BRONZE GROUP IN PLACE

Confederate Monument Is Now Ready For Unveiling.

MAY 2 DATE OF CEREMONY

Delegation Of “Daughters” Gathers To See The Statue Raised On The Pedestal-The Inscriptions.

The two bronze figures – a Confederate soldier, who, wounded unto death, is upheld by Glory-which constitute the group designed for the monument erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy to the memory of the sons of Maryland who served the Southern cause, were placed in position yesterday. The memorial is now practically completed, and for a short while yesterday afternoon pedestrians on Mount Royal avenue had a view of it as it will stand after the unveiling ceremonies on May 2. When the work of placing the figures in position was completed the shaft and figures were boxed up and will remain so until the day of the unveiling.

Officers and members of the society, among them Mrs. D. Giraud Wright, Mrs. B. S. Beall, Mrs. Hugh H. Lee, Mrs. Thos. Baxter Gresham, Mrs. B. Jones Taylor, Mrs. S. J. Hough, Miss Johnston, Mrs. Victor Smith, Miss Cary and Miss Mary Winn, were on hand during the day, watching the placing of the monument, for whose erection they have labored so long and so earnestly. There were comparatively few pass-ers-by on the street at the time, and except the little gathering of “Daughters” but a handful of persons caught a glimpse of the beautiful and extremely impressive memorial.

The monument is admirably located in Mount Royal Square, between Lafayette avenue and Mosher street. It is 24 feet high from the level of the square to the head of Glory.

The base of the monument is of highly polished Missouri granite, the rich coloring of the marble blending harmoniously with the bronze of the memorial, which typifies in its two figures – the young soldier, wounded and dying, but supported in the arms of Fame the valor, suffering and patience of the heroes of the Confederacy and the place given them by Fame.

On the front face of the base is the inscription:

To the
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
OF MARYLAND
In the Service of the
CONFEDERATE STATES
OF AMERICA.
1861-1865.

On the reverse face is inscribed “Glory Stands Beside Our Grief,” the motto of the Maryland Division of the Daughters of the Confederacy, and “Erected by the Maryland Daughters of the Confederacy, Feb., 1903.”

The east side bears the words Deo Vindice, the motto of the Confederate States, and the opposite side the State motto, Fatti Maschii, Parole Femine.

The bronze figures were placed in position by Messrs. Peddicord & Son. Mr. J. Wellington Ruchstuhl, the sculptor, was also present while the work was in progress. The figures were cast by the Henry Bonnard Bronze Company, of New York, and are as shown in the illustration In THE SUN June 10, 1902, with the exception that instead of a gun which the figure of the soldier is holding in his hand, Mr. Ruchstuhl bas substituted a Confederate flag. The patch on the left knee of the soldier has been removed.

All the details of the program to be followed at the ceremony of unveiling of the monument have not yet been completed. but so far as arranged they are as follows: The monument will be delivered to the city on behalf of the “Daughters” by Capt. G. W. Booth, vice-president of the Society of the Army and Navy of the . Confederate States, of Maryland, acting in the absence of Gen. Bradley Johnson, president of the organization. Capt. McHenry Howard, orator of the day, will be introduced by Gen. A C. Trippe, commander of the Maryland Division of the United Confederate Veterans. The monument will be unveiled by two girls, little Miss Nannie Hardcastle, great-granddaughter of Admiral Buchanan, representing the navy, and little Miss Margaret Lloyd Trizole, daughter of Doctor and Mrs. I. R. Trimble, and great-granddaughter of Major-General Isaac Lloyd Trimble representing the army.