Prayer was offered by the Rev. S. A. Wallis, of Pohick Church, near Mount Vernon, Va. An oration by Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, of Ma.s.sachusetts, was read by Hon. John D. Long, a Representative from Ma.s.sachusetts. Music by the United States marine band was followed by an eloquent oration by the Hon, John W. Daniel, of Virginia.

The benediction was p.r.o.nounced by the Rev. John A. Lindsay, Chaplain of the House of Representatives.

The resolution of Congress of 1799 was at last fulfilled. The efforts of the Washington National Monument Society were realized, and the American people beheld the consummation of their desire--a great National Monument erected at the seat of the Federal Government to the name and memory of George Washington.

A provision in the sundry civil bill, approved October 2, 1888, dissolved the Joint Commission, and placed the Monument "in the custody, care, and protection" of the Secretary of War, and "continued" the Washington National Monument Society "with the same powers as provided in the act of August 2, 1876, creating the Joint Commission."

APPENDIX.

ROLL OF THE Washington National Monument Society.

Chief Justice John Marshall.

Ex-President James Madison.

Hon. Roger C. Weightman.

Com. John Rodgers.

Gen. Thomas S. Jessup.

Col. George Bomford.

Matthew St. Claire Clarke.

Samuel Harrison Smith.

John McClelland.

Judge William Cranch.

Hon. William Brent.

George Watterston.

Col. Nathan Towson.

Gen. Archibald Henderson.

Thomas Munroe.

Hon. Thomas Carbery.

Hom. Peter Force.

Hon. John P. Van Ness.

William Ingle.

William L. Brent.

Gen. Alexander McComb.

John J. Abert.

Philip R. Fendall.

Maj.-Gen. Winfield Scott.

John Carter.

Gen. Walter Jones.

Hon. Walter Lenox.

T. Hartley Crawford.

Com. M. F. Maury.

Benj. Ogle Tayloe.

Thomas Blagden.

John Carroll Brent.

Col. James Kearney.

Hon. Elisha Whittlesey.

Hon. W. W. Seaton.

J. Bayard H. Smith.

Hon. W. W. Corcoran.

John P. Ingle.

James Mandeville Carlisle.

Dr. John B. Blake.

Dr. William Jones.

William L. Hodge.

Dr. James C. Hall.

William B. Todd.

Hon. James Dunlop.

Gen. U. S. Grant.

George W. Riggs.

Hon. Henry D. Cooke.

Hon. Peter G. Washington.

William J. McDonald.

Hon. John M. Broadhead.

Gen. William T. Sherman.

Dr. Charles H. Nicols.

David A. Watterston.

Hon. Alexander R. Shepherd.

Fitzhugh Coyle.

Hon. James G. Berret.

J. C. Kennedy.

Hon. William A. Richardson.

Gen. O. E. Babc.o.c.k.

Edward Clark.

Hon. Walter S. c.o.x.

Rear-Admiral Levin M. Powell.

Dr. Charles F. Stansbury.

Fred D. Stuart.

Hon. Robert C. Winthrop.

Professor Joseph Henry.

Gen. William McKee Dunn.

John C. Harkness.

Hon. Horatio King.

Dr. Daniel B. Clarke.

Hon. George W. McCrary.

Dr. Joseph M. Toner.

President James C. Welling.

Hon. George Bancroft.

Rear-Adm'l C. R. P. Rodgers.

Hon. Hugh McCulloch.

Hon. John Sherman.

Hon. William Strong.

Hon. Arthur McArthur.

Brig.-Gen. Thos. Lincoln Casey.

Hon. A. R. Spofford.

Hon. J. C. Bancroft Davis.