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SPANISH-AMERICANWAR MONUMENT ISPLANNED FOR CITYStatue Honoring Boys of ’98 to Be Erected From income From Col. John Hicks Trust FundA statue honoring the memory of those who volunteered for service for their country in the Span-ish-Ameriean war in 1898, a war in which every person who served was a volunteer, will be erected in Oshkosh with funds secured from the income of a $25,000 trust fund left by the late Col, John Hicks, publisher of The Oshkosh Daily Northwestern.Action to erect such a monument in Oshkosh was taken Thursday afternoon at the Oshkosh public library by members of the library board, who also serve as trustees of the Col, John Hicks trust fund, which was left by the late publisher of this newspaper for just such purposes.Other statues and monuments in the city were the gift of Colonel Hicks, some before his death and others afterward through the income from the trust Among the works of art acquired by the city of Oshkosh in this manner were the bronze lions at the library en~ , trance, the G. A. R. monument in Monument square, the Carl Schtirz monument at the foot of Washington boulevard, those of Chief Oshkosh and George Washington at Menominee park, statues at nearly all of the city schools, and others. AT BEQUEST OF CAMPSThe matter was presented to members of the library board and Hicks fund trustees through a letter from Henry Tyriver, commander of Nelson A. Miles camp, No. 1, United Spanish War Veterans, which was read by George Hilton, president of the board. The letter follows: “At a meeting of Nelson A. Miles camp on Aug. 25, the following resolution was unanimously adopted: 'Resolved, that it be the sense of this camp that the public library board of the city of Oshkosh be and is hereby petitioned to initiate proper proceedings necessary to provide for the city of Oshkosh a suitable monument to the memory of the soldiers and sailors of the Spanish-American war. To this end this camp pledges itself and its individual members to extend every assistance that can reasonably, be rendered.’ ”B|Mr. Hilton also read the will ofolonel Hicks showing what the provisions were pertaining to the trust he left for such monuments in Oshkosh.Gen. C. R. Boardman, who was an associate of Colonel Hicks, was in attendance at the meeting yesterday and endorsed the idea of a monument heartily, pointing out that nothing has been done in this manner for the veterans of the Spanish-Amencan war in Oshkosh.FAVORS PROJECTO. J. Hardy, who was trustee of the John Hicks estate and present publisher of The Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, stated he considered the erection of such a monument timely and added that from his knowledge of Colonel Hicks he knew the donor of the fund would support the movementC. R. Fiss, a veteran of the war of 1898 as well as the World war, pointed out that the type of monument suggested would give this city the only monument of its kind in the middle west It is a statue of a Spanish-American war veteran, made of bronze and measur- J ( ing eight and one-half feet tali Its j base would be of hard red granite, j. a suitable stone already having I * been located near Poy Sippi which t would be donated by the man onwhose land it is located. ''tThe site of the former Chase home at the corner of Algoma and West Algoma, opposite the Osh- j ^ kosh public museum, was suggested as the site for toe statue because of the anticipated future beauty of that spot and because so many visitors to the city pass there m toe highways leading in and ( ut of Oshkosh. The site would ilso be particularly appropriate, it was said, because it would be seen by veterans on their way to River-dde cemetery to pay homage to their deceased comrades each Memorial day.I t cBOARD HAS AUTHORITY j JHarry £. Meyer Jr.. city attor- 3tracy, was present at toe meeting and gave an ©pinion to toe effect that the board has toe authority to act on such a request and to grant the use of the income of toe trust fund for toe erection of toe monument.George Hotchkiss, a member of , the board, made toe motion that j * toe trustees of the fund supply hands for such a statue and he and Joseph Mierswa and C. J. Fiss, other members, were appointed as a committee to act on toe project Mr. Fiss moved that the Algoma and West Algoma site be chosen which was seconded by Herman Christensen and passed by toe board.It is hoped to secure the monument and put it in place as soon as possible so that the unveiling can be staged with suitable cere- ; monies this fall.5)he national park service is col- . * ing pioneer mountain relics for t Mxtntain culture nrosetun to i«r *ed in the Great Smoky Maun-!; KfttMfti JNlfc, „ V
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Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Sep 01, 1939
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