Evening star., 1928-12-11
unknown SOLDIER
!. DESIGN SELECTED
Completion Of Tomb Waits
on Appropriations
|, by Congress.

Secretary Dwight F. Davis yesterday
selected the design for the completion
of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
submitted by Thomas Hudson Jones,
sculptor, and Lorimer Rich, architect,
both of New York, This design was
one selected by jury of award from
73 placed in competition and has also
received the approval of the Fine Arts
Commission, the American Battle Mon
uments Commission and the Arlington
Cemetery Commission. Work on COM
pletion of the tomb will start as soon
as Congress appropriates funds which
have already been authorized.
BY the act of July 3, 1926, Congress
limited the authorized total cost of the
memorial and of the designs to 1000,
1000 will be available for the actual
fabrication and erection of the memo
rial. AS soon as funds become available,
a formal contract will be made with
the winners for the preparation of the
necessary plans and specifications and
for supervision Of erection, for which
a commission of per cent of the
amount of the contract will be paid.
The $2,500 appropriated has been used
in conjunction with the competition
and it is thought that Congress will
now appropriate the balance without
delay, probably Incorporating the sum
into the War Department supply bill.
Report Transmitted.
While the selection was being dis
cussed, President Coolidge transmitted
to Congress communication accom-
panying the annual report of the COM
mission on the erection of memorials
and entombment of bodies in the
Arlington Memorial Amphitheater,
inviting attention Of Congress to the
commissions recommendation that "the
Tomb Of the Unknown Soldier be COM
pleted and that the balance of the
$4,000 authorized for the completion
Of said tomb, $47,500, is carried in the
budget estimates for the fiscal year
1890"
The Presidents message was referred,
with accompanying papers, by Speaker
Longworth to the committee on public
Buildings and grounds.
Creator Of Grant Statue.
The successful sculptor, Mr.. Jones,
lives in New York City. He was award
ed the PriX de Rome. 1919-1922, and
is the creator of the Gen. u. S. Grant
statue in the Hall of Fame, in New
York. Mr.. Rich Is q leading New York
architect.
An interesting feature of the selection
was that Gen. John j. Pershing, chair
man of the American Battle Monuments
Commission, had q voice in the ap-
proval of the design.
The winning design Is a Sarcophagus
with Doric columns in alto-relief di-
viding the sides in three panels, each
adorned by wreath. The front panel
bears in bas-relief three figures, SYM
bolizing Peace, Victory and the Ameri-
can Soldier The back is reserved for a
suitable inscription.
Members Of Jury.
The jury of award consisted of:
Charles A. Coolidge of Boston; Paul p.
Cret of Philadelphia. and D. H. Burn
ham of Chicago, representing the
American Institute Of Architects; Mrs.
William D. Rock of Philadelphia, rep
reSenting the Gold Star Mothers, and
COL Hanford MacNider Of Mason City.
Iowa, representing the American Le-
gion.
A design submitted by Horace w.
Peaslee, local architect; Carl Nose.
sculptor, and Charles Eliot, I'd, land
scape architect. city planner of the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission, was among the five in the
final selection.