Evening star., 1924-08-24
MEMORIAL TO NUNS
WILL Be DEDICATED.
Distinguished Gathering to
: Participate in Exercises
Here September 20.

Tentative plans have been completed
for the unveiling of the Memorial to
the Nuns of the Battlefield" which
will take place Saturday, September
20, at 2 pm. in the presence of one
Of the most distinguished gatherings
ever assembled in the Capital Of the
Nation.
This memorial. which Is erected by
the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Ancient
Order of Hibernians in America to the
memory and in honor OF the Catholic
sisters who nursed on the battleflelds,
in the hospitals and on floating hos
pitfalls during the War Of 1861, Is the
first monument in the world to pro-
claim the courage and devotion OF
those women.
Jerome Connor, the sculptor who de-
signed the statues Of John Carroll at
Georgetown University. Tom Moore
in the Corcoran Art Gallery and
Robert Emmet in the National
Museum, was designated by the or
ganization to prepare design for the
Sisters Memorial, and he has devoted
several years to the work, with the
result that his model has been accept
ed by the Fine Arts Commission on
behalf of the United States Govern
ment
Desfxn Of Memorial.
The sculptor's design is that the
memorial shall rise from a granite
plaza in the triangle at the intersec-
tion of Rhode Island avenue, M street
and Connecticut avenue. This Will
place it directly in front of St. Mat
thews Church. The entire monument
feet long and ii feet high. Set In
the die is the panel of bronze on
which appears, in bas-relief. the life
sized figures of the IL orders of SIS
ters who served as nurses in the
War of 1861. Each figure is in dis
tinctive habit and each carries a
separate charm
Those represented (from left to
right in the photography are the Sis
Lady of Mount Carmel, Sisters OF
St Dominic, Sisters of St. Ursula
Sisters of the Holy Cross. Sisters OF
the Poor of St. Francis, Sisters OF
Mercy. Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy
Sisters of Charity (White Cornette),
Sisters of Charity (Mother Seton)
Sisters of Charity Of Nazareth and
Sisters Of Divine Providence.
Seated at each end are two allie
gorical figures. THE Angel Of Peace"
and "Patriotism," without the sword.
The memorial will carry this in
scription: Erected by the Ladies'
Auxiliary to the Ancient Order of
HibernianS in America to the me-
mory and in honor of the members
of the various orders of sisters who
gave their services as nurses on bat
tlefelds. in hospitals and on floating
hospitals during the War of 1861"
The erection of this memorial was
inaugurated by DR.. Ellen Ryan jolly,
LII. D.. of Pawtucket. r. l.. who. at
the national convention of the order
in 1914 in Norfolk, Va, appealed to
the organization to do honor to the
sisters. by erecting a memorial
worthy of them and the order they
represented.
Action by Congress.
The resolution authorizing the me-
mortal to be erected on government
ground in the National Capital, was
put through Congress by Representa-
tives Z. Broussard of Louisiana, and
Ambrose Kennedy of Rhode Island.
There will be present at the time
II the unveiling of the memorial in
Washington, when Lieut.. Col. c. O.
Coolidge. will be chairman, the high
est dignitariea of the Catholic
Church in the United States. men and
women prominent in official life
members Of the alumnae from the
converts and academies throughout
the country, and hundreds of mem
bers of the communities represented
on the memorial.
The hospitality of Holy Cross, Dunn
barton, has been rendered the visit
ing sisters by Sister Remegius, the
superior, and several hundred will
be entertained there.
The national officers of the organ
ization. under whom the memorial is
erected, are: Mrs. Adelia Christy OF
Cleveland, Ohio, national president
Mrs. Mary Arthur Of Indianapolis,
Ind. vice president: Miss Alice E.
Ratigan. Detroit. Mich, seer cretary;
Miss Mary Z. Kennedy, Milwaukee,
Wis, treasurer, and Most Rev. John
Joseph Glennan of st. Louis, Mo-, ma
tional chaplain of the order.