922 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 



Dopiirtineut.s; Solicitor-General and as.si.stant attorne3^s-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 Libra- 

 rian of Congress; the Commissioner of Public Buildings, the Architect 

 of the Capitol, the Superintendent of the Government Printing Office, 

 the Superintendent of the Botanical Gardens, the Visitors of the Gov- 

 ernment Hospital for the Insane; officers of the Senate and House of 

 Representatives; Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art; the Wash- 

 ington Monument Society; officers and employees of the Smithsonian 

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

 Fish Commission; alumni of the College of New Jersey, members of 

 scientific organizations, etc. 



While this procession was moving from the hall in the Museum 

 building 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 Band, R. C. Bernays, conduc- 

 tor) — 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 Rossini and Church Choir Choral 

 societies, the Washington Siingerbund and Germania Mannerchor. 

 The arrangements for the music were made by a committee of the 

 Philharmonic Society, of which Prof. F. Widdows was chairman. 

 The chief of police furnished a detail for the grounds; Mr. Edward 

 Clark, architect 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. R. Smith, superintendent of the botanic gardens, also fur- 

 nished floral decorations. 



At the moment of unveiling the statue the news was telegraphed 

 from an instrument on the platform, which had been placed there by 

 Mr. L. Whitney, the superintendent of the Western Union Telegraph 

 Company. 



