The Washington times., 1901-11-02
FOR THE M'KINLBY ARCH.
The National Memorial Assoc a.
tiOn to Raise 81, 100000.

| The Certificate of Membership In
| formally Discussed-A. II. Shcp-
herd Named for u vice Presidency
| Additional Committees Approved
| The Executive Committee of the Nc
| IIinley National Memorial Arch Associa-
tion met yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock
| at the office of the American Security and
| Trust Company. Charles ]. Bell presided.
| and nearly all the members of the COM
mittee We're in attendance. The most i'm
portant business Of the meeting was the
| consideration of the sum to be decided
| upon as the total cost of the proposed ma
tlonal memorial to tho late President
| After general discussion of the ideas
suggested in this connection. it was de-
| terTnined to fix definitely the sum of
| S1.500o00 as the amount to be raised by
| the Association. Il is believed by those
competent to judge, in consequence Of in
vestigations regarding the cost of build
ing similar public works and memorials
/ that this amount of money will suffice
for the erection of an entirely appropri-
| ate, ornate and enduring arch. Official
action by the Executive Committee was
thcreupon recorded upon the minutes. on
the motion of Mr. Gage and the sum
stated will be mentioned in the subscrip-
tion forms to be used by all the various
| committees in soliciting subscriptions to
the national fund.
4 number of other details of import
ance. and closely related to the subscrip-
| ton forms, are under considerat tion; but
| as individual reports were still in a some
| what incomplete state, their presentation
| for the action of the Executive Commit
| tee was deferred until next Monday
Announcement wss made of the ap-
| pointment of a Special Committee on the
| General Plan of Securing Subscriptions
This 6oGy consists of the President of the
| Association, Mr.. Macfarland; the Secre-
tary, Mr.. Walsh: the Chairman of the
Executive Committee, Mr. Bell; Mr. Ed
| son and Mr.. Parker The committee has
| under discussion number of important
! details, to be settled at an early date re-
I garding the raising of funds throughout
| the country.
MIR. Bell, Chairman of the Sub-Commit-
! tee on Printing and Engraving. stated
! that at a meeting of his subcommittee,
| held previous to the general meeting,
| there had been presented by Captain
| Meredith. of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, a description OF the pro-
| posed membership certificate, which is
|
! This form of acknowledgements is to be
somewhat elaborate example of the
| highest skill of the engraver's art. and,
as has been announced. is to be made at
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
through the permission OF Secretary Gage
| at the expense of the National Memorial
| Arch Association. The design was very
thoroughly discussed by the members of
/ ba zTYil nr1T nd ugiA
tions were made, but no final recommen-
dation was decided upon.
| In view of the latter fact, the matter
| OF consideration alone was reported to
the Executive Committee. and the design
was informally discussed. The accept
ance or modification Of the design was
therefore not before the meeting. Action
| will probably be taken at the next ses-
| sion of the full committee.
The name of Alexander r. Shepherd,
Ex-Governor of the District OF Columbia.
was suggested for national vice presi-
deucy. and he was unanimously chosen.
The membership of the Committee on
! Fraternal Organizations was reported by
! Mr. Dyrenforth, the chairman. He an
| nounced the selection of Allison Nailor,
| jr, as First Vice Chairman, and Frank
| H Thomas, Second Vice Chairman. The
| following representatives Of the societies
na.led constitute the executive body Of
this committee:
Harry Stamford. Grand Master, T. A;
| A. M. Harrison Dingman, Past Grand
| Master. F. a 4. NJ; Robert Armour
! Grand High Priest, Grand Royal Arch
| Chapter Noble D. Larner. Past General
Grand High Priest, General Grand Royal
! Arch Chapter, L. 5. A. George Gibson,
Grand Commander Knights Tempiar. Dis
| trict Of Columbia; William I. Gailiher
| Past Grand Commander. Knights TEN
! plar; James u. Richardson, Grand Com
( mander A A S. r.; Frederick Weber
! Secretary General a \. S. r, Frank X
| RAYMOND. Potertate Almas Temple Mys-
! tic Shrine; George II. Walker. Past 70
/ tentSte, Almas Temple Mystic NC. shtlhe' 7iIil-
| knights Of Pythias; Frank II. Hosford
| Past Grand Chancellor. knights OF Fytn-
/ las; Jos. \. Rurkart, Exalted ltuleT. W dsi-
! ington Lodge, No. u. y, T., -. Elks, CGi.
| incton Lodge, No Is, j. T. o. Eiks; Will
lam }. Cai'ghan. supEemSs, r. e, tsrIdsat kRishT
/ Past Supreme Knight. Knights of Coinm-
/ bus: J. D. Bradfield. Grand Master. l. o.
| O. T.; r W. Fowler Past Grand Master
To the list given above it is proposed
! 70 add the names Of the principal officers
! of the various organizations In each State
! and Territory so that the appeal for the
| National Memorial Arcn project VIII pe
| sure to reach through these channels
! 10 every section OF the country.
| DR. Harris, Chairman OF the Committee g
| on Schools presented the names OF per
! sons whom ne wished to have serve with
| him In spreading the work Of the Assocla-
| tlon to all educational institutions. Ihe
| list was approved by the Executive ~oIh-
| mittee. and is as follows:
| " T. Harris Chairman, City Supt ril-
| tendcnts Of Schools-W. IL lda&WeH'
! Greater New York; Edward = Coo-ey.
| Chicago. III; John Jasper Borough oI
! Manhattan: J. II. Walsh, Borough OF
! DrookIyn. " Y; Edward Brooks, fhiia-
| deIpbia: r t. SoIdan, st. Louis: y. +.
| Seaver. Boston: J. II. Van Sickle. BAtl-
| more: L. IL Jones. Cleveland, Henry T.
| Emerson. Buffalo; r. III. Webster, san
uoi Andrews, Pittsburg; Warren Easton,
! New Orleans: ". 6. MartindAie. Detroit,
| r. q r Siefcrt Milwaukee; a. 7. stuart.
N.ashiugton u. G: A. y. Poland, NcNdrs.
| Henry Snyder. Jersey City. j.. = Mars
Louisville: Charles ". Jordan, Minne3po-
| lis: II. 5. Tafbell. Providence, taIom n.
Kendall Indianapolis; James NJ tith-
wood Kansas City; A. J. Smith. 81 fa.-i-
| General Foster who presented At the
| last meeting of the committee HSt OF
vice presidents for nunocr or foreign
countries announced that he WAS com
| inz hn expected 10 have II ready Tor the
/ etion Of the comfnittec.
Certain drafts Of letters to committee
men IN The various States and ItfFit'tie
/ were reported and discussed. thc leiteis
contain suggestions as to the best
/ methods to Re pursued in general N
making known the character oi the WlIk
and the plans devised In setting tOrth the
/ iUp1al in each rtFEcrtlEe locality IA-Se
/ letters were approved and the various
| Elib-comaittpCs were authorized to nave
! the communications 70 forward at once.
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