[From official records, Treasury Department.] TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Washington, April 17, 1865. It is hereby ordered that, in honor to the memory of our late illustrious Chief Magistrate, all officers and others subject to the orders of the Secretary of the Treasury wear crape upon the left arm for the period of six months. H. MCCULLOCH, Secretary of the Treasury. [From official records, War Department., GENERAL ORDERS, No. 69. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, April 17, 1865. By direction of the President of the United States the War Department will be closed on Wednesday next, the day of the funeral of the late President of the United States. Labor on that day will be suspended at all military posts and on all public works under the direction of the War Department. The flags at all military posts, stations, forts, and buildings will be kept at half-staff during the day, and at 12 o'clock m. twenty-one minute guns will be fired from all forts and at all military posts and at the Military Academy. By order of the Secretary of War: W. A. NICHOLS, Assistant Adjutant-General. [From General Orders and Circulars, Navy Department, 1863 to 1887.) SPECIAL ORDER. APRIL 17, 1865. By order of the President of the United States the Navy Department will be closed on Wednesday next, the day of the funeral solemnities of the late President of the United States. Labor will also be suspended on that day at each of the navy-yards and naval stations and upon all the vessels of the United States. The flags of all vessels and at all the navy yards and stations and marine barracks will be kept at half-mast during the day, and at 12 o'clock m. twenty-one minute guns will be fired by the senior officer of each squadron and the commandants of the navy yards and stations. GIDEON WELLES, [From the Daily National Intelligencer, April 18, 1865.] POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Washington, April 17, 1865. To Deputy Postmasters: Business in all the post-offices of the United States will be suspended and the offices closed from II a. m. to 3 p. m. on Wednesday, the 19th instant, during the funeral solemnities of Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United States. W. DENNISON, Postmaster-General. [From official records, Post-Office Department.] SPECIAL ORDER. POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Washington, April 18, 1865. It is hereby ordered that, in honor of the memory of Abraham Lincoln, our lamented Chief Magistrate, the officers and employees of this Department wear crape upon the left arm for the period of six months. W. DENNISON, {From official records, Department of the Interior.) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 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. 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. [From official records, War Department.] 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. 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. 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. The delegations of the States of Illinois and Kentucky, as mourners. The President. The Cabinet ministers. The diplomatic corps. |