The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

Nendome. in Frnnce-It VIII BE n
Notable Addition to Washington's
Adorn Counts Career.
The magnificent monument which Will
be erected in this city to the memory of
Jean Baptiste de Vimeur COmte de
Rochambeau will add another artistic
adornment to the Capital Of the Nation,
as it will signalize also the gratitude Of
the American people to one who rendered
the young Republic vital service in the
hour Of its peril.
The bill appropriating 81 800 for the pur-
chase Of replica Of the original statue,
now in France, was passed by Congress
as an amendment to the Sundry Civil
bill on March 3 last. The statue will be
of bronze. about nine feet high, and will
represent Comte de Rochambeau in the
act OF ordering the French wing of the
allied army at Yorktown TO attack the
works Of Lord CORVALLIS, on the mcrn-
ing Of October 10, 1881.
The allegorical group in relief on the
pedestal will indicate France Gypilied by
female figure draped), grasping the ma
tional standard and with sword extended
defending and protecting the Eagle of
America, which holds in its talUns the
shield Of the original Thirteen Colonies
or States blazoned with the Stars and
Stripes. The pedestal will be of granite,
and the figures Of bronze. Its height
will pc seventeen feet. The total height
Of pedestal and statue Will be twenty-six
feet, and its width at the base, twenty
feet.
The artist will be Fernand Hamar. who
executed the original He is a pupil of
E. the celebrated French sculptor, Barrias
. He is deaf and dumb. and he has been
referred to as the man who speaks in
bronze and marble"
The appropriation by this Government
for replica of the Rochambeau statue is
owing primarily TO the efforts of M Jules
r. Boeufve, Chancellor of the French EN-
bassy. Mr.. Boeufve induced Gen.
Horace Porter. United States Ambassador
q at Pcris, on October 3. last, to send the
following communication to Representa-
.tiSs Cannon, Chairman of the Appropria-
tons Committee of the House of Repre-
sentatives:
o. Dear Sir: At the request of NJ
Boeufve. Of the French Embassy in the
Knitted States, l beg to say that | par
.. ticipated on June 4. last, at Vendome in
the unveiling of the statue OF Rocham-
beau by the French artist Fernand Ha-
mar, and that ! found it to be a spirited
and excellent work Of art.
1t seems to me that II would be very
appropriate and would give great salts
faction II means were found TO erect in
Washington, d. c, replica of the Mar
Signed HORACE PORTER"
Al the unwilling Of the original monu-
fnent 1t Vendome. June 4. 1890 General
Porter delivered an eloquent address. in
which he spoke OF the debt of gratitude
which this country owes to the memory
Of Rochambeau. The widow Of the late
Marquis de Rochambeau was present up
on the same occasion, and sat with her
family, in a separate tribune. opposite the
10 chairman. She made the following ad-
o dress to General Porter:
i beg you TO convey to President Ne
Kinley and the Congress Of the United
States our most sincere expression of
respect. Your presence here is sign of
the fraternai spirit that unites our two
nations"
The site for the statue in this city has
. not yet been selected. Senator Wetmore.
who has given to the entire matter his
hearty support made the suggestion that.
upon the determination by the French
Ambassador of the situation Of the new
home Of that embassy. the Rochambeau
monument might. with propriety be
erected In the vicinity thereof. Mr
Boeufye expressed to a Times reporter
his concurrence in this suggestion, and
also stated that he thought, from the
similarity in general design, the work
might be placed near the Lafayette mon
ument upon the same square, or at its
southwest corner, near the State War,
and Navy building.
SKETCH OF RoCHAMBEAU.
Jean Baptiste Donation de Vimeur,
Conte de Rocha.nbeau, was born in l725.
He was intended for the church, but pre-
ferred to follow TIE footsteps Of his faith
er, and therefore lie adopted the military