The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-03
THE GRANT MEMORIAL.
Rules Governing Competition for
Designs Adopted.

The Grant Memorial Commission. COM
posed of Secretary Root. Senator Wetnore,
Gen G. NJ. Dodge, and Col T. a Bing-
ham, today held a meeting and adopted
rules governing competition for designs
for a statue to be erected in this city to
Gen. L. 5. Grant.
The Commission has in view two sites
for the proposed memorial. one just south
of the White House and outside the
White Lot proper, the other just south of
the State, War and Navy Department
building. Congress appropriated $3.50, coo
for the statue at the last session. The de-
signs must come within this sum
The rules adopted by the Commission to-
day follow:
THE Commission authorized by act of
congress, approved February %, 1901 TO
select the site and receive plans, designs.
ana models for a statue or memorial OF
Gen Ulysses S Grant late President of
the United States. and general of the ar
mics thereof, invite artists who are c1ti-
zens of the United States to submit mod
els for such Stitue or memorial by April
/, 1902, under the following conditions:
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 ] and april I. 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 on or before jan
uary !, 1872, notify the Officer in Charge
of Public Buildings and Grounds at the
War Department, Washington, D. c., of
their intention to submit models, with q
statement OF the superficial area which
will be occupied by such model when set
up ready for inspection and comparison.
No persons otneT than those giving such
notice viii be permitted to enter the com
petition.
The cost of the statue or memorial is
| limited by law to S250, $50 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
accompany II, giving exact dimensions,
kind, and character Of the material to be
used, and a detailed estima te of the cost,
with the fun name OF the artists.
! Models submitted, the enlargement OF
which cannot IN the judgment of the
Commission be erected of frst-cIass mate
rial and in a first-cIdss manner for the
sum of s240, ,000, viii not be considered
! Artists must submit with the models
a plan for the Improvement of the grounds
| upon which the statue or memorial is to
I be located, said plans showing their reIa-
! tiCn to the completed work but the cost
| Of the Improvement of the grounds is not
| to be included in the cost OF the statue
or memorial
An statue work and bronze casting
must be executed in the United States.
The statue OF memorial itself must rep
resent the charac acter and individuality OF
the subject All models must be in DIas-
Ter NO drawings without models viii be
/ accepted.
Only such seulptors, artists. or archi-
tects as are not connected in a business
way with any monumental firm or bronze
foundry viii be allowed to take part IN
the competition
''AIl models viii De exhibited for two
weeks prior to rendering Of final decision.
All models viii be held for delivery to,
| or upon the order of. the artists for two
weeks after notice of final decision. After
/ the expiration Of that period, the Com
mission VIII be at liberty to cause them
| to be destroyed Each competitor shall
! at the time of entering into the coInpe-
1 tlton give the Officer in Charge of Public
| Buildings and Grounds his full name and
: address, and notices mailed to him at the
| fcient.
Attention is particularly called 10 the
/ Following clause OF the law: One of which
/ plans, specifications, or models SHALL if
| DENIED sufficiently meritorious by the
| Commission. be selected. or the Commits
/ plans, specifications. or models that il
| may elect and that II can use
| The Commission reserves the right tC
! reject any or all designs and models
| Subject to the foregoing provisions, the
| Commission viii first select. from all the
| models submitted, six which they con-
| SlUer the most TueTlIOTlOuS, ana VIII pay
| to each of the six artists submitting the
| models thus selected 81 eco. The final Sc
/ lection Will be made from the six thus
| chosen
| NO extension of time viii be given any
/ artist. No model received after April /
| 1902. win be considered in the competition
| unless II is shown that il was started IN
| time to reach its destination n the ordi-
/ nary course of transportation, and the
| delay was caused by reasons beyond the
! control Of the artist
The mCTeIs. designs, and plans ac-
cepted by the Commission for the statue
or memorial will, in the discretion Of the
| Commission, upon acceptance, become the
| property of the United States.
| The statue or 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 q pot described
as follows: A parcel of land bounded on
! the west by Seventeenth 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 Z
| Street II extended. and on the east by
the existing park Toadways to the south
| west of the White House grounds and the
northwest Of the oval; plot Of land
| forming part of the oval. on the noTthefy
! side thereof. on the south axis Of the
| White House. and north Of the south
| building line of D Street extended
| The selection of the site viii be one ot
1.-THE elements to be considered in the comDe-
| tition. All designs for the site last men
TONED must De Gi SuCiR 4 character d. u
| he subordinate to the White House itseit
/ and the other features of the landscape
at present existing. Designs may be sub
| mitted for either side. or for both
''As soon as practicable after the Sc
| lection Of the models the Commission vii
| report its action to Congress
| ''All letters Of enquiry and other com
| munications should be addressed to thl
| Secretary Of the Grant Statue or MemOria
Commission, War Department, Washing
| ton, D. c.
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