gen. Thomas s. Jessup,
Cen. L. s. Grant, Gen. William T. Sher-
man and Col. James Kearney Of the
army played large parts In the affairs Of
the society. That famous old sea war
rior, Commodore John Rodgers, proseni-
.