SATURDAY DATE OF UNVEILING

Monument To Confederate Women Of State To Be Dedicated.

The monument to the Confederate women of Maryland will be unveiled next Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock at University Parkway and Charles street. The monument is the work of the well-known Baltimore sculptor, J. Maxwell Miller.

The General Assembly of Maryland. at its session in 1914, passed a bill entitled “An act to erect a suitable monument in the city of Baltimore to commemorate the heroism. devotion and self-sacrifice of the women of Maryland in their service to the wounded Confederate soldiers who came under their care in the war between the States -1861-1865.” Under this bill Andrew C. Trippe, chairman; R. Curzon Hoffman, James R. Wheeler. Thomas B. Gresham and Bartlett S. Johnston were constituted a commission to select a suitable design and a proper site for the monument. The act appropriated the sum of $12,000 from the funds of the State for the purpose, which sum was supplemented by a large number of private contributions to what was known as “The Maryland Confederate Women’s Monument Fund.” which were turned over to the commission.

The commission, after a competition in which designs were submitted prominent sculptors in Baltimore and New York, selected the design of Mr. J Maxwell Miller, which is now ready for the unveiling. The site, which is the small park at the intersection of University Parkway and Charles street, was granted by the city and Park Commision, and is one of great beauty.

The monument was under contract to be completed in May, 1918, but owing to the difficulties of securing materials and transportation, due to war conditions, it was impossible to have it delivered until quite recently.

The unveiling ceremonies will be conducted by the Rev. William M. Dame, D. D., and the orator of the day will be James McC. Trippe, whose daughter. Miss Mary Ringgold Trippe, will unveil the monument at the close of the oration.

Invitations will be extended to the Governor of Maryland, the Mayor and other prominent officials, but the members of all Confederate organizations, especially the Daughters of the Confederacy, for whom seats will be reserved, are invited and urged to be present without individual invitations.

The Baltimore Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy rendered valuable service in raising contributions to the fund and presenting the cause to the General Assembly of Maryland.