Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-12
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY IL. 1917
THE EOLnlER NEMoRIAL

THE BOLDIER MEMORIAL
a meeting il called TOR tonight at
the state House for consideration 81
the problem Of erecting q memorial To
the soldiers who served their country
Ia the late war Ii III Il matter Of deep
concern To ali the people Of this city.
and The meeting should be literally at
tended
Writing iii The Evening Capital yes
terday. pr samuel Garner asks peril
nently where the proposed memorial
il 10 be erected and who is II to honor,
Maryland soldiers 81 Anne Arundel
county soldiers?
information on these points seems
20 be decidedly vasue. although this
Will Be cleared Up. of course. II the
meeting tonight The form OF the me-
mortal to be erected. although un
doubtedly 4 question that should have
most intelligent consideration. seems
rather to be secondary to the question
Of where the memorial is 10 be located
and whom II Ii to memorabilia.
II the plan IL 10 build state me-
morial there is no question but that
the citizens OF Annapolis will be In
heafty accord with Ii provided the
memorial ii erected where 1t properly
should be the seat of the state gov
eTnmeni liz az has been intimated,
there may Be plan for Baltimore to
be the site for this state building Il
assuredly will find little support in
this city
III d memorial IS erected FOR sol
diers of the entire state Of Maryland,
II Is nothing more or less than state
blildln whether II Be paid for BY
state vi private funds AZ such II be-
longs properly at the seat OF the state
government, along with the state
House and other state buildings The
history Of the state of Maryland is'
found at Annapolis; this proposed me-
mortal viii be first OF all q historical
record to be transmitted to coming
generations for All time to come 1t
no more should be located at Balti-
more Than ii should be located at Ha-
gerstown. Cumberland or any other
city III the state
n Baltimore Is really sincere In q
desire to pay enduring tribute 10 the
soldier men of this state who have
gone forth 10 serve the country. then
that city with It's superior wealth,
should be the one to give the project
The greatest hid and unselfshly insist
that the memorial be located where 1t
belongs. In Annapolis. If the sym
patty and aid OF Baltimore cannot be
enlisted III the plan I'd locate the me
mortal IN Annapolis, then there can
be no question but that the residents
OF that city have more Of q spirit Of
salfiahness. desire for the aggran-
dizement Of their own city, than Of q
real desire to do honor to the soldiers
or the state. This Ii view which
should be brought out clearly al the
meeting tonight
II the purpose Of the promoters OF
the memorial Is however To erect one
only as q memoriam 10 the soldier
men from this county. there will. OF
course. be no thought of the memorial
being located elsewhere than iii the
seat 81 the county government,
We believe that this meeting tonight,
however, should be the nucleus for b
state wide movement to build suit
able memorial OF some form which
shall properly memoriaiize the services
or the entire body ot Maryland troops
which enlisted III the war. Local com
munitfes can. and will undoubtedly,
erect some form OF local memorial
most fitting to local needs which shall
serve to honor those who have gone
from their own communities but which
naturally. cannon be on very preten
ssious scale Ii is entirely proper that
Baltimore erect some form OF me-
mortal for the men who went
from that city-th that would be purely
local AFFAIR. as much 10 as similar
memorial erected Iii Galloway. or
Davidsonville or any other commnn-
isy. large ct small But certainty
Baltimore could hardly expect state
aid or state wide popular subscription
to q project so entirely local
There should be fitting memorial
erected ID the whole 81 the state
troops There Is but one place for
such Annapolis. The state capital
state aid ana popular subscriptions
should and unquessionably would. be
given 70 such an enterprise. The meet
Ing tonight should consider the me
mortal from this point of view And,
above all else. II should not close IN
IL definite plan Of action has been
worked out and the assurance given
that the work will not Las