Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-13

should be located elsewhere than at5
the state capital, ne said.
Judge Moss said thai be should pre-
fer 70 await the return OF the SOL
diers and LEI them and the relatives 81
dead soldiers decide what sort of. me-
mortal should Be erected. He said that
he was IN favor Of the government 81
the United States erecting the grand
est building of all time some hing
beyond compare with the greatest
architectural structures of ancient or
modern times, vi b new statue of
liberty which should be symbolic of
France. We have spent our money
freely, almost prodigaIly, for war
he said. now lei us spend Il just ais
freely for peace
Mrs Moss disagreed with her hus-
band about waiting for the soldiers 10
return before taking action she IA
yored both local and 4 state rnemor
ial one which all the people OF the
state could enjoy Something which
would bring us all more closely to-
gether would think be the highest
form of tribute we could pay. Mrs
Moss said
Miss Eva Dorsy Carr was strongly
In favor Of local memorial which
would take the form Of handsome
library with recreation rooms and d
forum 81 would be heartily in sym
pathy with locating state memorial
hefe but fear that an attempt to DO
so would be to invoke a storm OF crit
icism and dissension We certainly
ned library and this seems d most
Eopportnne time in which to build a
suitable one, Miss Carr stated
Mrs. Walton favored state me-
moriai to be. assuredly, located at AM
napolis, but thought the soldiers
themselves should say what form this.
memorial should take
Professor Handy expressed the.
opinion that there should be q state
memorial and that ii should most Ger
tafnly be located In Annapolis - feel
very strongly about this" he said 'I
should want ii To be something use
ful combined library and reerea
tion rooms. for instance and while
giving service to the people to serve
at the same time as truly eommemo
ratiye. The very atmosphere Of An
napolis Is fitting TO the location of the
memorial here In Annapolis more
than anywhere else III the state could
the proper spirit Of a memorial erect
ca 10 commemorate such a lofty pur-
pose be found. {.
Mr. Munroe favored the idea OF a
local memorial because he feared the.
domination OF Baltimore II an attempt
To- enlist state wide interest in To-
eating a state memorial iii Annapolis
were attempted. a. great hall and
library would be iine. Mr. MunrOe
said. but the question Is about the
npkeep We could not maintain such
an institution without state aid; we
couldn't support II here without edu-
eating our citizens 10 different frame
of mind than Is now held by them
Mr. Munroe favored the erection Of q
fine fountain on the Bay Ridge road
where It forms q triangle with the
railroad tracks. this spot being ideal,
he said, By reason of the great amount
of travel passing II.
Mrs. Linthicum said she would love
to werk for local memorial and
thought library would be OF the
greatest benefit to the most people
Because OF the absence Of Mrs
Johnson, member Of the committee
who was unayoidably prevented from
being present the chair stated that t
seemed best not to 60 on record for
the present as having expressed any
ter 10 have further consideration, the
particular sentiment II was q mat
chairman said and he believed that
Ethe best interests would be served by
holding another meeting at q later
date which would be announced In
ample time to secure large and rep
resentatiye attendance Of citizens The
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