The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-10-28
THE MONUMENT.

Below are given the dimensions of the pro-
posed monument, at Yorktown, taken from the
drawing and model in possession of Col. W. P.
Craighill, engineer corps, United States army,
who, by direction of the Secretary of War, will
supervise its construction, divided for the pura
pose Of plain understanding by the reader
into: First, the base; second the podium,
or drum supporting the thirteen
figures third, the shaft, or upright column;
fourth, the capital, resting directly on
the final course of the column; fifth, the pedestal
which supports the figures surrounding the
monument; and sixth, the figure, are in height as
follows
Base 25 feet inches.
Podium, IA feet inches.
Shaft, IS feet inch.
Capital, feet inches.
Pedestal, 8 feet inches.
Figure. ii feet inches.
Max ng the total height from the bottom of the
base, resting on the surface of the ground, to
the top of the figure, ninety-fve feet six inches,
The bottom of the base covers a surface area OF
945 Sc feet. The area for inscriptions on each
side of the base is $3.50 square inches. The
greatest diameter of the podium is nine feet
three inches. The height of the thirteen figures
surrounding the podiun is eight feet; the di-
ameter OF the shaft at the bottom, five feet five
inches, and at the top five feet.
The inscriptions on the base of the monument
are to be as follows
North
Observation-Disclosures. ..................
Erected
In pursuance of {:
"A Resolution of Congress, approved Oct q, 1871,
and one approved June 1850,
To Commemorate the Victory !:
by which !.
The Independence of the United States ::
America achieved ::
South
At Yorktown, on Oct. 10, 1881,
After a siege of nineteen days, /:
by $500 Americans; 1000 French infantry Of:
the Line, $500 Militia, under command Of ::
Gov Thomas Nelson, and 36 French Ships {:
of the Line, ::
Earl CornwalliS, ::
Commander of the British forces at Yorktown :
and Gloucester, ::
Surrendered the Army,
:7,251 officers and men, $40 seamen, 244 cannon:
and "a standards, ::
To his ExcelIency George Washington, !:
Commander-in-C Chief of the combined forces of :
America and France; ::
To his Excellency the Count de Rochambeau, :
Commanding the Auxiliary troops of his Chris :
tan Majesty in America, :
And to his Excelency the Conte de Grasse. .
Conmanding-in-chief the Naval Army of :
france III chesapeake.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
West
::
The Treaty, !:
Concluded Feb. 6, 1778, !:
Between the United States Of America !:
And Louis XVI, King of France, ::
Declares !.
The essential and direct end :.
Of the present Defensive Alliance, !;
Is to maintain effectively !:
The Liberty, Sovereignty andIndependence, /:
Absolute and Unlimited, ::
OF the said United States !.
AS well in matters of Government as of ::
Commerce. !:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
East
The Provisional Articles of Peace
Concluded Nov go 1882.
And the Definite Treaty of Peace, /:
Concluded Sept. 8, 1888, ::
Between the United States of America :.
And George Ill, King of Great Britain and Ire
land,
Declares: /:
His Britannia Majesty Acknowledges the said !:
United States, !:
Viz: New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, ::
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, ::
Connecticut New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, :.
Virginia, North Carolina, South {.
Carolina and Georgia, ::
To be Free and Sovereign and Independent !.
States. !: