XX REPORT ON THE HENRY STATUE- 



Departments; Solicitor-General and Assistant Attorneys-General; the 

 United States Marshal and Officers of courts; the Light-House Board ; 

 the Heads of Bureaus ; the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, the 

 Superintendent of the Naval Observatory, the Superintendent of the 

 Nautical Almanac, the Director of the Geological Survey, the Li- 

 brarian of Congress ; the Commissioner of Public Buildings, the Archi- 

 tect of the Capitol, the Superintendent of the Government Printing 

 Office, the Superintendent of the Botanical Gardens, the Visitors of 

 the Government Hospital for the Insane ; officers of tbe Senate and 

 House of Representatives ; Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art ; the 

 Washington Monument Society ; officers and employes of the Smithso- 

 nian Institution, Bureau of Ethnology, National Museum, and United 

 States Fish Commission ; Alumni of the College of New Jersey ; mem- 

 bers of scientific organizations, &c. 



While this procession was moving from the hall in the Museum build- 

 ing to the platform at the statue, the Marine Band, furnished through 

 the courtesy of Hon. William E. Chandler, Secretary of the Navy, and 

 of Colonel McCawley, Commandant of the Marine Corps, played a grand 

 march, "Transit of Venus," composed by J. P. Sousa, the leader of the 

 band. 



The following was the order of exercises : 



I. Music— Marine Band (J. P. Sousa, conductor), "The Hallelujah Chorus" 

 (Messiah), Handel. 

 II. Prayer— Rev. A. A. Hodge, D. D., of Princeton, N. J. 



III. Address — Chief Justice Waite, Chancellor of the Institution. 



IV. Unveiling the Statue. 



V. Music (Philharmonic Society and full Marine Baud, R. C. Bernays, con- 

 ductor) — Grand chorus, " The Heavens are Telling" (Creation), Haydn. 



VI. Oration — Rev. Dr. Noah Porter, President of Yale College. 



VII. Music (J. P. Sousa, conductor) — Grand March Triumphale, "Schiller," 

 Meyerbeer. 



The Philharmonic Society was assisted by members of the Washing- 

 ton Operatic Association, the Bossini and Church Choir Choral Socie- 

 ties, the Washington Sangerbund and Germauia Manuerchor. The 

 arrangements for the music were made by a Committee of the Philhar- 

 monic Society, of which Prof. F. Widdows was chairman. The Chief 

 of Police furnished a detail for the grounds ; Mr. Edward Clark, Archi- 

 tect of the Capitol, supplied music stands and stools for the Marine 

 Band ; the Quartermaster's Department lent flags, and the Department 

 of Agriculture living plants for decorating . the platform. Mr. W. B. 

 Smith, Superintendent of the Botanic Gardens, also furnished floral 

 decorations. 



The platform was constructed under the superintendence of Mr. C. 

 W. Schuerman and Mr. G. W. Field, and the mechanical arrangements 

 for unveiling the statue were devised by Mr. Joseph Palmer. At the 



