Part 125

Washington, April 18, 1865.

It is hereby ordered that, in honor of the memory of the late Chief Magistrate of the nation, the officers and employees of this Department wear crape upon the left arm for the period of six months.

J.P. USHER,

Secretary.

FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE PUBLIC.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE,

Washington, April 17, 1865.

To the People of the United States:

The undersigned is directed to announce that the funeral ceremonies of the late lamented Chief Magistrate will take place at the Executive Mansion, in this city, at 12 o'clock m. on Wednesday, the 19th instant.

The various religious denominations throughout the country are invited to meet in their respective places of worship at that hour for the purpose of solemnizing the occasion with appropriate ceremonies.

W. HUNTER,

Acting Secretary of State.

OFFICIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNERAL.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, April 17, 1865.

The following order of arrangement is directed:

ORDER OF THE PROCESSION.

FUNERAL ESCORT. (In column of march.)

One regiment of cavalry. Two batteries of artillery. Battalion of marines. Two regiments of infantry. Commander of escort and staff. Dismounted officers of Marine Corps, Navy, and Army, in the order named. Mounted officers of Marine Corps, Navy, and Army, in the order named. (All military officers to be in uniform, with side arms.)

CIVIC PROCESSION. Marshal. Clergy in attendance. The Surgeon-General of the United States Army and physicians to the deceased. Hearse.

Pallbearers.

On the part of the Senate: Mr. Foster, of Connecticut; Mr. Morgan, of New York; Mr. Johnson, of Maryland; Mr. Yates, of Illinois; Mr. Wade, of Ohio; Mr. Conness, of California.

On the part of the House: Mr. Dawes, of Massachusetts; Mr. Coffroth, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Smith, of Kentucky; Mr. Colfax, of Indiana; Mr. Worthington, of Nevada; Mr. Washburne, of Illinois.

Army: Lieutenant-General U.S. Grant; Major-General H.W. Halleck; Brevet Brigadier-General W.A. Nichols.

Navy: Vice-Admiral D.G. Farragut; Rear-Admiral W.B. Shubrick; Colonel Jacob Zelin, Marine Corps.

Civilians: O.H. Browning, George Ashman, Thomas Corwin, Simon Cameron.

Family. Relatives. The delegations of the States of Illinois and Kentucky, as mourners. The President. The Cabinet ministers. The diplomatic corps. Ex-Presidents. The Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court. The Senate of the United States. Preceded by their officers. Members of the House of Representatives of the United States. Governors of the several States and Territories. Legislatures of the several States and Territories. The Federal judiciary and the judiciary of the several States and Territories. The Assistant Secretaries of State, Treasury, War, Navy, Interior, and the Assistant Postmasters-General, and the Assistant Attorney-General. Officers of the Smithsonian Institution. The members and officers of the Sanitary and Christian Commissions. Corporate authorities of Washington, Georgetown, and other cities. Delegations of the several States. The reverend the clergy of the various denominations. The clerks and employees of the several Departments and bureaus, preceded by the heads of such bureaus and their respective chief clerks. Such societies as may wish to join the procession. Citizens and strangers.