Evening star., 1915-05-30

Greek theaters. many of which were
used for similar purposes. were closely
studied by the architects. Carrere 4
Hastings of New York, as they repre-
sent such beautiful examples OF archi-
tectura1 art.
The plans finally adopted for shis
vast amphitheater. surrounded BY .
colonnade of marble. will seat about
the elliptical form Of tho theater.
which Is covered. there Is TO be stand
ing room for mt least 1000 people.
making II possible to accommodate
from eight TO ten Thousand persons in
all. Three entrances are to be made.
ono large central ono ana two on tho
main approaches for the general pub
lie, and also an entrance In the rear OF
the assemhlage room
Under this room. in the basement are
provided general restrooms. cen
trail staircase provides access to the
second floor leading into a museum.
speakers stand. or rostrum. is also to
be constructed in the shelter of this
covered portion of the structure. and
in case Of bad weather tho entire am
phitheater is to be protected from the
elements by canvas coverings
The marble colonnade offers endless
facilities for inscriptions to fatnou.
men and also for the display OF txusts.
statues and monuments of men deserv-
ing of national honor. either buried at
"A
Another special source OF proiinl In
terest IN the national cemetery this
year. and one which has const4ntlv
drawn an endless stream OF VISITOR.
since Its completion. is the beau iful
Confederate monument of bronEes the
work of the already famous sculptor
- - "A. app9 9tAr
of the Confederacy. which was unvsiled
and dedicated June 4. 1914
This ceremony of nationally homo ing
the fallen foes of the nation in tthe
nations burial ground was conssm
mated while the eyes of the whole
world were focused upon II In adrHra
tion. In all OF the vast expanse oftthe
national cemetery there Is no Other
monument that can equal this onesfor
its magnincence Of conception. per{ec-
tion of artistic construction or beauty
and richness of material.
This monument. breathing the sftrit
Of peace, erected In honor of the Con
federate dead. was presented to fthe
President for the nation by Mrs. Dtisy
McIaurin Stevens. as president ofaths
United Daughters Of the Confeder.acv,
and accepted by him in the spirit o its
giving. II is unique in the worlds. Ms
tory, and is erected on the old Leg es-
tate. later Union battle-ground. Sand
where. by strange coincidencec the
first soldier buried was a Confederate
prisoner, at. whose burial President Vim
coin happened to be present
At this impressive dedication OF this
monument last June. President sWil-
rocHin ardy ~
mander-in-chief Of the Grand Army
of the Republic. Gen Bennett foung
and Col. Robert +. Lee. grsHdson
of the famous southern gssneral.
lance will live long in the annals e ora
tory. Col Hilary A. Herbert, pr.sident
of the Arlington Confederate Memorial
Association and Secretary Of the Navy in
Cleveland's administration. sumnSd up
the history Of the monument in his speech
He told Of President Mckinley! mem
orable address at Atlanta in 1898. just
after the Spanish war. in which the
south had shouldered her full .-nare OF
fghting, when he gave expression to
the sentiments from which esew the
inception of the project that leg to the
erection of this memorial in Srlington
cemetery.
Two years later Congress ssed an
act to gather into one sectitS of the
national cemetery the bodial of al
the Confederate soldiers tls I'm scat
tered throughout the Distri,3 of CO.
lumbia In 1906. Secretary of War
Taft gave permission for tho erection
of the monument. and an o. yanization
for that purpose was creai'd among
southerners in the District Shortly
afterward the Daughters OK the Con-
federacy Joined in the workz and both
committees worked diligently to accu-
mulate the necessary funds. When the
corner stone was laid PreSdent Tart
participated.
Just at the dramatic mor9ent in the
services of last June. PsSll Herbert
Micou. the eleven-y -year-old Grandson
Col Herbert, twitched a c2rd and the
draperies parted around th.A statue, ami
as they opened they reve4ed the su-
perb work of bronze.
Honor to the dead and speace ever
lasting among the living the theme
expressed by it. The Heroic figure.
with her right hand holding laurel
wreath to crown the dead. S1er left rest
ing on a plowstock, ons which is a
sickle. is the south. In the large ng
ures that wreath the PEDESTAL. every
phase of life in the C.thfederacy is
typified-the young wife: buckling on
her husbands sword. tha blacksmith
forging his own weapoa, the father
parting from his child iis the arms OF
it's old nanny and ssricken figure
leaning on the constitus ion for sup
port.
This monument will alsa be the scene
of memorial services the. first week 10
June, when the Confedefates decorate
their graves, at Arlington and else
where.