Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-21
WILL UNVE|L MONUMENT
, TO lee NEXT SEPTEMBER
Unavoidable Delays Cause Postpone
nlent of Erection OF Memorial
at Gettysburg.
IS MASTERPIECES BY SEWERS
Statue to Soutll's Great Leader Is
Vivid in Denoting Desperate
Struggle on July I, = and 3, 1868.
V. NJ. /. Cadets at Ceremonies.

delays In railroad delivery OF the
PLASTER models to the foundry and
iurther delays encountered in making
he finished bronze parts from the
'hsts Will make necessary tho post
iIonement OF the date which was tenta-
lively fixed for the unwilling OF the
robert Il. Lee monument on the battle
held at Gettysburg.
II was the original plan of the COM
hlssion in charge OF the placing Of
ms memorial to unvcil it during the
'hiddie or next month. or, falling that,
10 nave the unveiling on or about July
The anniversary OF the battle of
gettysburg il July /, . and 3. 1t now
appears that the last finished bronze
lirts VIII not come from the foundry
until the middle of July. and that the
monument VIII not be in Mace until
august l.
y. Since 1t is the desire Of all Confed-
rate organizations, and the State itself,
10 make tho dedication OF this monu-
iteht Il great occasion. marked by an
"Ppropriate military display and i'm.
foslhs exercises. the unwilling will
probably be deferred until the autumn
'oVcrnor Stuart and other members
~ mo commission in charge Of the
memorial desire the presence of the
rsihi;t Military Institute Cadet CORPS
ne cadets viii not assemble for tho
r..
ne middle of that month would be
ne earliest date AZ which the corps
''uid leave for Gettysburg
WILL TAKE TWO WEEKS
TO ASSEMBLE PARTS
sculptor T. William Siever.. who
unhdc The magnificent statue Of ~
Mh''h vii he placed on the cet,,s
"c!d sent the last OF the casts
~" me foundry in New York last 10.
'"'ncr shortly aftcrward there fol-
""h 'nc freight congestion on thu
e"'s!'Eania lines. which held IN Tho
M,e'Ner% Of tho casts TO the ronndrw
lurthcr delays were encountered
,,'o,t however. will complete it's
ny July Is. and then II vii, ho
'ut the work OF two short u.noLa
NSHemble the parts and erect the COW
r!eted monument '''"-
&c commission in charge of tho
s'Ioh Or the memorial consists NJ
,ror., Stuar', Colonel w Gordon
r -. a. Edrnondson Stcphen y
N.nn "nd Colonel Thomas Smith
9leNcfsa group represents Co,
h,a,i, IN uniform. sitting hare
,rns.,. ana alert. hut calm and i'm
PrcssiNc, astridc Traveller bie ~
mount ~ the base Of ,hn az, , orite
d group Of seven figures. ind,ca,,,',
,"'"" 'Sp"s. cavalry, infantry nnd
.,!ierN. which composed the ARM nf
Northern Virginia. VI
N'''F''I ~ ana inUfriIna1
we Eroup give some idea of 49,.
'Hrilhc conditions under which T.,
',' Division fought. and the rnirb,,.
purhosc with which Il battled IS n,,.in1!
.hen on INC face and In the bearing
~ each modelled soldier Af,or 60,
ihi the group il is not dirc,,l, .,
mo connict IN the Gettysburc
n."t neid on that ncvcr-to-b e-fnr
-"t'en July and :. 1864
VIVID HEPRoDUCrIoN OF,
'h: DESPERATE STRUGGLE
~ me seven characters Of the rroun
RENE right is a buGler Of ar,i,,..,.
"hi INC other mere how nour.nd
''''"HtlE on the horse in the ccp,ar
.,urcSen's q cavalry color bearer no
ne right or the horse is charac,cr
"hich suggests the prosperous hanl.r
or business man. and between hin, u.s.;
me buEler boy is the farmer Hrhtin1
'houider to shoulder with his brother
artstocrat. " 'ei
ON the left Of the horse n so,,,;o-
I'm army revolver pointed ahead. has
MS eyebrows drawn sharply toro,bcr
~ II measuring carefully tho distanc,.
10 some human target once an arts,
ne ~ now all soldier. n sweaty. r.cky
""ucr slaihcd warrior. Next 10 him
me brnwny. vel! built mechanic ti,ht
IS grips his musket There Is the s;nr,
c"ntempiat!ve look Of the professio,,.i
man In the last figure, who is shown
"ltinE Oft the end Of "a cartridge
Under the hoofs OF horse u.bt,
Heems to be kccnly scouting tho 10,
tie smoke, are "A shattered cannon ,
broken wheel. discarded knansncL
an exploded shell and the sw,b No
longer OF use. All these things s,,c.
eco IN NiEidly dcnoting "A desperate
struggle for every foot OF VINTAGE
he completed group. sixteen feet HIGH
eighteen feet long and five feet wide
"il surmount granite pedestal six
teen feet In height
REMARKABLE LIKENESS
OF IMMORTAL LEE
lhe equestrian statue OF Lee which
completes the monument, Is declared
ny personal friends of the Confederate
genera! to be the best likeness ever
conceived or executed OF Robert e. Leo
AS 70 Traveller. the horse that car
ried Lee through the war, the animal
companion to which Lee was profound-
~ attached, (; number OF artists have
Como 30 far as to pronounce II the hest
horse ever yet modelled
There is one thing about the modelled
animal rather unusual, Dleasingly I'M
usuai, as far as equestrian statues ro
Almost invariably the scuIptured horse
- shown rearing, plunging or snorting
and with arching, curyinC neck and
towing name. Traveller stands quietly
enough. just in the attitude Of an in
telligent, finely bred Understandable
Torso OF battle. used to the noise OF
Guns and the shrek of shells There
ia nothing Of the circus-horse charger
effect about Traveller; he might he an
swering his riders command, "Atten.
ton" Tho contemplated statue is TO
he placed as nearly as possible on tho
exact spot where General Lee halted
Traveller and watched tho desperate
fighting across the smoke wreathed
Fields. The ears Of the animal are
pointed toward tho batfla Go,b