Evening star., 1923-12-02

~ memorial to the leaders OF
the southern people, whose
famed deeds will forever be
most highly recorded by history, is
now being built for posterlty In
graphic representation on Stone
mountain, DeKa1b county, Ga.
This architectural creation. carved
in basic outline in solid granite, will
depict the mobilization of the Con-
federate army. The likenesses of its
generals and statesmen will be CO.
lossal. The work. which Is now well
under way. is directed by the famed
sculptor, Gutzon Borglum. and when
completed will be known as the Stone
Mountain Confederate Memorial.
1t is believed that the head of
General Lee Will be finished by his
birthday anniversary, January 19.
when an elaborate program will be
given. President Coolidge was re-
Gently asked to attend.
4 condensed description of the
finished project. which will take ap-
proximately ten years to complete,
at the cost OF s3,500,00O, is as fol-
lows:
Beginning on the right of the prec-
ipice near the summit and sweeping
downward and across II, a distance of
1850 feet. will be carved in full
relief a panorama representing the
confederate armies mobilizing around
their leaders. At the top will be ar
tillery, appearing at the summit as
IL coming from beyond, and dropping
down over and to the left across the
precipice in life-like procession of
saen. guns and horses.
IN the left of these will be Con-
federate cavalry in full forward mo-
tion.
In the center Of the mountain,
where the precipice bulges forward.
will be carved a colossal group rep.
resenting the principal chieftains of
the Confederacy, including Jefferson
Davis, Robert f. Lee, Stonewall
Jackson, and four other leaders OF
the high command, to be named by
d commission composed of thirteen
state historians. representing the
thirteen Confederate states.
Swinging away to the left of the
column of the Confederate gray-clad
infantry carved in the gray and
everlasting granite.
Without the panorama of which 1t
will be a part, the central group
alone would surpass all other monu-
ments Of history. General Lees
figure will be nearly 200 feet high
from the crown Of his hat to the
hoofs of his horse, higher than a
seventeen-story office building. The
head of Gen. Lee will cover an area
thirty feet square.
other Confederate chieftains in the
central group will be carved in like
proportion. No sculptured figures of
ancient or modern times can be COM
pared to these in magnitude or
grandeur. There never has been in
any country anything to approach
them.
The central group will cover an
area of one and one-half acres, or
$4,000 square feet of granite on the
perpendicular face of granite
mountain; the tops of the figures
900 feet below the summit of the
mountain. the hoofs of the horses
800 feet above the plain.
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TN addition to the figures OF the cen
- trail group. seven In number, there
will be sixty-five more individual
likenesses. These will portray sixty
five Confederate generals, each state
naming five of its most distinguished
Confederate generals. The governor
of each state has appointed a COM
mittee to make these selections, some
of which have been made, the others
being in the process of being named.
Mr.. Borglum's plan Is to distribute
these sixty-five generals in the pam
Drama wherever they naturally be-
long, according to whether they were
artillery, cavalry or infantry COM
manders. The depth of the figures
will vary. In Gen. Lees figure the
depth will be about twenty feet at
the deepest place (the horses chest)
and will range from that down to
about four feet of depth In Gen. Lees
hat The depth of the smallest fig
ure In the whole panorama will not
be less than four feet Approx
1nately 700 figures will be portrayed
IN the panorama.