Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-05
The Site to Be Determined on Next
Week.
THREE MEM ORIAL COM EMISSIONS
All VIII Hold Sessions in Thi:
City Then.
ARMY OF POTOMAC ACTIVE


meet at the War Department to pass upon
questions relating to the selection of sites
and designs for memorial statues author
lied by Congress to be erected in this city.
The Grant memorial commission, consisting
of the Secretary of War. Senator Wetmore
and Gen. Granville Dodge; the Sheridan
statue commission, consisting of the Sec
retary of War, Senator Wetmore and Gen
Barnett of Cleveland, and the Mcclellan
commission, consisting of the Secretary of
War, Senator Wetmore and Gen. Ruggles,
will hold the meetings
The Grant and Mcclellan commissions
will pass upon the location of sites for the
memorials. AS stated in The Star hereto
fore, there is a division Of public senti-
ment upon the question of a site for the
Grant memorial 1t has been suggested that
a suitable site would be furnished by the
lot south of the State, War and Navy build
ing, but there has been some objection to
that selection.
The Mcclellan Statue Site.
1t has been suggested that the Mcclellan
statue should be placed in the circle at the
intersection of Massachusetts avenue and
Florida avenue northwest. This was origi-
nally intended for the Sheridan statue but
it is now proposed to put the Sheridan
memorial on the reservation opposite the
National Theater on Pennsylvania avenue.
The Mcclellan site will be finally deter
mined upon at Mondays meeting.
The Sheridan commission will also take
up the question of design for the statue.
Although the appropriation for the pedeS-
tai was authorized several years ago de-
sign has not been proffered by the sculptor
chosen to do the work.
Congress, at it's last session, appropriated
for the site and pedestal for the Mcclellan
q ri
appropriation bill as follows:
For the preparation of a site 6nd the
erection of a pedestal for a statue of the
late Maj. Gen. George B. Mcclellan in the
city of Washington, the site to be selected
by and the pedestal erected under the
supervision of the chairman of the Joint
committee on the library, the Secretary of
War and the chairman of the Mcclellan
statue committee of the Society of the
Army of the Potomac $4,000: Provided,
That any part of this sum not required for
the site and pedestal may be used and ex-
pended for the completion of the statue of
Gen. Mcclellan: And provided further, That
the statue shall not be located in the
grounds of the Capitol or Library of Com
gress.''
Meeting of Monument Committee,
A meeting of the Mcclellan monument
committee of the Society of the Army of
the Potomac was held in New York last
Wednesday,
There were present Gen George D. Rug
giles, chairman; Gen. Lucius B. Warren,
Maj. James 3. Horner, Capt Charles Curie
and Gen. Horatio C. King, secretary Let
ters of regret from Gems. Franklin, Nc
Mahon, Sewell and Mr. F. Aug. Schermer-
horn We're read. The chairman also read
letters from Mrs. Mcclellan and Represen-
tatlVe Geo. b. Mcclellan, approving of the
proposed site on Massa chusetts avenue
this city, if granted by the Commissioners
Inc chairman also presented the sundry
civil bill as passed by Congress, contain
ing the appropriation. General conversa-
ton ensued as to the character of statue
pas reliefs, etc, after which Gen Warren
offered the following resolution:
That the monument of Gen. Mcclellan
De an equestrian statue, and that this res
olutlon be communicated by the secretary
to any commission hereinafter annoiuted
to execute the work"
The resolution was adopted
Gen warren also offered the following
resolution, which was unanimously carried:
mat the officer in charge of public
buildings and grounds in the District of
Columbia be, and he hereby is consti-
tuted the disbursing and executive officer
Tor TINS committee, and that the treasurer
from time to time, honor the drafts of said
uispurslnS ofhcer against the Mcclellan
statue fund as the expenditure thereof
shall be required, said drafts to be an
proved by the committee
Ihat the fund be expended under the
direction OF Gen. George d. Ruggles chair
man OF the Mcclellan statue committee of
the Society of the Army of the Potomac his
successor or successors, who is authorized
TO represent this committee in the eXpendi-
tare thereor, in cooperation with the COM
mission appointed by the act of Congress
entitled an act making appropriations for
sundry civil expenses of the government for
the fiscal year ending June 30 1902, and for
other purposes, approved March g. 1901
Major Horner moved that the secretary be
requested to write letter to each member
of the committee urging the necessity for
additional subscriptions to the amount OF
$4,000 and emphasizing the fact that the
Army of the Potomac is not represented in
Washington by any of it's commanders The
resolution carried and the committee
then adjourned.