Evening star., 1914-10-09
FINE ARTS BOARD
PASSES JUDGMENT
Federal Commission Holds
Prolonged Meeting in
City Today.
CONSIDERS THE ERECTION
OF EIGHT MEMORIALS S
Two Proposed for Washington.
Paintings and Sites and Plans
for Buildings Discussed.

Continuing it's efforts for the better
artistic treatment of federal monu-
ments and other structures in this city
and elsewhere, the commission of fine
arts held a prolonged meeting here to-
day and passed on large number Of
projects submitted to its judgment
Morning and afternoon sessions were
held in the offices of the commission in
the Lemon building. on New York ave-
nue.. and visit was made to the Capt.
tol for a personal inspection Of q num-
Der of historical paintings, the pur-
chase of which by the government is
under consideration by Congress.
At the instance of committees of Con-
gress the commission considered ques-
lions In relation to the erection by the
United States of eight memorials to
distinguished men, as provided by bills
pending In Congress. 1t Is proposed
to erect three of these memorials in
the city of Washington. two In the
Arlington national cemetery. The three
Tor the city Of Washington consist Of
q statue Of Gen. Washington. to be To-
Gated at the east front Of the Capitol;
army and one Of Gen. Matthew Maury @
parks not yet designated. The
statues proposed for the Canal Zone Is
bSSSSpS, r
and one of Universal Peace" The
statues proposed for the Arlington
cemetery are those of Gen. Lawton and
Admirals Porter and Wilkes.
Many Paintings Viewed.
The commission at a previous meet
ing approved the erection Of a statue
Of Gen. George H. Meade. the hero Of
Gettysburg, In the Mall. in close re-
lation to the Grant memorial in the
Botanic Garden. A bill to that effect
is now pending in Congress.
At the request of congressional COM
mittees the commission also gave con-
sideration to the artistic merit and de-
STABILITY of the purchase by the United
States of twenty-seven paintings as
proposed IN bills before Congress
These include a large painting of the
fame, and several portraits of justices
of the Supreme Court of the United
States. A personal inspection was made
of each of these paintings, and the re-
suit will be reported to Congress.
Consideration was given by the COM
mission also to plans prepared by Col.
Harts. engineer officer in charge Of
public buildings and grounds. for the
improvement of Grant Circle at the in
tersection of New Hampshire and Illi-
nois avenues and Narnum street in Pet
worth; of detail plans for the lower
retaining wall of the Meridian Hill
Park; plans for modern swimming
beaches in the tidal basin of Potomac
Park, and plans for a rose garden near
the polo grounds in West Potomac
Park The commission also considered
plans prepared by Maj. Kutz, Corps of
Engineers. for the comprehensive i'm
provement of Mcmillan Park, which
embraces the grounds of the filtration
plant, near the Soldiers Home.
During the day the art commissioners
had conference with the mayor of
baltimore. the park commissioner of
the city of Baltimore, chairman of the
Star Spangled Banner centennial COM
mittee. and others in regard to the
designs and location of the proposed
Francis Scott Key Monument at Fort
McHenry, Baltimore.
Building for Interior Department.
conference was held also with ofi-
cials of the Department Of Interior and
the Treasury Department regarding ar
tistic features of the building which II
is proposed to erect on the SQUARE
bounded by 18th and 18th and E and T,
streets in this city for the use of tho
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