The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-02

Under the lea dershlp OF General
83UliAn s. Carr Of North Carolina who
|xAAS recently been made president of
&&he Confederate Memorial associa-
&&1On, earnnst efforts are now being put
84Orth TO revive interest In the spien-
&11tA Confederate Memorial located in
N inhYnond, commonly known az the
N1AGfIe Abbey SO little ha< appeared
I'M the prees of recent year about this
N11amcriaI that II is deemed proper to
Ffrsnind the people OF fhe South ol
S3he origin and history of this splen-
ltd structure. located in beautiful
#AArk of over five acres on what Is
@3fnown as the Boulevard, adjoining
E8hea Confederate Soldiers Home IN
ERtchmond.
III. 1895, the late Charles Broadway
EKnuss. who was a gallant Confeder~
@Afs soldier from Winchester. a, and
EH1ac had Arnass@d fortune in re-
E131fkably success ul business career,
EnfOppsed To the United Confederate
@&eterans at a reuHieFas tss1a -is tlessSst sssss
Exksss thar If they would raise IA
Ehundred thousand dollars, he would
Enoukribu.e hundred thousand more
E40 Arect this memorial. This propo~
E0ftfOn was accepted ny the United
veterans, charter was
@nhEntned from the state Of Mississippi,
EGud 4 trustee elected from each OF
H4h1 late Confederate ststea and terri
E&nR1ee 10 carry out the work of col
kA0c4iu1 the hundred thousand dollars
by the Confederate veter-
&nmn, these trustees to manage the cor
Nnorate affairs OF the association IN the
ENrect5on of the building and carrying
EDU fts work thereafter,
mn General Clement 4 Evans Of Al
KfanfA, Ga was elected the first presi
Eax3Ant u trnstee from each state was
&Appointad by the nited Confederate
kAreferaus and the work ~ collecting
the hundred thousa nd dollars Was set
4 IN foot unfortunately. III" agents
EeAJected by the trustees for thus pur-
pore turned out - be very inefficient
Mr. Rouss In his great libe rality, even
EnfkEred TO pay the expenses nj THIS col
ElHc&or only collected ahou, eleven
handred dollars. This collector hav
Esipf resigned, another was elected his
eA1ucressor, but he proved worse
choice than the first. and not only
Efafied To account for large part Of
Exhat he did collect but involved the
EaEsociatiou In Irrigation which retard-
Esd its progress Tor several years.
In justice 20 Mr.. Rouse and his son.
hit xhou'd be stated that Mr Rouss
during his lifs t!nl" PAID VI $50, 600
Ter. his death, his son Peter Winches~
E4ef Rouss, nov- ~ New York. raid the
HDther $4,000.
The ineflciency ara cupidity ~ the
&AHGnfg selected by the trustees for the
pnrpose Of making collec tons and
%khe litigation which ensuod in consc-
$antfenrw Of the dAliuUincieE NJ one Of
&ahAEe agents, necessarily delayed the
#fsfngress 81 the work for several years
End 1t Ii feared made the people OF
fSthH South luke warm II they did not
&X0eg6t this great enterprlze. ~ least.
III 1911. the building now generally
kN0wn - the Battle Abbey was
8xAefEd. building th5t II regarded ny
architects a 3 classic ana
4n6at suitable in many respects for
*4&8 purpcse for which n was designed
Very recently the trustees have
Emxf60ri1ed the erection OF an Annex
E&s3 this building for portrait gallery
4sNhich IL tn he placed about $50
6ftrAits Of distinguished ConfodeY-
- together with the archives Of K
Lee Camp No. j, G.. Y. which
fkrofts and archives the camp has
T1&outiy donated TO the Confederate
rncrtAl association for the sdorn-
st ~ this proposed annex. The
QFG Of erectlng this annex lis now in
hands Of competent committees z,
3n tlae Confederate Memorial as
sfA&f0n and Lee Camp. and these
6flftf1es hope 10 complete this
Aurinr this coming year
S mem this h. completed and these
efAt1g md archives placed In this