Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-16
SHILOH MONUMENTS.
Designs Have Been Selected by the
Commission.
MARK POSITION OF IOWA TROOPS
Prof. F. e. Triebel, a New York Sculp-
tor, Presents the Winning Design
for the State Monument on Historic
Battle Ground.

Battle-Ground.
Des Moines, April 13.-The Iowa
commission for the erection of monu-
ments on the battlefield of Shiloh
closed it's session yesterday. Designs
for both the state and the regimental
monuments We're selected.
The design for the state monument
that met the approval of the commits
sion was made by Prof, F. E. Tribel,
a New York sculptor. The design sub
mitted Wy Sherman & Flavin. of Chi
cago, was selected for the eleven regi-
mental monuments. 1t was the sense
of the commission that the eleven regi-
mental monuments should be uniform.
Both the state and the regimental
monuments are to be of granite and
bronze.
Total Height Eighty Feet.
The total height of the monument
and the surrounding figure will ap-
proXimate eighty feet.
The design of the regimental monu-
ments is comparatively simple. These
monuments will not exceed ten feet in
height. The total cost of the state
monument will be in the vicinity OF
$4,000. The regimental monuments
are limited as to cost to $4,000 each.
On the front of each regimental monu.
ment will be the inscription Iowa"
The name of the regiment, its brigade,
division, and corps as part of the
army of the Tennessee and the name
of it's commanding officer will be in
scribed below the name of the state.
On the reverse side will be bronze
tablet, set in panel, containing a
brief sketch of the regiment and it's
part in the bloody drama of the battle
of Shiloh.
Over forty designs for state and reg
| mental monuments were submitted.
The designs approved by the commits
soners are subject to the approval OF
| the national park commission and the
| secretary of war. 1t is presumed,
however, the approval will be. forth
coming from both sources, and that the
action of the commission yesterday Is
practically final.
Following the approval of the ma
tional park commission and the secre-
/ tary of war. bids for the erection of
the monuments will be obtained At
the session of the commission just
closed, the chairman, E, B. Soper, the
| vice chairman, w. B. Bell the secre-
! tRIy. John Hayes and Colonel G. L..
Godfrey were named as a committee
| to arrange for the preliminaries of
submitting the work to bids. 1t will
i be necessary to have another meeting
4 of the entire commission on letting the
4 contract, but no time has been set for
this meeting, 1t is hoped to have the
monuments erected by the summer OF
1902 There was some question when
the commission was first organized
/ whether the regimental monuments
| marking the positions of the eleven
Iowa regiments that participated in the
/ battle should be of uniform design.
| This question was easily answered
/ when the commissioners visited the
scene of the battle. 1t was found that
in order to make an adequate showing
of the part taken by Iowa troops at
Shiloh, uniform design, which would
emphasize the important part taken by
the Iowa regiments, would have to be
selected. Otherwise, it was felt, there
would be a poor showing, in compari-
son with the monuments erected by
Illinois, Georgia and other states.
The sum offered to the successful
/ designer of the regimental monument
was 800. To the author of the design
for the state monument, the sum of
5000 was offered.
The eleven Iowa regiments that
fought at Shiloh are represented as
follows on the commission:
| Second regiment George l.. Godfrey,
Des Moines.
Third regiment, George w. Crosley,
Webster City.
i Sixth regiment Alexander j. Miller,
Oxford.
i Seventh regiment, Robert G. Rein
iger. Charles City.
4 Eighth regiment, George O. Nor
gridge, Muscatine.
II Twelfth regiment, Erastus B. Soper,
Emmetsburg,
j, Thirteenth regiment, Charles w,
i Kepler, Mt. Vernon.
i, Fourteenth regiment, Daniel Mat
son, Kossuth,
Fifteenth regiment, James w. Car.
son, WOODBURY.
Sixteenth regiment, John Hayes, Red
Oak.
INDIANS APPOINT A CHIEF.