[A MEMORIAL TO OUR OFFICERS AND MEN WHO FELL IN
SOUTH AFRICA.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Srn,—Sir Alexander Elliot suggests in the Spectator of March 21st that an obelisk should be erected in Hyde Park as a memorial to those who fell in the late war. May I point out what an excellent opportunity for the erection of such a memorial lies ready to hand in connection with the forth- coming alterations in the Mail? The accepted design involves the rearrangement of the western end of the Mall, and provides for further developments at its eastern end if sufficient money is forthcoming. It seems probable that only the former portion of the design will be carried out in com- memoration of Queen Victoria. Why not carry out the latter part, which consists mainly (if I remember right) of a fine archway at the junction of the Mall with the new thorough- fare through Spring Gardens into Charing Cross, as a memorial to our officers and men who fell in South Africa ?—
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