Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-09-21
STATUE sooH TO Sc PLACED IN
The BOTANICAL GARDENS
10 WASHINGTON.
COMPARES WELL WITH ANY
Figure q the Battle Of Gettysburg
Victor Made b. Charles erOelys, Is
q Heroic sixs, Surrounded by
slieEsrieai Figures.

p
o. one 81 the uaudsomest works ~
nrt % ifs kind ever erected in the
District uf Columbia. Is the Meade
Memorial. which win be placed In posi-
tiuu DAB the botanic gardens shortly.
This tribute Ca Mai Gen. George q.
Meade. who commanded the army ~
the Potomac 40 the battle 20 Gettys-
burg is 90 be In the form of a white
stone statue of heroic size and with
an elaborate base. IL win serve as a
companion piece 20 the Grant memo
Fial In the botanic gardens.
Col Clarence %. Sheriff.. Superin-
tendeut 81 public buildings and
grounds. Is ~ the opinion that the
the Meade memorial viii compare
favoubly with any park statue any
where in tie world II is the work 81
Charles Groslvs % Gloucester. Mass,
designer and sculptor. who has worked
Tor more than six years on the crea-
ton ~ the statue. Tie already has
started cutting the statue from stone.
following designs submitted and APP
proved by the fine arts commission.
and tn the meantime the work ~ con
Etructing the base In the botanic gar
ueus IS under way.
VIII Portray Virtues.
In describing the memorial. Colonel
Sheriff. said:
The problem provoked D. the
chosen site for the Meade memorial
dictated a form which should be equal
IN interest and fullness ~ workman
ship from every vantage point. Work
fnE uTon this basis. the artist con
eeived a circle ~ figures which should
smbo'iy the qualities which are essen
tIll Co the character ~ "a great gen
ernL These six qualities-AiiIitary
Courage. Energy. Fame. Loyalty.
Chiwiry and ProEress-while recog-
mixing their origin in the spirit of
war. look toward General Meade as
the composite ~ their several vir-
tues
The figure - General Meade Is
thus rendered the center " the arts
&c design. and the focal point Co the
Imaginative conception. Tie stands
IFS work accomplished. ready % step
forth from the cloak ~ battle into
the future era 81 progress. Chivairy
faf DTS rf-ht1 and Loyalty Cat his left).
hold hack The cloak. while Loyalty also
raises nIUft over Mpade's head a stand
ari ~ wreath and cnr'ands. in CON-
incarceration ~ great achievement
Famr and Progress occupy the central
position (rizht and IefJ) on either side
~ the Eruur.
Progress Shown Ideal.
~The figure 20 Progress. un the 9th
er hand. Is dynamic in the strength
- its own patcutialitles. ~ Is a fig
ure which more nearly npproximates
the ideal and which win gather from
its own being the wings ~ action. To
SIS left. Military Courage clings with
bulldog tpnacify IN the dominant fig
ure ~ the rear group. War. from which
81 takes ifs being. To the left ~ War
the figure ~ Energy yielding % the
urEp ~ Fame. louSeus his grasp unun
the arm ~ War. aquiver FOR the great
er achievement set 90 come. War. 81
self occupying the central position In
tire rrar cruup. a massive archItec-
turni figure. uuchauginE and unchanged
since war first ravuEed the world
holds iu his grim clutch two memorial
tablets. Ills wings On long sweeping
curves. stretch toward the standard
which Loyalty holds above the head
- Meade. The side groups are thus
outlined against the omlnous shadow
- the wings ~ War.
Prom the grim discrimination of
Military Courage through the figure Of
Energy % the figures u Chlvalry and
Loyalty. the urge Is onward and for
ward toward Progress and Fame.
which. alone. ~ the group have the
power % move with General Meade
into the accomplishment 81 the fu-
ture. Although his dark wings may
carry him through other ages and 9th
81 lands. War win ever remain the
same. unchanging. But the great gen
erai win move forward. leaving behind
him the static. symboiized In the fig
ures ~ war and ~ military courage
sle cUmmand IS forward e."
@Loss Battalion" Is Found.
A -iOst battalion" ~ marines.
SIX officers and "a men. has been
formally found BY the Navy de-
partment. Since August. 1917. the
battalion has been stationed M Ca
ularuey. Cubs. IN the very heart of the
island. with no apparent reason for
lts being kept Or such an assignment
since the days 81 the war.
The discovery ~ the missing" ma
rines was made ~ assistant Secretary
Roosevelt. after dint 81 much search
M 81 recorts and inquiry among ma
stne officers. The hunt Was started
Hs the RESIST q the recent Incident in
Camaruey when marines kicked M
some excitement In the Cubsn town
nfrnr L. BOY Ensrnr- an AraarLrnr -