George W. Davis,
Captain 14th Infantry.
Bernard R. Green,
Civil Engineer.
Master Mechanic.
P. H. McLaughlin.
(EAST FACE.)
LAUS DEO.
Engineer Office Washington Monument,
Corner Seventeenth and F Streets,
Washington, D. C., April 19, 1880.
Hon. Robert C. Winthrop,
Chairman of Committee of Washington Monument society.
Dear Sir: Agreeably to your request that a succinct account of the project for the completion and the condition of the work upon the Washington National Monument should be given your committee, I have the honor, with the sanction of the Joint Commission for the completion of the Monument, to report as follows.