88 S. Mis. 53. 



the building entirely fire-proof. This gentleman is now engaged as 

 superintendent in the erection of the military and naval asylum for the 

 District of Columbia, and is highly recommended to the committee by 

 the officers of the army and navy, as well as by the fact that so im- 

 portant a work has been intrusted to his superintendence. 



Should the plans which are herewith submitted to the Board be 

 adopted, the committee would recommend that Captain Alexander be 

 appointed, with the consent of the superior of his corps, to superintend 

 the completion of the building. As he is an officer of the army, on 

 duty in this city, he will be enabled to give daily attention to the work 

 at a comparatively small expense. 



GRAHAM N. FITCH, ^ 



RICHARD RUSH, I r w?- r •« 



JOHN W. MAURY, >^"^^^^"^ Comm.Wee. 



JOSEPH HENRY, 



