The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-06-06
STATE MEMOR|AL'1O
WORLD WAR VETS
EVERY MISSIsSiPPIAN SHOULD
6E PROUD OF OUR GALLANT
BOYS ACHIEVEMENTS
TO SELECT LOCATION LATER
Half Million Dollars to Be Spent in
Erection of Great Building 70 Per-
oetuate History Of States
Part IN War.

Jackson, Miss-Mississip will EN-
bark the last week in June upon a
campaign 10 raise half a million dol
lars Tor the building or a State Memo
rial 70 her sons who served during the
World War
This state was the first in the Union
10 lay plans for thus IGNORING its sol
diers and sailors.
The drive will begin June 20 and
conclude July 5. County quotas have
been worked out. based upon the mum
Der OF men from the counties who en-.
listed in the army or navy
The states plan for d Memorial Hall.
TO be built at some point yet to be Sc
lected. was born in this city early this
year. when prominent men from all
sections gathered mere and decided
state memorial would not only pay a
more appropriate tribute to the state 5
soldiers. but would also guarantee that
every man who served would be hon
Ored.
The county or city memorial plan.
IL was felt, not only frequently result
ed in small. inartistic. and inappropri-
ate memorials. but also in injustice.
az one town might honor its soldier
sons with a memorial. while its neigh
boring city. with just as many heroes.
might leave them without a memorial.
Honors All Alike.
The state memorial provides for the
,preseryatio Of the name OF every Mis-
st5sippi fighter in eternal bronze. and
the name OF every war worker and con
tributOr 10 the memorial fund in
bronze bound volum Is
X h Remington OF Jackson was
elected state chairman at the first
meeting. with b. W Griffith OF Vicks.
burg as yice-chairman +. l.. Bailey.
Jackson. secretary. and J. L Thomas
OF Grenada treasurer
District chairmen were named as
follows:
First. Judge J. O. Robins, Tupelo;
second. Judge ID NJ kimbrough. OK
ford third. General > II. Keesler.
Greenwood; fourth. A. T Stovall. Oko
Iona: fifth. IT. NJ Quin. Meridian;
sixth r. L. Simpson. Gulfport; sew.
enth. T Brady. Jr.; eighth. J. T. say
age, Jackson.
The selection of county chairman
chairman. in order that the memorial
plan might be free or 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.
H NJ X. Smith. of New York. is
Campaign manager for the drive. Mr.
Smith is well-known in Mississippi.
where he served as state campaign
manager in the Red Cross drive. in
which Mississippi subscribed s1,25O.-
600 the largest ver-subscription re
corded during the war for any state.
Many Approve Plans.
Approval OF the plan for Memorial
Hall has come from former President
William Howard Taft. member OF the
national committee on memorials;
from Secretary or War Newton ID. Pa
ker. who wrote an enthusiastic letter OF
endorsement: United States Senators
John Sharp Williams and Pat Harri-
son; former United States Senator
James X Vardaman; from the four
candidates for governor. and from fra.
lternal and religious organizations all
over the state
Here, in compact form. is told the
atory OF what the memorial will be:
The Mississippi state memorial to be
erected in honor of the soldiers and
sailors OF the state will be in the form
or a Memorial Hall building with
three distinctive features. TO be known
as the Court OF Honor. the War Mu-
eeum and the Reunion Hall
II will be built after the memorial
fund has been raised by popular sub
scription. and the city in which y is
10 be located will be chosen by the
votes OF the 50 county chairmen.
The architectural details will be de |
termined under the advisement of the /
National Memorial Association. of |
which ex-President William II. Taft is /
the honorary chairman.
The Court of Honor.
The Court of Honor will contain
each county OF the state. upon which I
will be inscribed the name or every
man who entered the army or navy /
from that county. and his record.
In the Court OF Honor there win 4
also he memorial tablets in honor OF
the Confederate veterans. the Span.
ish-American war veterans, the Moth
ers OF Mississippi. and others
In addition there will he recorded in
permanent form the personnel of ev
cry Mississippi war organization. such
as the, Red Cross. the Draft Boards,
the Councils for Defense. Liberty Loan
organizations. and all others required
TO make a complete record of thoss
who added TO the war achievements of
our state. Here also will be recorded
the name OF every subscriber to tbs
memorial fund.
The Court of Honor will be the pure.
~ commemorative feature OF the me-
mortal.
The War Museum will contain a col !
Soldiers and Sailors Families. u
Tell the Home Service Section
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