ORDERS OF THE HEADS OF THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS.
[From the National Republican, Washington, September 21, 1881.]
LONG BRANCH, September 20.[A]
It has been agreed here by all the heads of Departments that the Departments shall remain closed from this time until the conclusion of President Garfield's funeral ceremonies in Washington, and it is understood that you will notify the acting heads of all Departments of this arrangement. * * *
ROBERT T. LINCOLN, Secretary of War.
[Footnote A: Sent to the chief clerk of the War Department.]
[From official records, Treasury Department.]
Order.
Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary, Washington, D.C., September 20, 1881.
It is ordered, as a mark of respect to the memory of President Garfield, that the Treasury Department be closed during this day.
H.F. FRENCH, Acting Secretary.
[From official records, Treasury Department.]
Notice.
Treasury Department, Office Of The Secretary, Washington, D.C., September 21, 1881.
As a token of respect to the memory of the late President, James A. Garfield, the Treasury Department will be closed to public business to-day at 12 o'clock noon, and remain closed Thursday and Friday, the 22d and 23d instant.
H.F. FRENCH, Acting Secretary.
[From official records, Treasury Department.]
Order.
Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary, Washington, D.C., September 24, 1881.
In accordance with the proclamation of the President[B] appointing Monday, the 26th day of September, as a day of humiliation and mourning, being the day of the burial of the late President, James A. Garfield, it is ordered that this Department be closed during that day.
H.F. FRENCH, Acting Secretary.
[Footnote B: See p. 34.]
[From official records, Post-Office Department.]
Post-Office Department, Washington, D.C., September 20, 1881.
Ordered, That, owing to the death of President James A. Garfield, this Department be closed for all public business until after the funeral party shall have left Washington for Ohio.
RICHD. A. ELMER, Acting Postmaster-General.
[From official records, Post-Office Department.]
POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Washington, D.C., September 24, 1881.
Ordered, That, in conformity with the action of other executive branches of the Government, this Department be closed on Monday next, the 26th instant, and that the day be fittingly observed by all persons connected therewith as the occasion of the consignment to their final resting place of the remains of the late beloved and honored Chief Magistrate of the United States, James A. Garfield.
RICHD. A. ELMER, Acting Postmaster-General.
[From official records, Interior Department.]
Order.
Department of the Interior, Washington, September 20, 1881.
As a token of respect to the memory of the late President, James A. Garfield, the Department of the Interior and the several bureaus and offices thereof will be closed to public business until Saturday, the 24th instant.
A. BELL, Acting Secretary.
[From official records, Interior Department.]
Order.
Department of the Interior, Washington, September 24, 1881.
In pursuance of the proclamation of the President of the United States[A] appointing Monday, the 26th instant, as a day of humiliation and mourning for the death of the late President, this Department and the several bureaus and offices thereof will be closed to business on that day.
A. BELL, Acting Secretary.
[Footnote A: See p. 34.]
Funeral Announcement to the Public.
[From the New-York Times, September 21, 1881.]
[ELBERON, N.J., September 20, 1881.]
The remains of the late President of the United States will be removed to Washington by special train on Wednesday, September 21, leaving Elberon at 10 a.m. and reaching Washington at 4 p.m. Detachments from the United States Army and from the marines of the Navy will be in attendance on arrival at Washington to perform escort duty. The remains will lie in state in the Rotunda of the Capitol on Thursday and Friday, and will be guarded by deputations from the Executive Departments and by officers of the Senate and House of Representatives.
Religious ceremonies will be observed in the Rotunda at 3 o'clock on Friday afternoon. At 5 o'clock the remains will be transferred to the funeral car and be removed to Cleveland, Ohio, via the Pennsylvania Railroad, arriving there Saturday at 2 p.m. In Cleveland the remains will lie in state until Monday at 2 p.m., and be then interred in Lakeview Cemetery. No ceremonies are expected in the cities and towns along the route of the funeral train beyond the tolling of bells. Detailed arrangements for final sepulture are committed to the municipal authorities of Cleveland, under the direction of the executive of the State of Ohio.
JAMES G. BLAINE, Secretary of State.