Evening star., 1922-04-16

Elaborate ceremonies. in which sur
vivtng members of the armies of the
Blue and the Gray OF the great civil
conflict Of the SOS will take a leading
part. will mark the formal dedication
Of the Grant memorial in Botanic
Garden on the afternoon Of April q,
the centenary Of the birth Of the
great Union soldier and President.
Two great-granddaughter Of the
civil. war hero will unveil the memo
rial. They are Miss Edith Grant and
Princess Ida Cantacuzene. grand
daughters OF the late Mai. Gen. Fred
erick Dent Grant. Secretary Of War
Weeks. who Is member Of the Grant
memorial commission, will present the
memorial to the government on be-
half of the commission, and 1t Will
be accepted by Vice President Coo
lidge on behalf of President Harding,
who will be unable to be present by
Point Pleasant, Ohio, on the same
date. Vice President Coolidge will
make. the principal address.
Right Rev. Faliows to Preside.
Rt. Rev. Samuel Fallows. president
of the Society Of the Army of the Ten
nessee and chairman of the Grant
memorial commission, will preside and
make few Introductory remarks,
following an invocation by Rev. Will
liam L. Huntington. president emeri-
tus of Boston University. who served
under Grant as'first lieutenant, 49th
Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Judge
Wendell r. Stafford, associate justice
of the District Supreme Court. Will
read an original poem. following
.I4Er L. L.. ~E.1 tSN RI dn@f loot Hnh
to the nation by Union and Confeder-
ate veterans, of the civil war. These
ceremonies will be conducted by Gen.
Lewis L. Pitcher. commander-in-chief
of the Grand Army of the Republic;
Secretary Of the Navy DENLY, COL
the. Department of the Potomac. 6.
A. r., and Gen. Julian S. Carr. COM
mander- in chief of the United Con-
federate Veterans. The benediction
will be pronounced by Rev. wash
ington Gardener. past commander
in-chief of the Grand Army of the Re
public
The program will be interspersed
with appropriate music rendered by
three noted military bands. the Army
Music School Band from Washington
barracks. the Military Academy Band
from West Point and the Naval Acad-
emy Band from Annapolis.
Imposing street Parade.
Participating in the street parade
pi eceding the dedicatory exercises
will be all the Regular Army. Navy
and Marine Corps forces in this
vicinity. the corps Of cadets from the
Military Academy. the battalion Of
midshipment from the Naval Acad-
emy, posts of Grand Army of the Re-
Public. the United Confederate Vet
Grams and various other veteran and
patriotic organizations. Lieut.. Gen.
Nal q nd
shall of the parade.
Twenty one years ago-February 81,
| 1901-Congress authorized the cree
tion in this city of a memorial to
| of the civil war. at cost not to ex-
| ceed $250,000. and designated the
president of the Society of the Army
of the Tennessee. the chairman of the
| joint committee on the library and the
Secretary Of War a commission to Sc
| lect site and arrange for the erec-
/ tion of the memorial. The act pro-
vided that the memorial might be
| erected in any unoccupied square or
reservation belonging to the govern
tel or ths. Library of Congress. June
2S. 1903, Congress appropriated $780,
600 to enable the commission to COM
mence the work, and authorized it to
enter into a contract for the neces-
sary construction: That act limited
$240, 900.
Twenty-Seven Designs -Submitted.
In accordance with these enact
ments, Gen. G. NJ. Dodge. Senator
George Peabody and Secretary Elihu
Root, then composing the commission,
invited competitive designs by Amer
lean architects and sculptors for the
m emorial. Twenty-seven designs were
submitted, and the award was given
TO the design submitted by the late
Henry w. Shrady. sculptor. and Ed