Excerpt from The Dedication of the Washington National Monument: With the Orations; February 21, 1885 Third. An oration in the Hall of the House of Representatives, on the twenty second day of February, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-five, by the honorable Robert C. Winthrop, who delivered the oration at the laying of the corner-stone of the Monument in eighteen hundred and forty-eight, with music by the Marine Band. Fourth. Salutes of one hundred guns from the navy-yard, the artillery headquarters, and such men-of-war as can be anchored in the Potomac. And such sum of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses incurred under the above provisions, not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, May 13, 1884. The Commission, as appointed by the Presiding Officers of the Senate and of the House, was: Senator John Sherman, of Ohio; Senator Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont; Senator William B. Allison, of Iowa; Senator Thomas F. Bayard, of Delaware; and Senator Lucius Q. C. Lamar, of Mississippi; Representative William Dorsheimer, of New York; Representative John Randolph Tucker, of Virginia; Representative John H. Reagan, of Texas; Representative Patrick A. Collins, of Massachusetts; Representative Nathaniel B. Eldredge, of Michigan; Representative Henry H. Bingham, of Pennsylvania; Representative Joseph G.Cannon, of Illinois; and Representative James Laird, of Nebraska. With these members of Congress were associated, under the joint resolution: Hon. W. W. Corcoran, J. C. Welling, LL.D., and J. M. Toner, M.D., members of the Washington National Monument Society; and Lieut. Col. Thomas Lincoln Casey, U.S. Army, the engineer in charge. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.