Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-26
7 he SHERMAN STATUE
Committee to Meet Tomorrow to Decide the
Competition of the Designs.
Reproductions of the Models Submit
ted by MeSsrs. Rhind and Bartlett
Together With Their Statements.

The national Sherman monument COM
rittee will meet in this city tomorrow for
the purpose of deciding the competition
OF designs for monument to the hero Of
the march to the sea-" The committee
consists of Secretary Lamont Major Cse,:-
eral Miles and the following named gen.
tlemen. representing the Society of the
Army OF the Tennessee: General G. NJ
Dodge of New York, Col. J. r Howe of St.
Louis, Gen. j. w. Noble of St Louis, Col
D. D.. Henderson of Dubuque, Col: Au-
susius Jacobson ofTChieago and. Col Cor
nelius Cadle of Cincinnati.
The designs in competition are four IN
number. being the work of Fir. j. Massey
Rhind of New York Mr.. P w Bartlett Of
Paris, Mr.. Carl Roll Smith of Chicago and
Mr. Chas. H. Niehaus Of New York. These
designs were selected as the best among
the twenty-six originally entered into COM
petition for this work. The selection was
made by the monument committee men
toned above. with the aid Of a committee
of artists from New York, consisting Of
Messrs. st. Gaudens, Olin Warner, Bruce
Price and Charles Post.
Three of the designs selected for the final
competition. namely, those of Mr.. Ehind
Mr.. Bartlett and Mr.. Niehals. were recon-
mended by the art committee, which Sc
lected the design submitted ny Mr.. Part
TlCSe Oh ne" 1OTh, as also entitled TO the
81 900 awarded to each of The four most
meritorious designs. The monument com
mittee did not accept the jud srnent of the
art committee. however. in the case OF Mr..
Partridge, and substituted The design of
Mr.. Carl Roll Smith as one of the four
to receive the 81 GOO award, and to be eIab-
GRATED for a final competition TO determine
which of them should be selected for the
monument.
The models of these designs have been on
@ str for thn
week, and have attracted considerable at
tention from persons interested in works
of art, as well as those specially interested
in perpetuating the memory of the hero
OF Atlanta. The designs have been al
ready described in The Star, and those
of Mr.. Smith and Mr.. Niehaus have been
illustrated In its columns Todays issue
contains views of the proposed statue as
designed by Mr. Rhind and by Mr.. Bart
lett.
Mr.. Rh!nd says. in regard TO his design.
that he has striven particularly to carry
out the wishes expressed by the statue
character and individuality of General
Sherman, and therefore has devoted
himself to the production of "a simple,
strong and effective accompaniment, in
81 ante, to rugged realistic reproduce
ton. in bronze. of General Sherman" The
extreme simplicity of his design, he says,
is due to the fact that it was studied in
relation to the beautiful ionic order of
the treasury building, opposite which 1t
is intended to be erected.
The design submitted by Mr.. Bartlett is
striking in it's originality and the bold
ness of its architectural treatment. The
well construction for the pedestal is some
thing altogether novel in this country.
The equestrian statue shows General Sher-
man at the age of forty-five years, during
his march to the sea. He wears military
hat, the artists say, because that is one of
the distinguishing features OF United
States army uniform. The two figures on
the sides of the pedestal ere Courage
and Thought the two most prominent
qualities of Sherman, according to the
let