XKXll PROCEEDINGS OE THE BOARD OE REGENTS. 



" January 22. l!Ht4. 



"Sir: 1 wish lo thank yoil most i-oi-dinlly tor ymw courtesy in tho matter of 

 the mai-iiic Lxmird for James Smithsou. llu- foiintler of the SiuithHoniau 

 Institution. 



■' Vnurs. very rcsiu'ctfnlly, 



" GlI.iaOKT 11. (iKOSVKNOR. 



" Uear-Admiral II. I'. Tayioi!. V. S. Navy, 



"Chief of liiircati of Xarif/dHnii. Narif Dcpartincitt, Wtisliiin/ton, D. f." 



Tlie followinji letters from Admiral Taylor give the details of the arran.iie- 

 nients at the navy-yard: 



" Januaey 22, 11»04. 



"Sir: I have the honor to inform yon that instructions have been sent to 

 the commandant of the navy-yard, Washin^'ton, to arrange for the deharkatiou 

 of the remains of the late James Smithsou, i-sii.. from the V. S. S. Doliihiu, 

 about 9.30 o'clock, Monday morning, the 2r>th instant, and for their escort, with 

 ceremony, from alongside the ship to the navy-yard gate, where they will be 

 transferi-ed to the custody of an escort of army troops. A copy of the said 

 instructions is inclosed. 



" ^'ery respectfully, H. C. Taylor, 



"Acting Secretary. 

 " The President. National Gkooraphic Society, 



" W'a.sIiintJtou, I). ('." 



" Navy Department. 

 " Washington, I). C. Janmny .LI. lOOJf. 

 " Sir: You will please give the necessary instructions for the remains of the 

 late James Smithsou, es(i., to be landed from the U. S. S. Dolphin, about 9..50 

 o'clock, Monday morinng, the 25th instant, and escorted with ceremony to the 

 navy-yard gate, where, punctually at 10 o'clock, the remains will be delivered 

 to the escort of army trocips which will be in waiting outside the gate. 



" As large a force of marines as may be availal)le will be i)araded as an escort, 

 the Commandant of the Marine ('(»rps having been directed to send a detach- 

 ment and the Marine P>and to report to you for this purpose. The customary 

 detail of navr.l enlisted men as body bearers will i)e made, these to accom])any 

 the rem.-iins until the transfer to the army escort has been effected. 



"The Department desires as many otticers of the station as may be spared 

 from their duties to attend the ceremony. Fniform for officers of the Navy 

 will be ' Dress,' with or without overcoats, at your discretioiL The Smithsonian 

 Institution and the National Geographical Society have been notified of these 

 instructions, and you may expect their representatives to be in attendance from 

 the begimiing of the ceremony. 



"When the army escort moves otf with the remains, the part taken by the 

 Navy in the ceremony will terminate. 



" \evy respectfully, H. G. Taylor. 



"Actnuj decretory. 

 "The Commandant of the Navy-Yard, 



" WasJiini/ton, J). G." 

 Very truly, yours, Gilbert H. Grosvenor. 



Dr. Alexander Graham P.ell, 



Board of i'cyents. >s'»//7/(.<?o»(Vn( Instil iillni). 



Coniniittec on Hie transfer of the reinnins of 



Janus Siiiithson to tlie I nited States. 



Appendix I. — Acknoirlediinienf of (lorernnienl eoiirtcslc.'< made hy j/oiir com- 

 mittee to the l'resi<lent of the I nited .stales and to ttie Secretary of the Xary 

 and Secretary of War. 



New York, January 21, WO'i. 

 Mr. pRi':sn)K.\T : I h.nve the honor to announce the safe arrival in the United 

 Stat(>s of the rem.iins of James Smithsou. founder of the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tioiL by steamer I'rincess Irene, and to thank you for detailing the Dol/ihin to 

 convey the remains to W:isbingtoiL 



Grajiam Bell. 

 Rvyeitt in Charge of Remams;-. 

 The ['resident o:' the United States. 



While House, Wasliinyton, I). ('. 



