The Washington times., 1922-06-11
SOUTH T0ERECI
MONUMENT TO
ITS NAVY CHIEF
Cornerstone Of Memorial to
Commander Maury to Be
Laid June ~.
.. A. G. HELPS RAISE FUND.
= Credited With Beginning
Annapolis and Establish
Ing Weather Bureau.

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RICHMOND. va, June To-.
Survivors Of \. the Confedesats
States navy are expected to take
IN unusually prominent part in
the thirty.sscond annual reunion Of
the United Confederate Veterans
which win be held here ON June
20, n and az. One Of the most
Impressive ceremonies incident to
the reunion will be; the laying Of
the conversions OF q monument to
Matthew iFontaine Maury, Path
finder Of the Seas"
Navy to Get Inning.
I'VE have done 90. much. Tor the
Confederate soldier" said Gen. w.
d. Freeman. chairman Of the pro-
gram committee, that all Of Us ere
agreed that It 10 high time to pay
some particular tribute to the Con-
federate sailor" Gen. 10 Lane Stern.
chairman Of the reunion COMMITTEES.
ana many other prominent veterans
who followed Lee and jackson. Pet
tigrew and Pickett, and sailed with
Gemnes and Buchanan, also think
that the Confederate navy deserves
special recognition. Al this viii un.
dOubtediy be the last big reunion OF
the old South's heroes In Richmond,
Il was deemed advisable this year TO
rive q conspicuous place ON the pro
gram TO the heroic part played In
the war between the States by the
49, T..ernsn .nrounced that
June 90. the last day Of the reunion
and the date.of the great parade and
review, has been selected as the time
for the cornerstone laying OF the
Maury monument.
Actual details Of this important re-
union feature will be carried out I'M
der the joint auspices Of the Matthew
Fontaine Maury Association and the
United Daughters Of the Confeder-
scy.
Task Of Raising Fund.
The initial movement for the esec-
ton of q memorial in Richmond to
Commodore Maury was launched by
the Maury Association. The sssocia-
ton undertook to raise funds for
when its work was interrupted In
1877 by the entry of the United
states into the world war. Since
the close Of the war the Maury
Association found the task Of COL
lecting between $4,000 and 100000
an enormous one and almost despair
ed of, success until the Daughters Of
the Confederacy, after repeated re-
quests by Mrs. e. b. Moffitt, presi-
dent Of the Maury Association,
urounised TO lend q helping hand by
hedging their organization to raise
4 Grand total Of not less than So. 900
70 build the Maury Monument.
Mrs. Frank Anthony Wake, Of
Norfolk, was appointed by the
Daughters to act a. the director in
charge Of the movement to produce
the money. Mrs. Wake surrounded
herself with assistants from every
o. d. c. division. which means that
every State In now engaged in CIV.
ing it's share toward this fund. ~.
OF the money already in hand, the
state of Virginia, by Legislative
action, appropriated $4,000. Just
q year ago Virginia school children
ave Q total Of $500. Charles r.
Crane. former minister to China. IL
rated among the largest individual
oontributcrs. having pledged him
y Wiiiam Sisvers, of Forest
nm. virginia's noted sculptor. has
already completed q model Of the
uroposed monument, which has been
approved and accepted by the Maury
Association. -
This great memorial win stand on
Monument avenue, at Belmont. not
khr west OF the imposing bronze
figure Of "Stonewan" Jackson. The
Maury Association has already
marked the spot whore the monu-
ment WIN be erected, While the
veterans win attend the cornerstone
Ynyfng, the actual ceremonies VIII be
conducted with Masonic rites by
Meridian Lodge. No. 2s4. A. +. and
n. M.
\ within the CORNERSTONE every divi-
don OF the United Daughters Of the
Confedsraoy win deposit tiny Con-
fedsrate flag and . list Of its officers.
Mr.. Sievers n said to have modelled
happy conception Of the immortal
Maury, who win stand In heroic
bronze - the great scientist he was.
Proof Of tho eenius which inspired
his mind 10 found In the progressive
and lasting nature Of his efforts. Out
81 his book on navigation grew the
also persuaded American farmers
that they would benefit greatly II a
system Of daily telegraphic reports
on wind and weather be sent to Q
central office and there digested. and
out II his plan grew the Weather
Bureau OF today. e.s. t F.,
The Congress Of Nations was first
assembled to honor Matthew Fon-
faino injury for his tremendous