Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-18

green oak leaves on the star conflict
with the laurel leaves OF the sur
rounding wreath and confuse the gen
eral design"
New Model Not Accepted.
design for new medal has been
submitted to the War Department.
but has not yet been accepted It is
flve-pointed star supported from a
single point imposed en- a wreath Of
laurel. and the head OF Minerva fac
ing the left on the old medal has
been supplanted by che head of Co
iumbia facing the right. The panel
in the new design also is changed
"obviating the inartistic and mechan-
ically weak attachment and remodel
ing the eagle, whose neck seems to
be pulled by the ring attached to the
head"
James E. Fraser and Paul Manship
collaborated on a design for a new
Navy congressional medal. which was
based in the old mariners compass
"A model was prepared and the de-
sign was modified several times with
out finding favor" says the report.
1t was objected that the medal was
| un American and appeared like a
/ French or Belgian medal Thereupon
the Secretary rejected the design and
i secured from a firm OF medal manu-
facturers design satisfactory to
| himself"
uistlus ulsneO service medal Tor
the Navy by Mr.. Manship and q dis
| tinguished service cross for the Navy
by Mr.. Fraser. both Of which were
approved by the commission, found
more favor, however. and have been
issued by the government
Headstone Design Submitted.
A design for a headstone to be
placed at the grave Of every Amer-
can soldier buried in the Held of
! nohor cemetHes in France has been
submitted by Charles A. Platt and
recommended to the War Department
by the commission. The Roman Let
| ter with a V-shaped cut has been
used and the stone bears the SOL
oiers name rank. command and date
Oh ms death. At the top will be
who served with combatant divisions
me intention is to have the head
! stones uniform in size and design for
oihcers and enlisted men.
| Designs for gateways to these Gem
e.eries. for the fagpole base in each
one, and treatment Of the Landscape
also are receiving the attention of the
commission.
1t was under the direction of the
F1ne Arts Commission that Edwin
rowland Blashfield designed the GER
wounded while serving in the Army
and in slightly modified form to the
next Of kin of those who died. The
design shows a background of the
Stars and Stripes with Columhis
knighting an infantryman in full fieid
equipment who kneels before her
An inscription at the top reads:
Columbia gives to her son the ac
colade of the new chivalry of hu-
manity."
Predicts More Builaing Here.
The commission believes it prob
able that the close Of the war with
Germany will inaugurate the greatest
era of building that the National Cap
1tal has seen since its establishment.
| 1T insists that the new buildings
should express the dignity Of the gov
eminent and the highest taste in
architecture; and that they SHOULD
not be set down in a haphazard fash
ION on lands put on the market by
real estate promoters"
Not all of the buildings should be
monumental" in character, adds the
report. but in each case the use for
which the building is intended should
be expressed in the structure and To-
cation. Reference is made to the
buildings erected in the city by the
Pan-American Union, the Red Cross
and the p. A. R., and IT is urged that
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT be given the National
| Research Council. the Farmers As
sociation and the United States
Chamber of Commerce to construct
similar buildings to be used as ma
tiOnal headOuarters