Show I UNVEUNG TilE lADY SLOCOMB II I I I The South is about to pay A signal honor to a VOIDED of the north Xew Orleans will witness Sept 29 the un I veiling of a confederat gun that with I I flood the attack of a batteryjof twen I tyone guns at the takingof the Spanish fort the last confederate stronghold to surrender in Itibile baThe I ba-The gun was found after the assault covered with the dead bodies of thirteen thir-teen soldiers The gun and the brave men whose blood encrusted it for many yfcnfs were members of the famous Slocomb battery made up largely of the flower of the southern chivalry j I i I I I I Mrs Slocomb Until nine years ago the gun lay buried to be resurrected by the Historical His-torical sSbiety of Nfew Orleans who have hristenedxlt fri deference to the widbwUf tnfc batterys gallant commander com-mander The Lady Slocomb Mounted on a granite base with suitable suit-able inscription ori a bronzp tablet I vThelSidy Siocombf will cst on < Iett 1 Srus r plot iln rott of the To v ird F I 1 a < L rl M i i 1 library and facing the statue ofpen eral Lee Since the death of Captain Slocomb who after the war accumulated a fortune for-tune in the cast his distinguished widow has continued live in Connecticut Connec-ticut migrating between her beautiful homes at Stoningtoif ahd Groton Two weeks before the death of General Sherman airs Slocomb was presented rt a public gathering to the hero ort or-t e March to the Sea SlocombSlocomb repeated Sherman I Sher-man where have I heard the name before Then a light illumined the I face of Tfecumseh and stretching forth his hand he said feelingly I want to have a long talk with you Mrs Slo comb Crowds intervened and the desire de-sire of both was never fulflllled A New Englander by birth and training Mrs Slocomb is the organizer and regent of the Anna Warner Bailey chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution A woman wom-an of commanding presence strong personality and marked executive ability abil-ity she is a power in every progressive movement of the community Through her efforts the Anna Warner Bailey chapter succeeded in securing In 1817 from the Connecticut legislature an annual appropriation of 200 towards the maintenance of its memorial house a picturesque structure in the shadow of the Groton monument which are preserved colonial and revolutionary I s relics of varied Interest and value To Mrs Slocombs indomitable energy is also largely due the legislative measure meas-ure that secured to Connecticut a distinctive dis-tinctive and authorized state flag Her efforts are now bent in furthering the organization of the Connecticut Children Chil-dren of the Revolution She has enlisted en-listed their interest in a building fund for the enlargement of Monument House by giving them 10000 buttons inscribed with a fac simile of the state I flag which they are pledged to sell at > cents apiece In this manner It is l I calculated that 300 will be raised toward to-ward the building fund The only child of Captain and Mrs I Slocomb is the Countess di Brazza iSavprgnan Svhose labors to ameliorate I tfietcondltion ofvthejpeasantry of Italy Ihas I endeared her toQueen Marguerite To the regret tff the survivors of the t battery Mrs Slocomb will not be present pres-ent at the unveiling as she sails before that date fey a longcontemplated visit I with her daughter In Italy I > r N > X1DA ROSA dCABE < l f i |