New-York tribune., 1921-11-15

der whose auspices the yictorv Mo.s
moral project has been develoned IN.
tended originally to stand aa 4 NOM.
mens to Washington and the soldiers
Oh the Revolution. the proposed build
ing since the World War has been re-
aeaacated to a larger purpose that Of
serving as the nations shrine n
patriotism. The President nlaras N
the cornerstone box copy of Wash.
lngton's last will, newspapers contain.
ing accounts of the services in honor
OF the unknown soldier and the omen
ing OF the Conference on the Limitation
o. Arnament, an American fiag. COMES
q the Declaration OF Independence and
the constitution. and statistical his
Tory OF the United States in the World
war. The building itself viii not be
completed Tor several months. =
"Model of Citizenship
The President said:
II has seemed TO me that our studies
OF Washington have been too much
from those public sides from which
we view him as the military chief. the
inspired leader of the colonies, the
statesman and guide of constitutions
making times, the welding force which
hammered fragments of communities
INTO INTO great nation; as the first presi-
ashs' ana as the author of that body
or domestic and foreign policies which
ne hequeathed in his Farewell Address.
All TINS We know; but we have not
gathered all of inspiration that waits
to reward the contemplation of the
virtues and ideals that made Wash
ington, on his private and personal
slce, very model of good citizenship.
ashington was not only great
soidler and great statesman; he was
ALSO af Is,,r.
and an eminent humanitarian. Provi-
dent and always methodical, he
amassed fortune, which has been
rated by many as the greatest Of his
time IN all the country. Had it been
his desire to found monumental
estate, the vast tracts of carefully Sc
lected land of which he was possessed,
ana IN whose future value he had the
utmost confidence, would have consti-
tuted its ample foundation. But plain
~ 1t was not his belief that society is
best served by the transmission from
generation to generation of such i'm
posing aggregates of wealth.
Education Aided
Washington as model citizen
shines forth with peculiar radiance
from this last testament. A provision
is that his debts shall be paid prompt
ly. The second item makes generous
provision for his wife, and then comes
the direction that at her death all his
slaves shall be given freedom; that
those who need it shall be cared for
by his estate, and that they all are to
be taught to read and write and are
to be brought up to some useful cccu-
patton Next follow devises of funds
to aid education of poor or orphaned
children and for the endowment of a
university in the central part of the
United States Another specific be-
quest goes to Liberty Hall Academy,
now Washington and Lee University,
at Lexington, Va. A list Of debtors are
forgiven their debts.
ITO each of five nephews he gave
one of his swords with AN injunction
nc to unsheath them for the purpose
e edding blood except it be for self
d.sIsnse or in defense of their coun-
try and its rights. and in the latter
case to keep them unsheathed and
prefer falling with them in their hands
20 the REIMBURSEMENT thereof There
is no selection of words wherewith
more eloquently to express the full
duty and obligation of good citizen
to his country. Let US be thankful
that the spirit of that Injunction has
been borne in upon the nation he
founded and animates it even to this
day
Christian Citizen"
"As charter of good citizenship and
patriotic purposes this hast will and