Evening star., 1902-04-30
'CLELLAN'S STATUE
Public Exhibition of Models
Tomorrow
AT C0RCORAN GALLERY
COST WILL BE LIMITED TO
$50, 900.
Thirty Artists Have Entered the Com
petition-Ru1es of the Com
mission.
II CORCORAN GALLERY

The competition of artists for the honor
of designing and executing the statue of
Gen. George B. Mcclellan closed today, and
the models submitted will be open to pub
lie inspection tomorrow at the Corcoran
Gallery of Art. The commission charged
by Congress with the selection Of site and
with the erection of the pedestal and statue
consists of Secretary Root, Senator Wet
more and Brig. Gen. George D. Ruggles, re-
tired, chairman Of the Mcclellan statue
committee Of the Society of the Army of
the Potomac. Col. Bingham, u. S. A, is
executive officer and Mr.. Merritt O. Chance
is the secretary of the commission.
Messrs. McKim, st. Gaudens and French
have been requested by the commission to
act as an advisory committee to assist In
the selection of the most meritorious design
for the statue, and they will spend several
days in viewing the models.
The cost of the statue and pedestal is linn
tied to 100000, including excavation, foun-
dation and all expenses incidental to the
erection of the statue and pedestal.
Regulations of the Competition.
Models submitted, the enlargement Of
which cannot, in the judgment of the COM
mission,be erected of first-class material
and in first-class manner for the sum Of
1000, will not be considered.
The statue itself must represent the char
acter and individuality of the subject. All
models must be in plaster, and will be ex-
hbited for two weeks prior to rendering the
final decision.
All models will be held for delivery to- or
upon orders of, the artists for two weeks
after notice of the final decision. After the
expiration of that period the commission
will be at liberty to cause them to be de-
strOyed.
The commission reserves the right to Ee-
ject any or all designs and models.
Subject to the foregoing provisions the
commission will first select, from all the
models submitted, four which they consider
the most meritorious, and will pay to each
of the four artists submitting the models
thus selected $780, The final selection VIII
be made from the four thus chosen.
No extension of time will be given any
artist. No model received after tomorrow
will be considered in the competition unless
it is shown that it was started in time to
reach its destination in the ordinary course
of transportation, and the delay was caused
by reayens beyond the control of the artist
The models, designs and" plans, accepted
by the commission for the statue. and ped
estal will in the discretion of the commits
sion, upon acceptance, become the property
of the United States.
List of Competitors.
The following is a list of artists who have
given notice of their intention to compete:
Waldo Story. Rome, Italy; G. Trentanove,
Florence, Italy: Herbert Barbee, Luray,
Va: Eugene Morahan, Brooklyn; John
Flanagan, Paris Cyrus Cobb, Boston: John
S. Conway, Rome Italy; L. Amaties. Wash
ington, D. c.; T. A. Ruggles-Kitson, Bos-
ton: Caroline Brooks St. Louis: Cyrus T..
Dallin Arlington Heights Mass; Edward
Berge ct al, Baltimore; F. D: Owen, Wash
ington, D. c.; Copehart & Gioidani, Wash
ington. D. c., and F. w. Ruchstuhl, Solon
H. Borglum, Warren, Wetmore & Morgan,
Butler & Rodman, John F. Brines, Charles
H. Niehaus, j. Massey Rhind, w. Clark
Noble, Augustus Lakeman. John Borie and
l.. Lowrie Stoughton & Piatti, A P. Proc
tor, F. E. Triebel, Wilkinson & Magonigle,
John Donoghue and ]. H. Freedlander, all
of New York, thirty in all.