The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-14
HIGH HONOR FOR
SALT LAKE MAN
Cyrus 4. Dallin Completes
Principal Groups for SYRIA
cuse Monument.
ENTHUSIASTIC APPROVAL
OF EMINENT SCULPT0RS
Mr.. DalIin's Design Submitted
to the Seyerest Test Be-
fore Acceptance.

Cyrus f, Dallin in his Arlington stu
dio. Mr.. Dallin is a Salt Lake man
These groups, like the monument it
self, are very remarkable. They are
probably the finest, most vigorous and
most inspiring Of any groups on any
monument in the country. One is nine
teen feet in height and the other six
teen feet. The pylon, which is the
seventy feet in height.
One group is in a sense symboical 1t
represents the four arms of the service
in "The Call to Arms, and over them
floats an allegorical figure waving an
American flag.
Tho other group represents an Incl
dent in the battle of Gettysburg during
Pickett s famous charge, in which
when the regimental flag was shot
away, and the color bearer deliberately
knelt down while the shot and shell
whizzed all about him, tied the flag to
the pole, and once more waved it aloft.
That color bearer s GOODNESS was an in
spiration to the other men at the most
critical moment in the whole battle of
Gettysburg.
Realistic Treatment.
Mr.. Dalfn has treated this incident In
a most realistic manner. 1t is very
vivid and gives strong emphasis to the
intensity of the action of the group as
a whole. One feels the rush and the
pressure of the regiment, and in the
tense faces of the soldiers and the firm
grip which each man has on his musket
il is easy to see the hand to hand con
fict which is coming. The command
ing officer, on horseback, waving his
sword aloft and urging forward his
men, is strong figure, and one that
serves splendid purpose IN the com
position. 1t would be difficult to con-
ument.
The symbolical group is also SPLEEN
did bit of work. The allegorical figure
blowing the trumpet and holding aloft
the flag is powerful feature of it.
This figure is no mere wrath; there is
strength and grace in every line of it.
Tho figures in the group underneath
are all splendid types, and the horse is
full of spirited action. The volunteer
soldier, with his musket on his shoul-
der, steps forward with determination.
The great coat and cape make effective
lines on this figure. There is fine
strength in the way the sailor stands
with dawn cutlass. The intensity of
the artilleryman pose and the action
in the cavalryman and his rearing
horse all make for remarkably power
full group.
High Approval.
When these groups have been enthu-
siastically approved by such eminent
Q, A. Ward, who are members of the
supervising committee of the monu-
ment, that would certainly seem a suff1.
cient stamp Of approval.
The model of the monument as a
whole may be seen in the studio of 2.
f. Duffy, in the Kensington, on Boyl
ston street, and it is certainly the most
original soldiers monument in this
country. One feels that it is complete
and that it is completely, removed from
the graveyard type of monument.
Mr.. Dallin had the good sense TO sum-
mon to his aid in the making of the
complete design an eminent architect,
Clarence e. Blackall, and the wisdom
Of this move is plainly evident in the
result, for the architect sees things IN
larger way than the sculptor. These
two men must have worked in perfect
harmony on this design, the one bring
knowledge to bear on the subject, the
other the fruits of his genius as
sculptor. Both are strong men-both
are big men in their separate ways, and
the result is the biggest thing in the
monumental line in this country.
The central pylon is a masterpiece. 1t
stands seventy feet in height, and from
engaged columns, topped by q frieze
and cornice over which In artistic sec
tions rises a globe supported by four
eagles. Tt ism t so much that the de-
tails are beautiful as the fact that the
thing as a whole is deeply impressive.
The Bronze Groups.
Between the columns on the north
and south sides Of tho pylon will stand
Mr.. Dallin 8 bronze groups. On the east
and west sides are to be stands Of arms,
flags and other military and patriotic
insignia, in high relief, and also in
bronze.
The pylon stands in the center of
raised platform, $50 by SO feet, which
is approached from four sides by a
wide flight of five steps. Around this
platform is Grecian balustrate, about
three feet in height, and from the en-
trance end Of each balustrade rises a
bronze lamp some nineteen feet, max
ing eight in all. These lamps make
very effective setting for the central
pylon. The stone work will probably !
be done in Barre granite, which is very |
rich in tone.
Such an achiteetural monument
placed in the center Of the largest |
square in Syracuse will certainly be not
merely memorial to the soldiers who |
fought in the civil war, but an orna-
ment to tho city.
It might also be said that there never
was a fairer award for q monument |
than this ono, and Mr.. Dallin deserves
the highest praise for winning out IN
tho competition. The Syracuse commit
tee first selected subcommittee Of ex-
perts, consisting of an eminent aTchi-
tect and two eminent sculptors, c. How
ard Walker of this city and Messrs:
French and Ward. Mrs. Schwartz and I
f. j. Carr were the lay local represen-
tatives on the committee, but every
The principal sculptors of the conn-
try were invited to submit designs.
Thirty responded. Thirteen Of these
were eliminated when tho first designs
we're submitted. Ten wee eliminated in
he second round leaving seven to COM