XXIV PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. 



Not knowino- the iiaturo of the reception aiTan<>:enients that were 

 being made in the United States, I telegraphed from Gibraltar to my 

 son-in-law, Mr. Gilbert II. Grosvenor, expressing the hope that the 

 remains of James Smithson would be received with as much honor as 

 those of John Howard Payne. 



After conferring with the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, Mr. Grosvenor laid the substance of my telegram before the 

 President of the United States, who innnediately responded by 

 requesting the Secretary of the Navy to detail the U. S. dispatch- 

 boat Dolphin to meet the Princess Irene on her arrival at quarantine, 

 escort her to the pier at Hoboken, X. J., and then bring the remains 

 to Washington, 



At the request of Mr. Grosvenor a squadron of United States cav- 

 alry was also detailed to escort the remains from the navy -yard to 

 their resting place here. Mr. Grosvenor has made a report to me of 

 the correspondence which resulted in this cooperation of the United 

 States Government, which will be found in the appendix. 



As your committee charged with the duty of bringing the remains 

 to the Smithsonian Institution, I have expressed to the President 

 and to the Secretary of the Navy and to the Secretary of War my 

 sincere appreciation of these acts of courtes}'', which have given a 

 national character to the reception accorded to the remains of James 

 Smithson on their arrival in the United States. 



On Monday, the 25th of January, 1904, I handed over, at the 

 Smithsonian Institution, to Senator Frye, as the representative of 

 the Board of Regents, the remains of this great benefactor of the 

 United States. 



I have the honor to present as an a])pendix to this repoi't the fol- 

 l(jwing documents: 



A. Copy of the application of your couniiittee to the committee of tlio British 

 Burial Ground Fund Association for the custody of the remains of .lames Smith- 

 son, with the reply. 



B. Copy of the application of your conunittee to the prefect of the i)rovince of 

 Genoa for permission to remove the remains of .lames Smithson to the I'nited 

 States, with a copy of the decree i>ermittinj; such removal. 



C. Copy of a certificate made hy the British consul-general at Genoa, at the 

 request of tlie nuniicipal hureau of hygiene, stating that no oh.iection e.xisted on 

 the part of the British cousulate-geueral to the removal of the remains of .Tames 

 Smithson. 



D. Certificate of the acting mayor of Genoa rliat all the retiuirements of the 

 existing regulations on mortuary matters had been coiiiiijied with. 



E. Copy of the final certificate of the An\erican consul. .i,'iven to your conunit- 

 tee on hoard the steamer Priiircsx Irene as she was al)out to leave (ienoa for 

 New York. 



F. Copy of letter from Lieut. Connnander .J. II. (iilibons, IT. S. Navy, deliv- 

 ered on hoard the steamer Privee.s.s Irene upon her airiv.al at quanantine, 

 notifying your committee of the action of the Navy Department in detailing the 



