Report of the United States Commission to the Columbian Historical Exposition at Madrid : 1892-93 : with special papers.

  • United States Commission to the Columbian Historical Exposition at Madrid
Date:
1895
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Credit: Report of the United States Commission to the Columbian Historical Exposition at Madrid : 1892-93 : with special papers. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    HISTORY OF THE PARTICIPATION OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE COLUMBIAN HISTORICAL EXPOSITION AT MADRID. By the Commissioner General, Rear-Admiral STEPHEN B. LUCE, United States Navy. Washington, D. C., May ,2, 1893. Sir : The Columbian Historical Exposition at Madrid having' closed, and the Commissioners having completed the duty assigned to them, the Commissioner General begs leave to submit the following report: By virtue of an act of Congress approved May 13,1892, the President appointed, a Commission to represent the United States at the Commem- orative Celebration, in Spain, of the Fourth Centenary of the Discovery of America. The text of the act runs as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That for the expense of representation of the United States at the Columbian Historical Exposition to he held in Madrid in eighteen hundred and ninety-two in commemoration of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America, fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may he necessary, to he expended under the direction and in the discretion of the Secretary of State; and the President is hereby authorized to appoint a Commissioner General and two assis- tant Commissioners, who may, in his discretion, be selected from the active or retired list of the Army or Navy, and shall serve without other compensation than that to which they are now entitled by law, to represent the United States at said Exposi- tion ; that it shall be the duty of such Commissioners to select from the archives of the United States, from the National Museum, and from the various Executive Departments of the Government such pictures, hooks, papers, documents, and other articles as may relate to the discovery and early settlement of America and the aboriginal inhabitants thereof; and they shall be authorized to secure the loan of similar articles from other museums and private collections, and arrange, classify, and install them as the exhibit of the United States at the said exposition ; that the President is authorized to cause the detail of officers from the active or retired list of the Army and Navy, to serve without compensation other than that to which they are now entitled by law, as assistants to said Commissioners; and the said Commis- sioners shall be authorized to employ such clerical and other assistance as may be necessary, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State. This act was supplemented by the act approved August 5, 1892, which appropriated the additional sum of $10,000 for the expenses of the Commission. Under the provisions of the former act the following members were appointed: S. B. Luce, rear-admiral, United States INavy (retired),
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