The Washington times., 1902-06-01
GRACEFUL MODELS FOR j.
Four Designs Chosen, One Of
Which is to Be the Basis
for the Statue Which the
Government is to Erect in
Honor of the Commander
Of the Army of the Potomac

n NE or another of four statues
will be the basis of the statue
~ which Uncle Sam is to erect
to the memory of Gen. George
B. Mcclellan, and a study of the four
will give a fair idea of how the COM
pleted marble or bronze will appear
The competition has been an interest
ing one. On May 3 of last year the
chairman of the Joint Committee on the
Library. the Secretary of War, and the
chairman of the Mcclellan statue COM
mittee of the Society of the Army of
the Potomac. acting under the provisions
of the act Of Congress approved March
8. 1901. for the selection and preparation
of a site and the erection of pedestal
and the completion of a statue to Cen
eral Mcclellan, invited artists who were
citizens of the United States to submit
models.
The invitation provided that all mod
els be sent TO the officer in charge of
public buildings and grounds, at the
expense and risk of the competitor. and
be in hand between April i and May
of the present year. The models, the in
vitation prescribed, would have TO be
accurate and detailed on the scale of
two inches to the foot, and include a
design for the statue and pedestal COM
plete above the foundation.
All artists who desired to submit mod
els for the competition were required to
notify the officer in charge of public
buildings and grounds of such inten-
tion on or before the 1st of February,
and to send with the notice a statement
of the superficial area their model, set
up and ready for inspection and COM
parison. would occupy.
Total Cost Limited to 100000.
The cost of the statue was limited to
SCI, 1000, including excavation, foundation,
and all expenses incident to the erec-
tion of the statue and pedestal, and it
was stated that f. in the judgment of
the commission, any of the models sub
mittcd could not be erected in frst-class
material for $4,000, such models were
TO be thrown out.
Ii was also required that the statue it.
self must represent the character and
individuality of the subject. and that all
mo.els would have to be done in Dlas-
ter.
From among the models so submitted,
the commission stated. the four con-
sidered most meritorious would be Sc
iected. and that to each of the four
artists designing the models so selected
$500 would be paid.
Before the expiration of the time set
for the reception of such notices the
commission received notices of inten-
tion to com.ete from F. W. Ruckstahl,
of New York; Waldo Story of Rome.
Solon H. Berglum. of New York; G.
Trentanore, of Florence; Warren, Wet
more & Morgan. of New York; Butler
& Redman. of New York: Herbert Bar
bee, of Luray, Va; John Francis Bines.
of New York; Eugene Monahan. of
Brooklyn; Charles H. Niehaus. of New
York; John Flanagan, of Paris: j.
Massey Rhind, of New York; Cyrus Cobb,
of Boston: John s. Conway, of Rome;
W. Clark Noble. of New York: L. Anna
tets. of Washington; T. A. Ruggles- Kit
son, of Boston; Augustus Lakeman. OF
New York; C. W. & A. A Stoughton
and f. +. Patti. OF New York: John
Borie and i. Lawrie. of New York; Car
oline Brooks, of st. Louis; Cyrus f.