Evening star., 1921-03-30
SOLDIER
RE|NTERRED HERE,
Sir Moses Ezekiel Buried
h.. With Military Honors
| in Arlington.

Military ponp and Masonic cere-
monies combiNed TO make noteworthy
the interment in Arlington at 2
o'clock this afternoon of the late
Sir Moses Ezekiel, sculptor, musi-
clan and soldier, who died in Rome in
1917, and who designed the Confed-
crate monument which stands in the
national cemetery This is said to
mark the first occasion of the use of
the memorial amphitheater in honor
OF a man who was not pre-eminentiy
a soldier.
John w. Weeks. Secretary of War.
delivered an address; the United
States Marine Band furnished music
while a guard of honor from the Nir-
Einia Military Institute. Lexington.
Va, was on duty. Sir Moses was a
cadet at this institution during the
civil war and as such fought a New
, Market, Va, May IS, 1864. when the
cadet corps. acting as reserves, sui
fered heavy casualties This special
guard. composed of W. H Clarkson,
II. u. Lee. \. !. Orme. G.. Mckellar,
Wilson and l.. Womeidorf, clad in
ornate full dress uniform of cadet
gray, lent an impressive touch.
President Sends Letter.
A letter from the President of the
United States was read Dy Mrs.
Marion Butler. chairman of the spe-
cial committee of the United DauEh-
ters of the Confederacy which. to-
Sether with the Arlington CCGfeG-
crate Monument Association. arrang-
ed the ceremonies. In his letter the
President characterized Ezekiel "a
great Nirginian, great artist, a
great American and d great citizen
Of world fame
Ezekiel will be remembered" the
President wrote, las one who knew
how to translate the glorieS of his
own time and people into that Ian
Euage of art which is common to all
peoples and all times. He served his
state in the conflict that threatened
to divide and that at last served to
unity our country. He accepted the
verdict of the civil wars arbitrament
with all that fine generosity that has
been characteristic of both the north
and south; and the splendid product
Of his art, that here testifcs to our
pations reunion, viii stand from this
Say forth as guardian over his ash
bS.
Virginia His Inspiration.
Ezekiel was a native o. Virginia
and Virginia was always his first in
spiration as it has been to SO many
of its devoted sons and daughters"
Mr.. Harding continued. ITO that in
spiration are due such OF his sculp-
lures as the Washington, the Jeffer-
son, the Robert L. Lee and the noble
group klrsiu SdourninS Tor hvr
Dead 70 Il. likewise, We owe ihe
monument before which you are to-
day laying his dust for it's eternal
rest: a monument simply dedicated
by the United Daughters OF the Con-
federacy to Our Dead Heroes.
Every line and curve and express
sion carries the plea for a truly united
nation that may be equal to the bur-
dens of these eXacting times. 1t
speaks to US the ardent wish, the un-
tiring purpose, to help make our peo-
pie one people, secure in independ-
ence dedicated to freedom. and ever
ready to lend the hand of confident
strength in aid of the oppressed and
needy. Its long-drawn shadows OF
earliest morn and latest evening Will
always fair on sacred soil. The genius
that produced, the love that gave, the
devotion that will cherish it will for
ever be numbered among our en-
nobling possessions
Recognition World Wide.
Ezekiel was able to find inspiration
in the men and women and HuIndn-
tiles of his own time, without going
back to the outworn models of a
pagan age Provincial. enough to
cling to these realities, he wrought
them into works which compelled
the recognition of the chief art
schools and won the honors OF ma
tions and cities that boasted of being
the homes of sculptures best ira
ditions Crowned with these honors,