The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-28
RED CROSS
MEMORIAL
BUILDING
CEREMONIES ATTENDING LAYING
OF CORNERSTONE PARTlCl-
PATED IN BY PRESIDENT WILL
SON AND w. II. TAFT.

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| took part in the ceremonies of lay
ing the cornerstone of the new Red
Cross building which Is to be erected
as a memorial to the women of the
Civil war
The new building is to be one Of
a group of stately structures-the
Corcoran art gallery the Pan-Amer-
| lean building and the memorial hall
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, facing the wide sweep OF
grounds back of the state department
and white house.
The building and site provided by
government appropriation and pri-
vate subscription, will be turned
over in perpetuity to the American
Red Cross Here the organization
will make its permanent home, and
the buildings will house all of the ad.
ministrative officers in charge o;
Red Cross work The plans and con-
struction are under the control of
commission headed by President Will
son, with Secretary Garrison, Sena-
tor Luke Lea and Representative
Slayden as members.
The commission has at its dis
| posal 100000, of which $l00 600 was
| appropriated by congress, on condi-
tion that the Red Cross raise an
! equal amount by private subscription.
The additional sum was made up by
the following subscriptions: James
A. Scrymser, 100000. Mrs. Russell
Sage, $15O,OOO Mrs. Edward II. Har
riman, $4,000; the Rockefeller Foun-
dation, 100000.
The new building, like most of the
others in the stately group about it,
will be of white marble and the
general design of the structure, its
facade, columns, etc. will be on clas-
sic lines. A parked terrace will
Iaise the building above the
street level, and wide marble steps
will lead up to the entrance. \ row
of twelve Corinthian columns of
white marble will stretch across the
entire front of the structure, the
, capitals supporting the copper finish
ed roof Two massive bronze en-.
, features of the architectural plans.
Within the high arched vestibule a
flight of broad marble stairs will
: lead to the second and third floors.
On the stairway landing a marble
tablet will be placed bearing the fol.
, lowing inscription:
: "A memorial built by the govern
ment of the United States and patri
2 | otic citizens to the women of the
l north and the women of the south
held in loving memory by now uni
5 ted country, and that their labors
, to mitigate the sufferings of the sicl
and wounded in war may be forever
perpetuated, this memorial is dedi
Gated to the service of the American
Red Cross"
On this landing will also be placed
three allegorical busts in white mar
BILE, representing Faith, Hope anC
Charity. All of the decorations vii
be marked by dignity and simplicity
The extensive working quarters or
| fhn e ho hull ,,.iI
be equipped to accommodate all the
branches of the Red Cross, with its
varied activities in peace and war
On the first floor a large assembly
room and library will take up all OF
one side of the building, and will af-
ford a meeting place for the large
gatherings of the organization. The
central committee of the Red cross
will have special quarters. The war,
; national and international relief
boards will each have rooms par
ticularly fitted for their special work
The army surgeon in charge Of hos
pital field units and the enrolment
= of doctors, the first aid instruction
department, the nurses enrolment
bureau, the town and country nursing
service, and the Christmas seal divis.
ion will be all quartered according
to their needs.
OF the 100000 available for the
memorial, s357,OOO was expended by
the commission in the purchase oil
site. The entire block surrounding
the structure was acquired and it will
be laid out in parking. gardens and
suitable approaches. Under the con
tract for the construction Of the
building it will be completed and
ready for occupancy by April 20,
1916.