1972 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 
In reply I beg to advise you that there is no objection to the occupation, in the 
manner stated, of a piece of ground not exceeding 2 acres indicated on a plat! which 
may be examined in the office of the Quartermaster-General, provided that the 
ground in question be vacated whenever it is required by this Department. 
Very respectfully. 
: Wm. C. Enpicort, Secretary of War. 
Prof. §. P. LANGLEY, 
Secretary Smithsonian Institution. 
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 
APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS 
By the Vice-President. 
March 28, 1889—Senate. 
The Vicr-PrestpEnt (Mr, Levi P. Morton). Under the provisions 
of section 5581 of the Revised Statutes the chair appoints as Regents 
of the Smithsonian Institution Shelby M. Cullom, of Illinois, and 
Randall L. Gibson, of Louisiana, to fill vacancies which occurred on 
the 3d instant. 
° APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS 
By the Speaker. 
January 6, 1890—House. 
The Speaker (Mr. T. B. Reep) announced the appointment of the 
following Regents of the Smithsonian Institution: 
Benjamin Butterworth, of Ohio, Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massachu- 
setts, and Joseph Wheeler, of Alabama. 
APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS 
By Joint Resolution. 
April 23, 1890—Senate. 
Mr. 8. M. Cuntom. I introduce a resolution and ask that it be now 
considered. It is a matter about which there will be no controversy. 
The PrEsIDENT pro tempore. The resolution will be read. 
The Chief Clerk read as follows: 
Resalved by the Senate, ete.— 
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. This is in form a joint resolution, and 
will require three separate readings, like a bill. 
Mr. Cuttom. The statute requires that it shall be a joint resolution. 
1«“The plat in question shows the location of the lot near the center and highest 
part of the unoccupied wooded ridge, near the colored soldiers’ portion of the ceme- 
tery. The site, however, is so distant that I should not propose to occupy it while 
any better could be procured.’’ 
(Secretary’s Report, 1889, p. 33.) 
