H. H. Ely, Charles P. McClelland, Lewis Roberts, N. Holmes Odell, Daniel Armstrong.

Press Committee : -- W. H. PI. Ely, M. D. Raymond, George N.

Pratt.

Committee on Printing and Badges : -- M. D. Raymond, W. H< H. Ely, Joseph E. See.'

The following additional appointments were also soon after announced :

President of the Day: -- Plon. Noah Davis. Orator: -- Hon. Isaac N. Mills. Grand Marshal : -- C. T. Carpenter.

The Society of the Sons of the Revolution of the State of New York, was invited to dedicate the monument.

The Committees actively engaged in their special work, and it was soon announced that the Army and the Navy would both be present and participate in the exercises of the day, and progress was reported all along the lines. The approaching event attracted interest in places far remote, and as the day approached, the interest increased. The batteries of U. S. Artillery, and the U. S. men of war arrived on the 1 8th, the evening gun of the former, fired from their bivouac on the Benedict plateau, being the first salute of the occasion. In the meantime the town was bedecked in bright colors and holiday attire.

A contemporary account is copied as follows :

" By the arrival at noon on Thursday the village began to show indications of the coming celebration. Here and there the art ot the decorator began to appear, and gradually the streets laid aside their vvork-a-day garb and assumed holiday attire. On Main Street and Orchard Street and in fact everywhere were brilliant blends of color. Stores were dressed with the red, white and blue, and homes and other buildings bore the colors of all nations. Prominent in the mass of color, however, was Old Glory ; and this was most fitting, for the 'Stars and Stripes' was made possible by the men of the Revolution who by their and valor and fidelity thretv off a yoke of sovereignty, and inscribed a new name on the roll of nations.