Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-01
MEMORIAL TO GRANT
Revised Models Of Designs
Placed on Exhibition.
COMMITTEE TO DECIDE
SENATOR wETMoRE, SECRETARY
ROOT AND GEN. DODGE.
Duty is to Select Site and Secure Plans
for Statue to Late
President.
COMMITTEE TO DECIDE

Another important step toward the erec-
ton IN this city Of suitable memorial to
Gen. U. 8. Grant was taken today when
revised models Of the designs Of Messrs.
Henry M. Shrady and Charles H. Niehaus
were placed on exhibition in the Corcoran
Gallery of Art in final competition. The
commission having final jurisdiction in this
matter Is composed Of Senator Wetmore,
Secretary Root and Gen. Dodge, president
Of the Society Of the Army Of the Potomac.
This commission was created by the act of
Congress, approved February %, 1901, ito
select site and secure plans and designs
for statue or memorial to Gen. Ulysses s..
Grant, late President Of the United States
and general Of the armies thereof" etc.
Mr.. Merritt o. Chaneerprivate secretary of
Secretary Root, is secretary Of the COM
mission. and COL Bingham, the engineer
officer in charge of public buildings and
grounds, the chief executive officer.
Program Of Competition.
A program Of competition was drawn up
printed and widely distributed, under date
of April 10, 1901, two sites being suggested,
either one Of which the artists might select
in making their designs; one directly south
Of the State Department and the other on
the north side Of the noval south of the
White House. II as-. rt
Thrty-three scyflptors indicated their in
tenton to enter the competition, and of
these twentythree submitted models. One
of these withdrew at the last moment
owing to an accident which ruined his
model. The models were all practically
ready for inspection on the date specified,
April l, 1902.
After examining the models the statuary
commission resolved to ask the advice Of
others before making their final decision
and the following named gentlemen were
asked to act as advisors to the commission
Lieut.. Gen. John NJ. Scofield and Nal
Gen. Wesley Merritt, army officers who had
known General Grant well and served I'M
der him: Messrs. Daniel c. French ard
Augustus Saint Gaudens, eminent sculp-
tors, and Messrs. Daniel H. Burnham and
Charles F. McKim, eminent architects.
Models Adopted.
The statuary commission at a meeting
April IA. 1902 voted to adopt the models Of
the following six sculptors in the order
given, as best adapted to the respective
sites selected by them: Henry Irwin
Shrady; one Of the two designs submitted
by Chas. Niehaus. sculptor, associated with
Mr.. Henry Bacon, architect, namely, that
Massey Rhind, with Brite and Bacon, ar
chitects; Chas. A. Lopez and F. G. r.
Roth, with Henry Hornbostel, architect;
Waldo Story and Burr c. Miller.
The order Of merit as given by the me-
mortal commission was based on the unani-
nous recommendation of the advisory COM
mittee.
Owing, however, to the high order of the
work of Mr. Neihaus, and notwithsta nding
the brilliant character Of Mr.. Shrady's COM
position, the advisory committee thought
1t desirable to request MeSSrs. Shrady and
Niehaus to execute another model on
larger scale of the equestrian group only
in each case. This has now been done and
the final choice of the memorial commits
sion will lie between the enlarged models
submitted today by Messrs Shrady and
Niehaus.
The commission deems either project suf-
ficiently .meritorious and each artist pro-
poses to erect his memorial at a cost not
to exceed $24O, 900, as specified in the law
under which the commission was created.