APPENDIX.

RESOLUTIONS OF THE LIGHTHOUSE BOARD.

Resolved, That the members of the Lighthouse Board feel most deeply the loss sustained by the branch of the public service under their charge in the death of Brevet MajorGeneral Joseph Gilbert Totten, who has been one of the most useful and active members of the Board from its first appointment in pursuance of law in 1851, under the Secretary of the Treasury, as a temporary Board of Inquiry into the Lighthouse Establishment of the United States, through all the years of organization of the establishment and of its executive duties.

Resolved, That the high scientific attainments, the admirable administrative qualities, the perfect knowledge of general principles, and attention to every minute detail of the system, impressed the mental and moral qualities of General Totten upon his associates in a way to make his mind eminently a leading one of the Board, while his suavity, patience, perfect amiability, and retiring modesty rendered him one of the most charming of associates in executing work to which he was so much more than sufficient.

Resolved, That in the discharge of the duties of inquiry of the first Board, the resulting organization, the adoption of the present system of lighting by lenses, the subject of construction, theoretical and practical, and the use of mate

rials, the experience and experimental knowledge of General Totten were of the highest value to the Board, and his careful application of the sciences were of the greatest importance to the Lighthouse System; and that in the large qualities of common sense in all the transactions of the Board, general as well as technical, and in his high sense of justice directing great mental power, the Board constantly felt the support of General Totten as one to be relied upon for guidance in all difficult questions of administration.

Resolved, That the affectionate qualities of General Totten's heart so endeared him to his colleagues, that in now expressing themselves in regard to his death, they are fully prepared to share to the utmost the deep grief of his family, to whom they offer their sincere condolence for the loss of one not to be replaced, but to be ever mourned as the true, devoted, and sincere friend.

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the family of General Totten, and to the Honorable Secretary of War, and to the Honorable Secretary of the Treasury.

Resolved, That these proceedings be published in the Washington newspapers.