Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-03
ARMY and navy


According to a report made to the
War Department by Colonel Cosby,
the engineer officer in charge OF pub
lie buildings and grounds. the statue
of Commodore John Barry, the naval
hero of the revolution, probably Will he
completed and ready for formal dedi,
cation next spring. Congress in 1896
appropriated $4,000 each for memo
rails of Commodore Barry and John
Paul Jones, and the latter memorial
has been erected in Potomac Park. al
the foot of Seventeenth street. 1t was
dedicated about a year ago.
The delay in the case OF the Barry
memorial is due partly to the success.
full opposition of the Irish-American
societies to the design of Andrew
O'Gonnor, originally accepted by the
congressional commission, after an
open competition by Irish-Ameriean
artists, and subsequently rejected as
unsuitable.
In November, 1911. contract was
made with John j. Boyle, New York
sculptor, who was personally selected
by the commission to prepare design
to meet the wishes of the various or
CARNATIONS directly interested in per-
petuating the memory of the reyolu-
tionary naval commander.
The design submitted by Mr.. Boyle
was commended by a committee of
artists consisting of Paul j. Bartlett,
Walter Cook and Whitney Warren,
and was approved by the commission.
Its principal features are bronze
statue of Barry in the uniform OF a
commodore of the United States navy,
standing on marble shaft, at the
front Of which Is a marble figure OF
Victory. A knoll in Franklin PARK
near the Fourteenth street side was
selected by the commission as the site
OF the monument.
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Army and navy officers COMPOSING
the board of directors of the Panama
railroad have decided to keep the Pa
mama railroad in operation after the
opening of the Panama canal, at
lest until it has been demonstrated
whether the line can be operated
probably That decision carries
with it the continuance of the steam
ship line between New York and Co
Ion as necessary part OF the canal
system.
The navy department has failed to
find any use for these vessels, but
Secretary Garrison believes that even
If they are not patronized as freight
and passenger carriers, the ships can
be used as golfers to keep up the
store of 100000 tons of coal which is
to be kept in the zone to supply the
needs of shipping using the canal.
The Panama railroad has been used
largely for the transportation of sup
plies along the canal route. There is
no reliable data for an estimate of the
traffic that may be expected when the
construction work on the canal is
completed.
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An important change in this years
program of the Atlantic battleship
fleet is under consideration at the
navy department and will be settled
by Secretary Daniels on his return to
Washington next week 1t involves the
complete abandonment of the project
ed grand naval review in the harbor
of New York city in October and the
substitution of a practice cruise of the
entire fleet across the Atlantic for ev-
olutions and exercises, and visits OF
divisions of the fleet to various Medi-
/ Nd ~, TN1rrn
This years plans for the fleet were
arranged by Secretary Meyer before
his retirement in March, +, and up to
this time the only modification of the
plans made by Secretary Daniels was
the addition of a foreign cruise of the
fleet next January.
1t is understood that the omission
of the New York review this year and
an earlier cruise to European waters
than had been contemplated are the
leading features of revised itinerary
just submitted to the navy department
by Rear-admiral Charles ]. Badger,
commanding the fleet.
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In his report to the war department
Col. Cosby says that good progress
has been made, in cutting the marble
for the pedestal and in carving the
stone with the figure of Victory on
it. The model of the statue of Barry
probably will be finished next month,
and Col Cosby says it then will take
from four to six months to cast it into
bronze. The sundry civil appropria-
ton bill, now awaiting the presidents
action, provides .$2500 for the dedi-
catory ceremonies.