Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-24
IN MEMORY OF HEROES
"A STATUES IN PUBLIC
GROUNDS.
Number Of Others to Be Erected in This
City In Near
Future.

Col. Cromwell, the engineer officer In
charge of public buildings and grounds. has
made special report to Gen. Mackenzie.
chief Of engineers. in regard to the statues
| to be erected In this vicinity under author
| ity of special acts Of Congress. There are
now twenty-four statues in the public
grounds Of the District including the new
ly-erected statue Of Gen. Sherman and the
naval and peace monument recently trans
ferred to the jurisdiction of the chief OF
engineers.
The status Of the statues yet to be erected
| Is described as follows:
Memorial to Gen. Grant.
BY act of June %. 1902, Congress ap-
propriated the sum Of $4,000 to enable
the Grant memorial commission to COM
mence the erection of the memorial. and
authorized the commission to enter into
| contract or contracts for the completion Of
said memorial for a total sum not to eX-
coed $4,000. Under the authority thus
conveyed contract was entered into on
August 10. 1903, by the commission with
Henry Merwn Shrady sculptor. and Ed
ward Pearce Casey, architect covering the
entire work for the erection OF the me-
| mortal The contract provides that the
memorial shall be completed within five
years from the date of the contract.
Statue of Gen. Mcclellan.
by SuItTy civil dct dppIoNtu ~
| 1901. Congress appropriated $4,000 for the
preparation of site and the erection of a
pedestal for and the completion of
| statue of the late Major General George
B. Mcclellan.
AS stated in report for the previous fiscal
year none Of the designs submitted in the
competition. for the statue was satisfac-
tory to the monument commission or Its
advisory committee
In the early part of the present fiscal
year the commission invited Mr.. Frederick
MacMonnies to undertake the work of fur
| nishing and erecting a statue: MI Mac
MonnieS accepted the invitation. and on
December 10, 1903 entered into a contract
with the commission to furnish and erect
the statue within three years from the
date of the contract
The commission has selected United
States reservation $50. at the intersection
of Connecticut avenue, 18th and N streets
northwest, as a site for this statue.
Statue of Gen. Sheridan.
This statue is being made by Mr.. J. Q. A.
Ward under a contract made several years
ago. The statue is to be erected in Sheri-
dan Circle. at Massachusetts avenue and
Esd street. between @ and r streets north
west.
Monument to Gen. Mercer.
BY act approved June 49, 1902, Congress
appropriated the sum of $4,000 for the
erection Of a monument at Fredericksburg,
Va. to the memory of Gen. Hugh Mercer.
to be expended under the direction of the
Secretary of War. the city of Fredericks-
burg to furnish the site
In compliance with an invitation of the
Secretary of War. Mr.. Edward V. Valen-
tine. sculptor of Richmond. Va, submit
ted on February %, 1904, a design for a
pedestrian statue of General Mercer and on
March 81. 1904 plan for a granite pedes-
tai for the same. which design and
plan were approved by the Secretary
of War on April s, 1904, and June 2, 1904
Mr., Valentine will now, in accordance with
the terms of the invitation mentioned, be
paid the sum of $1,000 for his services in
submitting the said design and plan and
a contract will be entered into with him for
the construction of the monument. The
contract will provide for the completion Of
the monument by June, 1907.
Monument to Gen. Count Pulaski.
BY the act of Congress approved Febru-
airy %, 1903. the sum of $4,000 appro-
priated for this statue to be expended TN
der the direction of the Secretary of War.
the chairman of the committee on the IL
brary of the Senate, the chairman Of the
committee on the library of the House Of
Representatives and the president Of the
Pulaski monument Polish central commit
tee At the first meeting of the commits
sion which was held on December 20. 1903,
the officer In charge of public buildings
and grounds was elected executive and
disbursing officer. The commission has Sc
lected a Polish-American sculptor to pre-
pare designs and models and make and
furnish the statute, and he is within
twelve months from February 1904. to
prepare designs and specifications and
quarter size models Of the proposed eques-
TRAN statue and its pedestal and submit
them in Washington to the commission
for examination. The statue is to be erect
cd in cd "a
Pennsylvania avenue, 18th and streets
northwest.
Statue Of Baron Won Steuben.
The act Of Congress approved February
q, 1903, appropriated the sum of $4,000
for statue of Gen. Won Steuben. to be
expended under the direction of a COM
mission to be composed Of the Secretary OF
War, the chairman of the committee Of the
library of the Senate and the chairman Of
the committee on the library Of the House
of Representatives of the Fifty seventh
Congress Either the northwest corner or
the northeast corner of Lafayette Square
will probably be selected as the site of the
statue. and distinguished American
sculptor has been invited to submit de-
sign for the statue and Its pedestal.
Statue Of Kosciuszko.
The joint resolution of Congress approx
ed April 1S. 1904. accepts the offer of the
fOuSn-AUeTlCdIl anu Oh the
Polish-American people OF the United
States generally to present 4 statue Of
General KosciusZko to be erected in either
the northeast corner or northwest corner
of Lafayette Square.
Statue Of Thomas Jefferson.
Sundry civil act approved April 2S. 1904.
creates a commission composed of the Sec
rotary of State, the chairman Of the COM
mittee on the library of the Senate and the
chairman of the committee the library
of the House of Representatives Of the
Flfty-eighth Congress, to select a site on
the public grounds of the District of Co
lumbia for statue of Thomas Jefferson
and appropriates the sum of 5000 to pro-
plans for the same. At the request
of the Secretary of State the officer in
charge of public buildings and grounds will
act as executive and disbursing officer of
the commission.