138 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1920. 



Senator Lodge then offered the following resolutions, which were 

 adopted : 



Whereas the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution has learned of 

 the death, on September 25, 1919, of Charles Lang Freer, of Detroit, Mich. : 

 Resolved, That the board desires to place upon record an expression of its 

 sorrow at the passing away of this distinguished patron of the arts, whose 

 generous gifts of paintings, sculptures, and bronzes to this institution for the 

 benefit of the Nation, and of funds for the erection of a suitable building for 

 their study and exhibition have earned the gratitude of the world and a con- 

 spicuous position in the history of the country's great benefactors. 



Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted by the secretary to 

 the family of Mr. Freer. 



The secretary went on to say that very naturally many mat- 

 ters of importance would be coming up in connection with the Freer 

 Gallery and the collections which it would be impossible for the 

 board to consider as a body, and he desired to suggest that authority 

 to act for the board be delegated either to the permanent committee 

 or to a committee to be appointed by the board. 



On motion, the following resolution was adopted: 



Resolved, That the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution hereby 

 authorizes and directs its permanent committee to represent the board in all 

 matters pertaining to the receipt and installation of all gifts from the late 

 Charles Lang Freer and in carrying out the provisions of his will, dated May 13, 

 1918, and of the codicil thereto, dated May 4, 1919, so far as they relate to the 

 Smithsonian Institution. 



THE NATIONAL ART COMMITTEE. 



The National Art Committee was formed about a year ago, of 

 which Mr. Henry White, of this Board of Regents, is honorary chair- 

 man, and Mr. Herbert Pratt, of New York, secretary and treasurer. 



The purpose of the committee is to secure portraits of the military, 

 civil, and religious leaders in the Great War, which are to be ex- 

 hibited in various cities of the United States, and later placed in the 

 care of the Smithsonian Institution at Washington. 



The committee took up its work vigorously, sending several of the 

 foremost American artists abroad to execute the various commissions 

 allotted to each, and a recent report received at the institution indi- 

 cates that the following portraits have been completed: 



Miss Cecelia Beaux : Cardinal Mercier, Admiral Beatty, and Premier Clemen- 

 ceau. 



Douglas Volk : Lloyd George and the King of the Belgians. 



Edmund C. Tarbell : Gen. Le Man and Marshal Foch. 



Charles Hopkinson: Premier Bratiano, Premier Pachitch, and Saionji. 



John C. Johansen : Field Marshal Haig, Marshal Joffre, Gen. Diaz, and 

 Premier Orlando. 



Irving Wiles: Admiral Sims. 



