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street is opened on the south of the Parade Ground, it will be laid out 

 entirely clear of the property now under control of your Commission. 



The reviewing officer would face cast and occupy a position from 

 which the whole field could be commanded at a glance, except the com- 

 paratively small space in his rear, which is proposed to be reserved for 

 spectators. The boundary of the ground is here irregular and we 

 have taken advantage of this peculiarity to set apart a site for such 

 outbuildings as will, in all probability, be hereafter needed. As these 

 buildings marked B on the plan should not come prominently into 

 notice, and as it is undesirable to retain the present oblique line of the 

 property as the western boundary of an otherwise rectangular field, we 

 have arranged the space required for miscellaneous purposes in such a 

 way that when viewed from any interior point the whole will appear a 

 symmetrical quadrangle. 



A site for a building of moderate extent, is indicated on the extreme 

 west and marked A on the plan; the first story of which might be 

 j tartly open and furnish shelter from sun and rain for a large number of 

 persons ; in the second story accommodations could be arranged for the 

 use of officers and invited guests. 



As a military parade always has interest for the public, and it is de- 

 sirable for the sake of the military itself that it should receive attention, 

 it is proper and just that some special provision should be made for the 

 convenience of spectators, so that, without pushing or crowding for front 

 places, or any disorder which would destroy their pleasure, a large con- 

 course of persons may overlook the field. . We therefore propose to ap- 

 propriate a stretch of ground immediately in the rear of the position in- 

 dicated for the reviewing officer, and marked CC on the plan, for the 

 use of visitors, and to give its eastern face a gradual upward slope, so 

 that it may offer to all who occupy it, a good chance to see whatever 

 may be going on ; and as the Parade Ground itself will fall slightly 

 towards this artificial bank, the advantages to be gained by this arrange- 

 ment will be correspondingly increased. 



A large graveled area is shown on the plan at the west side, con- 

 nected by roads on the north and south sides with a smaller graveled 

 space on the east, the greater portion of the Parade Ground being in- 

 cluded in one rectangular central plot of green sward. 



It is not proposed to reduce the ground available for military exercises 

 by planting, but a belt of trees is indicated on the west and southwest 

 1 (order of the space to be occupied by visitors, for the purpose of offer- 

 ing protection from the afternoon sun. A continuous line of the Ameri- 

 can Elm is also proposed to be set out inside the boundary fence that 



