The Washington times., 1914-06-02
TO HONOR SOLDIERS
Of SOUTH THURSDAY
Confederate Monument viii Be
Unveiled at Arlington With
Fitting Ceremony.

Elindins more firmly the reunited fac
tions Cf the South and the North. OBJ
litCrat;uE the recoIlections of untold
sorrows. and hallowing the memory
of the American manhood who fought
valiantly under the Stars and Bars
half century ago. representatives
of the Northern and Southern armies
will join on Thursday afternoon at
Arlington in unveilins a monument To
tho Confe derate dead.
With the presence of Woodrow Will
son. Democratic President Of tho
heart of the Confcderacy. this gift
70 the nation from the hands Of
50. 900 Southern women will he trans
ferrcd with fittipG formality.
The f-in-chief of the Con-
federate veterans will be succeeded
on the speakers rostrum by the COM
mander-in-chie of the Grand Army
of the Republic.
The monument is the work Of the
famous sculptor. Sir Moses Ezekiel,
Sir Moses is a native of Virginia. at
t"Eded school at the famous old Vir-
Sinia Military Institute and was q Tucni-
Der NJ that slender battalion OF rouths
who so splendidly fron.ed the Northern
leEions at Haymarkei. in the civil war.
Almost all his work Is abroad. and
few specimens arc to be found in
this country. Thomas Nelson Page
rev ambassador to Italy. introduced
linn to the monument committee. Tile
work was done abroad and shiPpeI ID.
this country.
The monument cost about $4,000. yet
II is known that of this, the sculptor
receives practically no remuneration for
his time and labor. as tie whole SUN
has been used In the material for the
work.
In Confederate Circle.
The pedestal is octagonal. while on
each side torches are placed TO repre-
sent the undyinG fire of recollection.
Above, there is cylindrical portion
upon which appears a sequence of fig
ures. in bas-relief, OF which that Of
Minerva is the chief. Above this por-
tion of the pedestal. there is a corona
of the seals of the States which formed
The Confederacy. including representa-
tion of the great seal which was lost
for So many years.
The figure which surmounts the pedes-
tai is ma jestic in proportion, with face
and flowing lines interpreting sorrow.
pride and benediction.
Both flags will grace the monument,
which stands in the center of Confeder-
ate Circle. And the existence of the
circle in the nations burying ground is
directly traceable to the Mckinley
speech at Atlanta, when he told that
Now is the time to bind the nation
together" The Daughters Of the Con-
federacy took II up at once, and on
Thursday their work will be consum-
mated. An act of Congress set aside
portion of the Arlington ground for the
Confederate dead, authorizing the re-
moval from prison cemeteries and grave
yards all over the country OF the
bodies for reinterment at Arlington.
tary of the Navy. will be master of
ceremonies at the unveiling.
The Program.
10 lowing is the program:
MGsic-Fifth Cavalry Band. from 3
to $50.
Iuvoca ation-Rev. Dr. Randolph Nc
kIm
Address-Gen. Bennett Young. COM
mander-in-chief, Confederate Veterans.
AGoress-Gen. washington Gardner,
commander-in-chief. G. A. r.
airy Band.
Unveiling of the Monument-Paul
Micou. grandson of Colonel Herbert.
Address-Col Hilary A. Herbert.
Presentation OF the Monument TO the
President of the United States-By Mrs.
Daisy McLaurin Stevens.
AdGress-By the President of the
United States.
Placing of Flowers.
Benediction-Rev. Andrew Byrd.
on Thursday evening at . o'clock.
there will he a reception at the Pan
American Union Building to which over
l.0G0 invitations have been issued by
the Arlington Confederate Monument
Association. of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy, and the Secretary Of
State. as joint hosts, in honor of Sir
Moses Ezekiel, Mrs. Daisy McLaurin
stevens. Mrs. Cornelia Branch Stone.
Mrs Lizzie George Henderson. Mrs.
Jenny Faulkner McSherFy, and Mrs.
AleNa nder 3. White.
Mrs. Marion Butler. this city. chair
man of the program committee, who
has done a large amount of the work
in connection with the memorial. is
well known in Washington. and has
been a leading figure In the organiza-
ton of Southern women who have made
the monument an actuality.