Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-03
Artists Invited to Submit. Models to
the Commission.
MUST Be PRESENTED APRIL l.: l90l
Site Has Not Been Definitely
Selected.
RULES FOR COMPETITORS

The Grant statue or memorial commits
sion authorized by act of Congress ap-
proved February 23, 1901, to select the
site and receive plans, designs and models
for a statue or memorial Of Gen. Ulysses
S. Grant, late President of the United
States and general Of the armies thereof y
issued a circular today inviting artists
who are citizens of the United States to
submit models for such statue or memorial
by April 1, 1902, under the following con-
ditions:
Artists competing must send, at their
own expense and risk, to the officer in
charge of public buildings and grounds.
War Department, Washington, D. c., be-
tween March 1 and April 1, 1902. accurate
and detailed models of their design on the
scale Of one inch to the foot. These models
must include a design for the statue or
memorial complete above the foundation.
Artists desiring to submit models for
the competition must, or before the first
day Of January 1902, notify the officer in
charge of public buildings and grounds at
the War Department, Washington, D. c.,
of their intention to submit models. with a
statement Of the superficial area which
will be occupied by such model when set
No persons other than those giving such
notice will be permitted to enter the COM
petition.
The Cost.
THE cost OF the statue or memorial Is
limited by law to $25O.OOO, including the en-
tire expense of excavation, foundation,
pedestal, the statue or memorial and all
expenses incidental to the erection Of the
statue or memorial. ready for unveiling.
"A full description of the model must ac-
company it, giving exact dimensions kind
a n n "a or al nf 10 M orf tn hA
and detailed estimate of the cost, with
the full name of the artists.
Models submitted, the enlargement OF
which cannot in the judgment Of the COM
mission be erected Of tirst-class material
and in a first-class manner for the sum of
$4,000 will not be considered.
Artists must submit with the models
plan for the improvement of the grounds
upon which the statue or memorial Is to DC
located, said plans showing their relation
to the completed work, but the cost of the
Improvement Of the grounds is not to be In
cluded in the cost of the statue or me-
mortal.
"All statue work and bronze casting must
be executed in the United States.
THE statue or memorial itself must rep
resent the character and individuality of
the subject. All models must be in plaster.
No drawings without models will be ac-
cepted.
only such sculptors, artists. or arch-
tects as are not connected in a business
U
foundry will be allowed to take part in the
competition.
''All models will be exhibited for two
weeks prior to rendering Of final decision.
"All models will be held for delivery to,
or upon the orders OF, the artists for two
weeks after notice Of final decision After
the expiration of that period the commits
sion will be at liberty to cause them to be
destroyed. Each competitor shall at the
time Of entering into the competition give
the officer in charge Of public buildings and
grounds his full name and address, and
notices mailed to him at the address so
stated shall be deemed sufficient
Privileges of the Commission.
Attention is particularly called to the
following clause Of the law: One Of which
plans, specifications, or models shall, If
deemed sufficiently meritortous by the
commission, be selected, or the commission
may select any part Of any Of the plans,
and that it can use
The commission reserves the right to
reject any or all designs and models
Subject to the foregoing provisions the
commission will first select from all the
models submitted, six which they consider
the most mer1torious, and will pay to each
OF the six artists submitting the models
thus selected 81 900. The final selection
will be made from the six thus chosen
NO extension of time will be given any
artist No model received after April l.
1902 will be considered In the competition
unless 1t Is shown that it was started in
time to reach its destination in the ordi-
nary course of transportation, and the de-
lay was caused by reasons beyond the
control of the artist.
The models, designs and plans accepted
by the commission for the statue or mem
orial will, In the discretion Of the commits
sion, upon acceptance, become the prop
erty OF the United States.
The Site.
'The statue memorial Is to be located
in the tract of ground known as the White
Lot, or the Presidents Park either on
the line Of the south axis of the State.
War and Navy building in plot described
as follows: "A parcel of land bounded on
the west by 18th street. on the north by
the roadway to the south of the State,
War and Navy building, on the south by
the south building line Of D street, If ex-
tended. and on the east by the existing
park roadways to the southwest of the
OF the oval; or on a plot of land forming
part of the oval, on the nortnerly side
thereof, on the south axis of the White
House and north OF the south building
line Of D street If extended
THE selection of the site will be one of
the elements to be considered III the COM
petition. All designs for the site last men
toned must be OF such a character as to
be subordinate to the White House itself
and the other features Of. the Landscape
at present existing. Designs may be sub
mitted for either site, or for both
LAS soon as practicable after the selec-
tion of the models the commission will re-
port its action to Congress.
'All letters of inquiry and other commu-
nications should be addressed to the sec
retary Of the Grant statue or memorial
commission, War Department, Washing
ton, d. c."