New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-18
STARTING THE FUND.
.u,ox TAKEN ON THE MEMORIAL TO
GENERAL JOHN B. WOODWARD.

.,o,NrzATION OF PROMINENT CITIZENS Eff
,rcrrp AT A MEETING HELD LAST EVENING.
n.en,te action was taken yesterday upon the
.no.ed memorial to the late General Wood
pa In response to the letter Of Mayor Wur-
~. q large number of representative men OF
n~.or,vn met at the Art Building. The fol-
lowing In the letter:
Mayors Office. Brooklyn, y. ".
,,v Dear Sir: Several organizations having ap-
ooned committees Of five each TO represent them
general citizens committee for the purpose
q ,s,e General John B. woodward, at the request
s%many interested citizens l hereby appo'n. !I T
member OF the general citizens comm'ee OF OF the
ccommttee will be held at the ART Bunui1s' ~ ~
IA Monague-st on Friday evening AP Is ea i1 81
requested very truly +. wv. W. wURsTER, Mayor.
rrnon motion of James McKeen Mayor Wur-
.,.r was made chairman and Professor Frank
lin ". Hooper temporary secretary upon mo
49,, NJ the temporary chairman, who SAID
:. had no objection to serving as secretary OF
The present meeting. Elijah r. Kennedy was
made permanent secretary OF the organization.
Tho chairman then called upon James Mckeeh'
,ho had been closely identified with the work
a, the provisional committee, to report as 10
chat had already been done Mr.. Mckeen
spoke as follows
.cuiptor, Mr. MacMonnes. had made a STUDY o,
General Woodward and cast OF ms was
PATS M news TO many citizens and friends Of Cen
srai Woodward. and indicated that an eHceneit
portrat sculpture of General Woodward was pos
"e On the evening Of March provisional COM
..t,tsa ~ ten on the John B. Woodward memorial
ssulpture was formed for the purpose OF mpk Iq
inquiry Of the re , sesPe MSch he
n mend :" recommend and the cost Of the same The
Committee has also conferred with STANFORD White
ment, and who is also the designer Of the mount l.,
ss SURROUNDINGS Of the new Garela oS statue o IN
PEDESTAL and surroundings for the proposed Wood
ward smOossbe for the Provisional COMMITTEE
however to recommend exactly what the character
q sculpture shall BE- whether T IN 6 1ronze or or fs
ssstS statue These details should be left to the
!,esect. Mr. white to recommend after fun de-
liberation, and conference that may De neia AFTER
'1 ~. Provisional Committee. however believes that
an appropriate sculpture can be made for sloo0 ana
%S: and Il further recommends that the sculpture
be placed in the Museum Building OF the BrooS ,,
The museum will contain memorial hall De.
signed specially to receive memorial statues OF those
country to the State Of NewYork. or to the city Of
and the the Easen q ds
appropriate owing to the fact ~, tnq Roa ne " r uSr
tess and its president during the eight years OF
@ reOsani7atlOn and ASSURANCES
aS from that Ss p Sne
Sesa memorial will meet general desire and that
Il viii not be difficult to raise by popular subscrip-
ton the sum of $4,000 to meet the expense OF the
statue.
Ex-Mayor Charles A. schieren then moved
that the report Of the Provisional Committee be
received and that the following resolutions be
adopted
Resolved, That the. General Citizens Committee
on ths John b. Woodward memorial appointed by
His Honor Mayor wurster, and convened on April
the ' great public services Of the late John B.
woodward as soldier in the War Of the Rebellion
citizen a S Of BroSxyn and also his and
sa: s''SSs ass and q
mittee undertakes TO erect, memorial sculpture
s asA Of iA cu s hs
Resolved That the General Citizens COMMITTEE
a Il ,s d By Ss sHa
posed sculpture, including pedestal ana appropriate
Resolved. That the General cltizens' Committee
friends Of the late General woodward, in erecting
the proposed memorial. and In providing the neces-
Resolved That the chairman of the General Cit
nos eassuv be omn Of y
have charge of the subscriptions and making con-
for s sae
Of and report its action to the general Clt-
zens' Committee.
George H. Southland was elected treasurer Of
the John B. Woodward Memorial Fund. The
following announcement Of subscriptions was
then made by the chairman: The house of
John Shaw of Montevideo. $500; Richard
Haines, of Montevideo $500; the house Of John
Shaw & Sons, Buenos Ayres. $780,
General George w. Wingate offered the fol-
lowing:
Resolved. That the committees OF fve appointed
BY the several organizations with wnicn Generai
thorized to receive subscriptions from their MEM
eers on behalf Of the General Citizens Committee
for the John b. Woodward memorial said subscrip.
tons to be paid to the treasurer OF the General
Citizens Committee
Colonel Chapman wanted to know whether
the Committee Of Thirty was to decide whether
the statue was to be Of marble or bronze. ana
whether 1t were to be bust or fuli-length
figure He further stated that something def
mite ousht to be known before subscriptions
were solicited.
General Wingate was Of the opinion that this
wn matter Of detail which should be left
until the committee could consult with the
sculptor and architect. But by this he did not
wish to be understood as requesting that the
committee defer its labors until the time OF
such consultation. On the contrary. the most
oihicult part, perhaps. OF the matter was t"e
raising Of funds and the committee couid pro-
ceec to this without delay.
Professor Hooper agreed substantially Win
General Winsate that such matter OF detail was
proper one for the sculptor. No doubt General
"oodwards friends would like to see him repre-
sen'ed as they recalled him. But the task OF
drapng figure In a Prince Albert coat ana
trousers OF modern cut was no light one. BE-
sices this was to be work OF art. 1t was TO De
not only for this but for coming generations,
ana the matter OF detail. he felt, should be lett
with Mr.. MacMonnies
Mr.. Young thereupon moved that the commit
zee OF thirty. after consulting with the sculptor
eno architect report back to a citizens meeting