The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-06-06
STATE MEMORIAL TO-
WORLD WAR VETS
EVERY MiSSiSSiPPIAM SHOULD
BE PROUD OF OUR GALLANT
BOYS ACHIEVEMENTS.
TO SELECT LOCATION LATER
Half a Million Dollars to Be Spent IN
Erection of Great Building TO Per-
petuate History OF States
Part in War. =

Jackson, Miss.-Mississippi will en-,
bark the last week in June upon Z
campc:Sn to RAISE half a million dol
lars for the building of a State Memo
rial to her sons who served during ths
World War.
This state was the first in the Union
to lay plans for thus honoring its sol
diers and sailors.
The drive will begin June Is and
conclude July s.. County quotas have
been worked out, based upon the num-
Der Of men from the counties who en-
listed in the army or navy.
The states plan for q Memorial Hall,
to be built at some point yet to be So
lected. was born in this city early this
year, when prominent men from all
sections gathered here and decided a
state memorial would not only pay q
more appropriate tribute to the states
soldiers, but would also guarantee that
every mau who served would be hon
cred.
The county or city memorial plan,
II a felt. net only frequently result
Cd In small. inartistic. and inappropr3-
ate memorials, bat also in injustice.
~ one town might honor its soldier
SONS with a memorial. while its neigh:
boring city, with Just as many heroes.
might leave them without 4 memorial.
Honors Al Alike.
The state memorial provides for the
preser walton Of the name OF every Mis-
sissippi fighter In eternal bronze. and
the name of every war worker and con
tributOr to the memorial fund In
hrorze-bOuud volumes.
r. r. Remington OF Jackson was
elected state chairman at the first
mseting. with 3. w Griffith OF Vicks'
burg as vice-chairman. L. l.. Bailey.
Jackson. secretary. and j. 7. Thomas
OF Grenada. treasurer.
District chairmen were named as
follows:
First, Judge ]. Q. Robins. Tupelo;
second. Judge d VI. Kinbrough, Ok
ford; third. General 5. r. Keesier,
Greenwood: fourth, A. I. StOvall, Oko'
Iona; fifth. H. NJ. Quin. Meridian;
sixth, r. l.. Simpson. Gulfport; sew
enth. T. Brady. Jr.; eighth J. L. Saw
age. jackson
The selection OF county chairman
was made entirely by the district
chairman, in order that the memorial
plan might be free OF any sectional
faint. County chairmen have been
chosen for their ability as leaders and
their response to the call to service
has been most enthusiastic. asi1<-
Fl. N. K. Smith, OF New York, is
campaign manager for ths drive. Mr.
Smith is ~weu-known in Mississippi,
whore he served as state campaign
manager in the Fed Cross drive, in
Which MisStssipBi subscribed $3.50
300. the largest cversUhscription re
corded during the war for any state
Many Approve Plans.
ApDrcval Of the plan for a Memorial
Hall has come from former President
william Howard Taft, member OF the
national, committee on memorials;
from Secretary OF War Newton D. pa
ker who.wrote an enthusiastic letter OF
endorsement; United States Senators
Holm Sharp Williams and Pat Harri'
son. former United States Senator
lanes X. Tardaman; from the tour
candidates for governor. and from fra
ternal and religious organizations ali
V e the state
Here. in compact form, is told the
story of what the memorial will oei
The Mississippi state memorial to ne
erected in honor Of the soldiers ana
sailors Of the state will be in the form
NJ a Memorial Hall. a building with
three distinctive features. 10 be known
az the Court of Honor, the war Mu'
serno and the Reunion Hall
II will be built after the memorial
fund has been raised by popular SUP,
scription. and the city in which y Is
m. he located will be chosen by the
votes Of the 80 county chairmen.
The architectural details will be de
termined under the Amusement OF the
National Memorial Association, OF
which ex-President William II. Tatt is
the honorary chairman.
The Court Of Honor,
The Court of Honor will contain a
bronze panel OF heroic proportions FOL
| each county OF the state, upon whicf
will be inscribed the name OF ever!
msn who entered the army or navy
I, from that county, and his record.
In the Court of Honor there VII
also he memorial tablets N honor O
the Confederate veterans, the Span
| :sh,American war veterans, the Moth
ers OF Mississippi, and others.
In addition there will be recorded IL
permanent form the personnel OF ev
! cry Mississippi war. organization, sucl
| rs the Red Cross, the Draft Boards
the Councils for Defense, Liberty o
organizations, and all others required
10 make a complete record OF thos'
who added TO the war achievements 0
our state. Here also will be recorder
the name of every subscriber to tn
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