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THE VON STEUBEN MONUMENT, NORTHWEST CORNER LAFAYETTE PARK. VIEW LOOKING

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UNVEILING THE VON STEUBEN MONUMENT DECEMBER 7, 1910. PRESIDENT TAFT SPEAKING.

was entered into by the commission with Mr. Albert Jaegers, the successful artist, for furnishing and erecting the monument at the northwest corner of Lafayette Park.

The working model of the statue was completed in May, 1907, and approved by the commission. In June, 1908, the model of one of the two bronze side groups was approved, and in December of the same year that of the second side group was approved. The fullsize model of the statue was approved September 1, 1909, and the bronze casting of it was received in Washington on April 30, 1910, and stored at the storehouse of public buildings and grounds for safe-keeping until the pedestal was ready to receive it. In June, 1910, the full-size model of one of the two bronze side groups was approved, and on September 19, 1910, the full-size model of the second side group was approved by the commission.

The foundation for the pedestal was constructed in September, and on October 24 the setting of the granite of the pedestal was commenced. This work was completed in November, and the bronze statue and side groups were put in place during that month. The mound around the base of the pedestal was inclosed with a granite coping, and new walks around the statue were constructed and paved with asphalt.

All other necessary preparations for the unveiling ceremonies, such as issuing invitations, preparing the program, erecting and decorating stands, etc., were carried out by this office, and the statue was unveiled on December 7. The speakers at the dedication were the President, the German ambassador, the Hon. Richard Bartholdt, and Dr. Charles J. Hexamer. The work of taking down the stands was commenced on December 8 and completed on December 17. The grading and sodding of the grounds around the statue was finished in March, unfavorable weather having prevented earlier completion. Some finishing work was done in May, which practically completed the surroundings of the monument.

The amount expended to June 30, 1911, on account of the construction of this statue was $49,640.39. The cost of unveiling and dedicating the statue was $2,500, which amount was appropriated in the sundry civil act approved June 25, 1910. A photograph of the monument and one of the unveiling ceremonies accompany this report.

16. STATUE OF COMMODORE JOHN BARRY.

Congress by act approved June 8, 1906, appropriated the sum of $50,000 for a statue to the memory of Commodore Barry, to be erected on ground belonging to the United States in this city. By direction of the statue commission, composed of the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, the chairman of the Committee on the Library of the Senate, and the chairman of the Committee on the Library of the House of Representatives, the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, who is the executive and disbursing officer of the commission, prepared a program of competition which was approved by the commission in April, 1908, and sent out to 25 American artists of Irish descent. It provided that models should be submitted between December 1 and 15, 1908, and in accordance therewith models were submitted by 7 sculptors. The commission held a meeting and viewed the models, but made no selection. At

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