Evening star., 1923-06-09
VIRGINIA HONORS
FAMED SCIENTIST
Monument to Maury Unveiled
Amid LaureIs of Blue
Ridge Pass.
nv tie Associated Press.

nv tie Associated Press.
LEXINGTON, Va. June 9.--NIr-
einia today paid tribute to one OF
her most distinguished sons when
Gov. Trinkle and other state ana
national notables witnessed the un-
yelling, at Goshen Pass, near here. OIL
2 monument to the memory of Com
modore Matthew Fontaine Maury'
photographer. scientist and naVai
officer.
The pass was selected in accordance
with a dying wish OF the sclenl.s,
that his body remain in Goshen untli
the mountain laurel bloomed and that
II then be carried through the pass
Tor burial in Richmond. where ms
grave now is He died in 1873: MRS
flames Il. Werth of Richmona. = ms ms
set in a granite shaft in the gorge.
Mrs. Z. f. Moffitt, president OF the
Maury Association of Virginia, pre-
sided.
Addresses Made.
Addresses were made by Gov. Trim.
lie, Dr. c. Alphenso Smith. head o.
the English department at the i. nitsa
States Naval Academy, and Col. y
Lester Jones, director OF the Cni.H
states coast and geodetic su>vSY
Cadets of the Virginia Military In
stitute. where Maury was an IN
structor, acted as guard of honor
Maury was credited with being one
of the foremost hydrographic scien-
lists of the country. During the CIVIL
war he aided in fitting out the IRON
clad Merrimac. He was born In VIZ
Sinia in 1905, educated In lenilJssee; ,toi !
from which state he was appointed
to the United States Navy. That was
before the time of the Naval Acad-
emy and his later reforms and Writ
ings were declared irstrumental III
the foundation of that institution.
Served Seventeen Years.
He served seventeen years in the
Navy. attaining the rank OF neuten- n
ant. and retired from sea duty when
incapacitated by an injury. In 1884
he had published his first work on
naviga ton, which was used as a
Navy text book. He instituted the
first series of observations OF the
Mississippi river. In 1912 he was ap-
pointed superintendent of the depot
Of charts and instruments. the fore
runner of the Navy hydrographic OF
flee. and devoted his time to study oil
winds currents. deep sea measure
ments and marine and meteorological
subjects. For his efforts in the addt-
tion to the knowledge of the seas he
was decorated by several foreign
rulers and governments.
Advanced Science.
In 1855 he was retired but such 4
storm of disapproval arose that he
was soon reinstated with increased
rank. and devoted his time to deer
sea sounding. making advances In
that science which led to cable com
nlunication between continents. Ii
was said Of Cyrus W. Field tina,
when asked concerning the laying OF
the first submarine cable. he replied
"Maury furnished the brains. Eng
land gave the money and l did the
work"
Maury joined the southern forces
at the opening of the civil war. was
later sent to England as special
representative of the Confederacy
and on his return Joined the govern
ment of Emperor MaXimilian of Mex
leo, as commissioner of imnigrat ton
In 1863 he declined an offer to be-
come superintendent of the Imperial
Observatory at Paris to take the
chair of physics at Virginia Military
Institute. which he occupied until his
death in 1878.