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Memorial TabletHeld WednesdayLonghorn Band to FlayMarch AccompanimentFor TroopInfantry DrillsAddress of PresentationTo Be Delivered By^Governor flT *1mVithaI rn Filing- cere monies of tho memorial tablet dedicated to | Tmxm World War dead will bo J held at the Memorial Stadiumat 4 oVloek Wednesday afternoon, }January !4# according to an an* } * nonneeinent made yesterday by 1 Major Krnett Cm, past commaie; der of the American Legion, department of Texas, who will pre- !aide as master of ceremonies at j {j the dedication exercises, |AH state departments in the Capitol will close promptly at 3 tS0 ^ o'clock Wednesday so that one lt;plovees and officials will haveample time to attend the dedication, IsThe tablet, which is the largestbronze memorial ever erected inTexas, was made possible by an j I appropriation of the Texas leg- j ( Mature four years ago. At this Itime $10,000 uas set aside forj it and a committee, composed of the governor, the state eommnn- ' Ider of the American Legion, and the president of the Texas Fine Arts Association, was appointed tosupervise the construction of the memorial.Moody to SpeakGovernor Dan Moody, the onlyex-service man who has ever been governor of Texas, will deliver the presentation address, his last official act while in office. Allpersons taking part in theceremonies are former students of jthe University,The tablet itself is sixty feet jlong and nine feet high, with aj figure of a woman representing Democracy in the center which j rises four feet above the rest of the tablet. I he memorial contains the names of 5,346 Texas men ami women who died in service during the World War. Around the edges of the tablet are the insignia of the various branches of service and the names of the fourteen major battles of the war. The j bronze plate has been placed at the top of the north end of the ! stadium. The dedicat ion program { will begin at 4 o'clock. jProgram AnnouncedThe complete program of the exercises follows: Drill by Com- j pany 1), One Hundred Forty firstIn fan try, Texas National Guard, t aptain Fred Heeman command- i ing. March accompaniment by the j University Lon ■th orn Hand; mounted drill by Mounted Platoon of Headquartera Troop One Hundred Twenty-fourth Cavalry,Texas National Guard, Captain F.E. Dickinson, commander; drill by Drum and Bog]a Corps of I ravie Post No. 76, American Legion, John T. McCutcheonisr.Program Exercise: Major Ernest Cox, past commander of American legion, department ofTexas, will preside as master of ceremonies; brief historical sketchand description of memorialtablet by Judge James W, McClendon, president of the Tajca* Fine Arts Association.Following: this will be theEyes of Texas, Longhorn Band; presentation address by Govern-{{or Dan Moody; National An-, Longhorn Hand; unveiling by Dan Moody, Jr.; acceptance address by R. L. Batts, chairman of the Board lt;f Regents of the University; benediction by Rev. Beverly Boyd, chaplain One Hundred Forty-second Infantry, Texas National Guard, Taps—-trumpeters of Drum and Bugle Corps, Travis Post 76, American Legion,0* -*Sh8n
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Austin Daily Texan
Austin, Texas, US
Sun, Jan 11, 1931
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