Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-06-05
STATE MEMORIAL 70
WORLD WAR Vets
EVERY MIssIsSiPPiAN 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, MISSISSIPPI will EN-,
bark the last week i'll June upon a
campaign TO raise half a million dol
lars for the building of a State Memo
rial to her sons who served during the
World War
This state was the first in the' Uniol
to lay plans for thus honoring its SOP
diers and sailors.
The drive will begin June 26 and
conclude July g. 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 MemorialtItall,
to be built at some point yet to be sel
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
more appropriate tribute to the states
soldiers, but would also guarantee that
every man who served would be hon.
ored
The county or city memorial plan;
1t was felt, not only frequently result.
ate memorials but also in injustice,
as 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
reservation OF the name ofevery Mis-
sssippi fighter il eternal bronze, and
the name of every war worker and con-
tlibutor to the memorial fund in
bronze bound volumes.
r. T. Remington of Jackson was
elected state chairman at the first
meeting. with B. w Griffith of Vicks,
burg as vice-chairnan. E. l.. Bailey,
Jackson, secretary, and j. T. Thomas
Of Grenada, treasurer.
District chairmen were named an
follows:
First, Judge ]. Q. Robins, Tupelo;
second, Judge D. NJ. kimbrough, Ok
ford: third, General S. R. Keesler.
Greenwood; fourth, A. T. Stovall, Oko'
Iona; fifth, H NJ Quin Meridian;
sixth, R. L. Simpson, Gulfport, sew
enth, T. Brady, Jr.; eighth, ]. T. 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.
H M 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 $3.50
600. the largest versubscriptlon re-
corded during the war for any state.
Many Approve Plans.
Approval of the plan for memorial
Hall has come from former Presidents
William Howard Taft, member OF the
national committee on memorials;
from Secretary of War Newton d. Ba'
ker, who wrote an enthusiastic letter OF
endorsement; United States Senators
John sharp Williams and Pat Harri.
son; former United States Senator
James K Vardaman; from the four
candidates for governor, and from fra
tsrnal and religious organizations all
over the state.
Here, in compact form, is told the
story 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
of q Memorial Hail. building with
three distinctive features, to be known
"a the Court of Honor, the War Mu'
scum and the Reunion Hall.
It will be built after the memorial
fund has been raised by popular sub
scription, and the city in which 1t is
to be located will be chosen by tho
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 H. Taft lis
the honorary chairman.
The Court Of Honor.
The Court of Honor will containta
bronze panel of heroic proportions for
each county of the state, upon which
will be inscribed the name OF every
man who entered the army or navy
from that county, and his record.
In the Court of Honor there VIII
also be 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 be recorded In
nermanent 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
10 make a complete record OF those
who added to the war achievements OF
our state. Here also will b. recorded
the sxame of every subscriber to tbs
memorial fund.
The Court OF Honor will be the pure
" commemorative feature of the M
moral.
The War Museum will contain col