_Engineers in Charge Under Joint Commission._
Col. THOS. LINCOLN CASEY, Col. JOHN M. WILSON (1888),
Corps of Engineers.
_Assistants._
Capt. GEO. W. DAVIS, BERNARD R. GREEN,
14th Inft., U. S. A. Civil Engineer.
_Master Mechanic_--P. H. MCLAUGHLIN.
_Chief Clerk_--JAMES B. DUTTON.
_Draftsman_--GUSTAV FRIEBUS.
INSCRIPTIONS
ON THE
FOUR FACES OF THE ALUMINUM POINT CROWNING
APEX OF MONUMENT.
(NORTH FACE.)
JOINT COMMISSION
AT
SETTING OF CAP-STONE.
CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
W. W. CORCORAN, _Chairman_.
M. E. BELL.
EDWARD CLARK.
JOHN NEWTON.
_Act of August 2nd, 1876._
(WEST FACE.)
CORNER-STONE LAID ON BED OF FOUNDATION
JULY 4, 1848.
FIRST STONE AT HEIGHT OF 152 FEET
LAID
AUGUST 7, 1880.