The Custer Monument

A General Custer National Monument Association was organized at Monroe, in 1876 with General Sheridan as President, T. E. "Wing, cashier First National Bank, treasurer, and J. M. Bulkley, Harry A. Conant and K. E. Phinney as secretarles, and al so with a long list of vice-presidents, including the governors of seyeral States, officers of the army and distinguished men from different parts of the country. Many remittances were sent to a New York newspaper designating it as the custodian of the National Monument Association funds. The association at the West raised a f und and will now unite it with that of the New York subscribers. Last year a committee was appointed to select a design for the statue, to be erected either in Central Park or at West Point. The committee was composed of the following gentleman: Thurlow Weed, W. C. Bryant, General W. S. Hancock, General Schofield and August Belmont, the latter being treasurer. At the death of Mr. Bryant, Mr. LeClaire, the artist, was appointed to keep the number complete. In.the absence of Mr. Weed, Algernon Sullivan acted in his place. The result of this consultation was the selection of the design of Mr. LeClaire and the model for a statue by McDonald. The site decided upon for the statue is on the parade grounds at West Point. where the statup af General Sedgwick stands and it will be unveiled either the latter part of August or first of September, the precise time not yet having been determined upon.