Evening star., 1896-01-04

resenting the cavalry. artillery, infantry
and engineer branches of the service, stand
close to the base corners. A delicate has
relief representing Victory rewarding he
roes, is displayed on the front of the base,
where there are also shields showing the
badges of different corps. Also on the
front is a large panel with an architectural
frame. Sherman Is represented mounted
on his horse and surrounded by his men
on their march to the sea, the figures being
in alto relief. Two allegorical figures rep
resenting Fortitude and Good Generalship
stand on either side of the main structure
Surmounting the whole is an equestrian
statue representing Sherman in the act OF
addressing his troops. The whole compost
ton is of 6he Greek order Mr.. Rhind was
assisted in it's architectural details by Mr..
Dahler Tangen of New York.
4 model is contributed by Mr. H. j. Elli-
colt. sculptor. and Mr.. William Bruce Gray.
architect, both of this city. The design
shows an equestrian statue of Gen. Sher-
man in command on the field of battle
placed on a pedestal twenty-three feet
high, and the statue being hfteen mgh
makes the entire height Of the structure
thirty-eight feet. The figures OF Victory
and Fame are shown on the sides of the
pedestal, with figures Of War and Peace at
the ends. The four branches of the service
are represented by standard bearers. 1t Is
proposed to build the monument of Amer
lean red granite, the shafts of columns at
corners of pedestal to be polished. The
platform Of exedra is to be of Tennessee
monize with red granites All the figures
will be of bronze, including bas reliefs on
walls of exedra. The bas reliefs illustrate
incidents in the march to the sea-"
The Dunbar brothers of this city have
submitted model. designed by Mr.. +. A.
c. Dunbar and executed by himself and
brother, Mr.. U. 8. j. Dunbar. 1t is simple
and chaste in design, but has been singu-
larly unfortunate in its handlirg. Accord
ing to their statement to the committee.
the haste of preparation of the model mas
excluded most Of the charms of pretty fin
ish ard detail" 1t shows fine equestrian
statue of Sherman, in which that soldier
is represented in the act Of raising his hat
in salute to the Society of the Army OF the
Tennessee the American people and pos
terity The statue and pl!nth are OF
bronze and the pedestal is of Georgia mar
BILE, At each end of the pedestal are Tour
allegorical figures, the two at the front be-
ing those of soldier and negro. The
latter represents slavery, which sherman
finds looming in front of his career, and
which he is attacking with armed force
represented by a soldier on the correspond
ing corner, leaving in his wake at the two
rear ccrners Victory upholding the laurel
decked flag and Liberty uphold.ng the
Constitution All four OF these figures give
q hand to holding up the shields on panels
on either side of the rectangular pedestal,
which are to be inscribed according TO the
wish of the commission. The horseman Is
an excellent likeness Of the hero or
Georgia.
The story of the Sherman statue in mod
els will be concluded in subsequent is
sue as there are nine additional designs
entered in the competition. which are not
considered in this article because OF the
DELAY attending their shipment and sub
seuuent setting up in the War Department.