The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-13
President Of Stuart Monun1etlt
Association Answers MIR. Mon-
tague's Severe Criticisms. i II.
4PECULIAR,' SAYS DIMM0Ck
Chairman Of Executive Commit
tee yslYounger Man Should
@ Have Submitted Quietly.


committee In the nature OF explanation
Of the action taken. There Is no DISPOSE
ton TO defend the action.
The Executive Committee, which sc-8
lccted tho Moynihan model consisted OF
fourteen members, all OF whom. With the
single exception Of lrsJeffrcy Montague.
a son Of n veteran, voted for the design
adopted. There were thirteen members
Of the committed present, and there was
no dissenting voice. but ten minutes af-
ter the vote was taken Mr.. Montague
asked and was granted leave to BIO ro-
corded rs orr psed totho design adopted
All the ohV-s favored the Moynihan
model. ltgs 5
Gcnera1 Lee Replies.
General Titzhigh Leo, a widely known
soldier III two wars and president OF the
association whichEproposest to erect this
monument to his old commander and as
sociate, yesterday sends the following let
ter. which Is to the point and self-ex-
planatory: IA
Editor Of Tie Times .Dlspatch:
Sir,-1 read III to-day's Issue a statement
with the heading. "NIr. Montague Pro-
tests.r It refers to your paper reporting
that the Stuart Monument Committee
adopted unanimously the MCMILLAN design
for the equestrian statue TO General 81
f. B. Stuart. No notice would be taken
Of such a leliverance from Mr. Montague
except I SEQ no says. II wish YOU would
advertise It to the world at large that all
Virglnians are not to be gagged BY the
low standard Of culture exhibited by a.
ma iority Of the committee. "
As the subject of tho selection Of the
models for Stuart statue las thus been
those Interested, especially those who
contributed money should be kept cor
rectly informed on all matters pertaining
to the erection of an enduring testimonial
| to the great cavalry general.
Stuart was killed while defending Rich-
| lnond forty years ago. For fourteen
years many Of us have been WORKING 70
! raise the amount necessary to erect n suit
able equestrian statue. At last we sue
| ceeded and advertised in the usual way
| for designs, circular letters having been
sent to sculptors throughout tho country.
| Ten scuptors submitted models all were
| rejected except three. These three were
| asked to submit new models comprising
certain alterations and it was understood
4 one OF the three would be accepted.
| Last Tuesday night the committee met
| and after discussion a resolution was OF
fered by Mr.. Joseph Bryan, that the mod
| -el Of Mr. Moynihan be selected and 1t was
| unanimously adopted. Afterwards Mr..
Montague objected and was told he could
| sprcad his objections on the records. On
legations existed to select one OF the three
| models and It was done. 1t Is true Moy-
4 nihans model resembles in tho position
Of horse and rider, Foley's statue of Gen
1 eral Outram, erected at Calcutta
i do not care for that amid thousands
/ of equestrian statues there must be more
or less resemblance.
! The Frederick the Great statue soon to
be erected at Washington, Is an exact
j tluplica OF the statute at Potsdam. In
,,trI,N h1d
exactly the Outram horse and put Stuart
on him instead of Outram.
The thousands Of people who see here
after the Stuart monument VIII not ASK
or care whether there IS one to some one
else In Calcutta or anywhere else. y
committee was appointed of which am
chairman, consisting Of two OF General
Stuarts staff officcrs--Major A. r. Ven
able, of Farmville; Judge Theo. Garnet.
| of Norfolk, and Captain Dlmomck OF
j this city to direct certain necessary al
u terations in Moynihan's statue before II
is finally completed. Had the commit
tee improperly set aside their obligations
to select ono Of these models and ndver-
tised for more proposals, it Is very doubt
ed whether any response would have
been made or whether tho recent SUBJ
.scriptions Of the State and city might
not have been reconsldered.
If Mr. Montague knows what he IS
writing about, the grizzly cavalrymen who
rode with Stuart during four years OF
war, every ono OF whom voted for Moy-
nihan's model. did not know what they
were doing and did exhibit a low stand
ard of culture"
(SignetD FITZHuGH LEE.
President Veteran Cavalry Association.
May 12 1904.
Peculiar" Says Dimmock.
Captain NJ. j. Dimmock chairman Of
the Executive Committee which selected
the design, was seen yesterday by re-
porter for The Times Dispatch, and asked
| If he desired TO make any statement in
response to the criticism OF the conf
| mites action,
Captain Dimmock said that It seemed
to him peculiar, to say tho least, that
young man who had never seen Stuart,
should set up and contend for his view
over that of the veteran soldiers on the
committee. among whom were several
gentlemen who had served on his STAFF
and who knew him and his appearance
lin the saddle much better than young
man born since the war could know.
He thought that 1t would have been bot
ter for him to bow to the unanimous
Judgment of the veteran members OF the
committee than to erlticise their nctiel.
Speaking OF the selection Of the model
submitted by Mr.. Moynihan, Captain
Dimmock sald
"When the matter OF SeectlnS nouel
was first thought Of many of the veto
ran cayalrymen, WHO served win
stuart, some of them on his staff, spoke
of numerous equestrian statues erected
in this country, and the opinion was
universally expressed that not enc OF
those gave any conception Of what we
thought monument TO Stuart should be.
1t was suggested thai while II was pro-
per to place General Robert p Lee or
General Gordon or General a, y, lllll,
who were commanders Of large bodies
of troops composed of Infantry on q
quiet, dlgnlhed horse It was ilappropri-
ate to place General Stuart who had been
called by General Lee the eyes ana
ears of tho army" on any other than IN
active, spirited horse, noting MS aulck
movements and his dash,
Acknowledged the Master
Mr., Moynhan, on being Informed OF
this view, on the part OF the committee
selected as n theme for his model the
Foley statue OF General omtram. in CAL
cutfa He has always acknowledged ana
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