The National tribune., 1889-02-28
oHIo's SOLDIER MONUMENT
CIeTellnd's Taxpayers to Expend 100000 to Their
Memory.

OHIO'S SOLDIER MON u NJ EN- L
CieTelarlds Taxpayers to Expend 100000 to Their
Memory.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Cleveland, o.,
is to have within year or two a handsome
aud expensive soldiers monument, paid for by
the general tax levy, in memory Of the soldiers
of CuyahOga County IN the late war. 1t VIII
cost in the neighborhOOd of 500, 000 which is
said TO be about $4,000 more than the cost %
the beautiful National Soldiers Monument
erected by the munidcenee Of the United States
Government IN the National Cemetery at Get
tysburg.
The general design of the Cleveland structure
is more elaborate, but somewhat after the
style Of that at Gettysburg-s central shaft
rising from broad base, upon the fear corners
Of which, at q hight OF ID or % feet from the
ground, win be groups in bronze Of heroic
size, representing Infantry, artillery cavalry,
and the navy, each group TO cost from S11,O coo
TO SIS 0O0-the first sum being contract price
for the infantry.
The designer Of the monument and the groups
is Can't Levi T. SeoheId, an architect By
profession, who served on staa duty during the
war; snd who has erected some Of the sub
stantal buildings of Cleveland, and who was
Supervising Architect Of the Government build
| ing recently remodeled and enlarged at CleEe-
| land.
Capt Scofeld's groupsOfinfantry, representing
1 the cOiOf-2uaEuf anu dELAAtE4Ef IlEAba aAuA1
range modelled in plaster, and not long since
] exhibited in the window Of the leading phOtogs
rapher in, Cleveland, attracted much attention
| from veterans of the war, well as from cih-
zens local artists and scu pt0rs from their artis-
| tie grouping the excellence OF the figures and
/ the general design Of these groups.
For the past week the third group, repre-
senting cavalry, called . the advance guard"
j has been on exhibition at the same place, bat
/ it has not net with the favorable criticism be-
/ slowed upon his Infantry and artillery groups.
/ In fact, it appears that nearly ali the old cav
/ alrymen are lighting mad over It's representa-.
| ton of their branch OF the service, and they
| claim that nothing Ike 1t was ever seen IN
actual service of mounted troops. Its general
/ outline represents horse, as central figure,
/ shot down and struggling TO rise, mounted By
a private soldier IN Jacket who, keeping bis
seat upOn his fallen horse, has, with his pistol
/ evidently killed q Confederate soldier IN his
| immediate front, who with his musket strapped
| across his back and without any weapon OF
defense, was reaching for flag that has j1ss
| been handed by the trooper whose horse Is
wounded TO a eomrade on foot by bis side.
Another eavalryman is represented in over
coat, loading his carbine, evidently with the
/ intention of picking OF a second Confederass
J soldier, who is holding alOft his own colOrs
while in dangerous proximity 70 the Union
! guidOn or battle-hagl, with musket n hand.
I Facing the rear is a Bugler, holding his bugls
/ TO his mouth with his left hand, while az the
1 same time swinging his cap in the air on ths
point of his saber with his right hand, evidently
/ signaling to the support and sounding
charge at the same time.
Many object TO it for having no horses, and
/ at the same time not making IL dIsnounsed
| cavalry fight. Others complain that il is not
| heroic from Union point of view to represent
two Confederate insantTymeu, one Of them
with his gun strapped across his back, bravely
| attacking four Federal cayalrymen, each hght-
| ing under their respective baItle-8ags. Many
Others and the last named not cOnhned 70 SOL
dieTs claim that they don't want 10 be taxed
$4,000 for each bronze figure 10 perpetnate twt
Confederates in heroic attitudes lighting the
flag of our country, on q monument erected 10
perpetuate the memory and courage OF Union
soldiers.
One General who is also on the Monuments
Committee, put il thus: They are peFpetu.
ating q good many rebels down South in bronze,
aud / think we can better expend the money
in representing on our monuments only those
who upheld the Stars and Stripes IN the dark
DAYS OF our country"
Capt. ScOfeld, and possibly his Committee on
Monument, which is unfortunately constituted
of IL advisers, among whom there is no cav
alryman have possibly got gOod-sized fight on
| hand, unless they see TT 70 alter their advanced
group of cavalry; but it is thought the CONF
mittee viii take the criticisms IN good part,
and that the group as completed viii not only
be satisfactory to SheTidan's old troopers, put
to the taxpayers, as well to the PATRIOTS VINO
have no use for rebels and no love Tor any nag
. but the Stars and StTipes.-Ex-SoLDIER.