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ment invites through the medium of the Associated Press all civil, military and 

 naval organizations in the United States to attend the ceremonies, which will be 

 held at the base of the monument on the 21st of February, 1885. Any organi- 

 zation accepting this invitation is requested to notify Lieutenant-General P. H. 

 Sheridan, U. S. A., Marshal of the day, of the number of persons in such 

 organization, whereupon he .will assign it to proper position in the procession to 

 be provided for by the commission. At a meeting of the commission recently 

 the programme was decided upon. The morning is to be devoted by the Marshal 

 of the day to the concentration of societies and troops on the ground. The 

 ceremonies at the monument will begin precisely at 12 o'clock. Senator John 

 Sherman, Chairman of the Congressional Commission, presiding. The pro- 

 gramme will be as follows : 



Music. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Sutor, of Christ Church, Alexandria, Va. 

 Remarks by W. W. Corcoran, First Vice-President of the Washington Monument 

 Society. Remarks by the engineers of the joint commission turning over the 

 completed structure to the President of the United States. Acceptance by the 

 President for the people of the United States and dedication to the memory of 

 General George Washington. Music. 



During the performance of music the procession will be formed and will 

 proceed to the Capitol Grounds where it will be reviewed by the President of the 

 United States. 



The order of procession will be as follows : 



Chief Marshal, with Chief of Staff and an aide from every State and Territory ; 

 military escort ; General commanding ; brigade of artillery ; brigade of infantry ; 

 naval brigade ; battalion of marines ; chartered military organizations, taking 

 precedence by the dates of their charters, and temporarily organized in regiments 

 and brigades ; civic procession ; Congressional Commission ; members and ex- 

 members of the joint commission for the completion of the monunient ; engineers 

 of the monuement and detail of workmen ; the Washington Monument Society ; 

 the President of the United States and orator of the day ; the President and Vice- 

 President elect of the United States ; ex- Presidents of the United States; Judges 

 of the Supreme Court ; Diplomatic Corps ; Governors of States and their respec- 

 tive staffs, taking precedence in the order of admission of their States into the 

 Union ; Senate and House of Representatives ; Commissioners of the District of 

 Columbia; Society of the Cincinnati; Masonic fraterntty, with other organiza- 

 tions which officially contributed stores or money for the erection of the monu- 

 ment; citizens of States and Territories, with civic organizations from those 

 States without partisan flags or emblems, each State taking precedence'in order 

 of admission into the Union; Fire Department of the District of Columbia and 

 visiting firemen. 



