Hon. Jesse K. Dubois, Vice-President of the association, died Nov. 22, 1876, and at a meeting of the Asssociation, Nov. 23, 1876, Hon. Shelby M. Cullom, Governor-elect of the State of Illinois, was chosen to fill the vacancy.

Judge Charles S. Zane was chosen in place of Thomas J. Dennis, who had removed to Chicago, thus vacating his seat in the Association.

Hon. Milton Hay was chosen in place of Dr. S. H. Melvin, who had removed to California, thus vacating his seat in the Association. The two latter were chosen Nov. 23, 1876, also.

When the Naval group of statuary was completed in the autumn of 1875, it was not shipped direct to Springfield, Illinois, but was taken to Philadelphia, and exhibited at the Centennial Exposition, which was opened July 4, 1876. At the close of the Centennial it was shipped to Springfield, arriving in the spring of 1877. The Naval group represents a scene on deck of a ship of war, or more properly a river gun-boat. The mortar is poised ready for action, the gunner has rolled up a shell, ready to put in it; the boy, called in nautical phrase the powder-monkey, climbs to the highest point, and is peering into the distance, he and the gunner believing that they are on the eve of a battle, but the officer in command, having examing the situation through his telescope, and finding that there is no preparation for battle on the part of the enemy, dismisses the subject.

The Infantry group was shipped from Chicopee, Massachusetts, direct to Springfield, Illinois, arriving in the spring of 1877, also. Both groups were placed in position on the Monument, in September, 1877. The

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Infantry group represents a body of infantry soldiers with all their arms and baggage, on the march, not in immediate expectation of battle, but they are supposed to have been fired upon by an enemy in ambush, and the color-bearer killed. The officer in command raises the flag with one hand, and pointing to the enemy with the other, orders a charge. The private with the musket, as the representative of the whole line, is in the act of executing the charge. The drummer boy has become excited, lost his cap, thrown away his haversack, and drawn a revolver to take part in the conflict, and then looks as though he was not sure whether to fight or get behind the officer.

From a letter written by Mr. A. C. Woodworth, President of the Ames Manufacturing Company, which was placed on the records of the Monument Association, I learn that the Coat of Arms was cast in 1870, the statue of Lincoln in 1871 and 1872, the Naval group in 1874 and 1875, the Infantry group in 1874 and 1876, and that the weights of the different pieces are as follows:

I also learn from the same letter that the Ames Manufacturing Company had received sixty-five old bronze cannon, donated by the United States Government to the National Lincoln Monument Association.

The efforts in Boston and Philadelphia to raise money to pay for the Cavalry and Artillery groups, proved to be a total failure, principally for want of some influential citizen to lead off in each city, as Governor Morgan had done in New York. In order to supply that deficiency, the Legislature of Illinois made an appropriation of twenty-seven thousand dollars for

the purpose, which became a law in May, 1877. May 17, 1877, the Lincoln Monument Association, at a special meeting:

Resolved, That this Association hereby request and direct Larkin G. Mead, Esq., to proceed without delay, to prepare and construct the Artillery group, as contemplated and specified in the contract with this Association, and draw upon them for one-third of thirteen thousand seven hundred dollars, payable on or before the tenth day of July next.

Resolved, That the Executive Committee be and they are hereby instructed to make and transmit to Mr. Mead an order for the Cavalry group, at such time as they in their discretion may dic

tate.

At a meeting of the Association December 11, 1878, Jacob Bunn tendered his resignation as a member of the Executive Committee, and the Hon. J. C. Conkling was appointed to fill the vacancy.

At the same meeting Governor Shelby M. Cullom was elected Vice-President of the Association.

A letter from Mr. Mead, dated Florence, Italy, March 4, 1879, and directed to the Secretary of the Association, conveys the intelligence that the models in plaster for the Artillery group were completed and ready for shipment.

At a meeting of the Association, September 12, 1879, it was

Resolved, That we hereby request and direct Larkin G. Mead to proceed without delay to prepare the model and cause the construction of the fourth or Cavalry group for the Monument, as specified and contemplated in his contract with the Association, and that he is hereby authorized to draw upon the Treasurer for the sum of four thousand five hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six

cents.

Resolved, That the Secretary is hereby directed to transmit to Mr. Mead a copy of the foregoing resolution.

The following is the formal order of the Executive Committee:

SPRINGFIELD, ILL., September 12, 1879.

Larkin G. Mead, Esq., Florence, Italy:

SIR: We enclose you here with a copy of a resolution, this day passed by the Lincoln Monument Association.

In obedience to that resolution, and in compliance with the contract between the Association and yourself, referred to in said resolution, we, the Executive Committee, give you hereby the formal order to proceed and complete, as soon as practicable, the fourth or Cavalry group.

You are hereby authorized, in pursuance of said contract, to draw upon the Association for four thousand five hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents, the first payment for said group.

JOHN T. Stuart,

JAMES C. CONKLING,
JOHN WILLIAMS,

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Executive Committee.

At a special meeting of the National Lincoln Monument Association, November 16, 1880, the death of two of the members of the Association was announced, namely:

Orlin H. Miner, died May 27, 1880.

David L. Phillips, died June 19, 1880.

Their vacancies have not been filled.

The Association having been notified that the models for the Artillery and Cavalry groups of statuary had been shipped from Florence, Italy, and arrived at Chicopee, Massachusetts, in October, 1880, and that Mr. Mead had drawn on the Association for the second payment on each, which, according to the contract, was four thousand five hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents each, therefore a formal order was passed that the two several drafts be paid.

At a meeting of the National Lincoln Monument Association, Debember 19, 1881, Hon. John T. Stuart, on the part of the Executive Committee, made a report including various subjects. From that report I make some extracts concerning the Monument grounds.

It will be remembered that the original grant of land in 1865, from the city of Springfield, to the National Lincoln Monument Association, was about six acres. In October, 1877, the Executive Committee applied to the city council for a modification of the south line of the Monument grounds, to make it conform to the lay of the land, but they did not ask for anything additional. In response to this request, and after having