EXECUTIVE MANSION,
Washington, D.C., May 28, 1868.
The chairman of the committee of arrangements having requested that an opportunity may be given to those employed in the several Executive Departments of the Government to unite with their fellow-citizens in paying a fitting tribute to the memory of the brave men whose remains repose in the national cemeteries, the President directs that as far as may be consistent with law and the public interests persons who desire to participate in the ceremonies be permitted to absent themselves from their duties on Saturday, the 30th instant.
By order of the President:
WM. G. MOORE,
Secretary.
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
Washington, D.C., June 1, 1868.
Major-General John M. Schofield having been appointed, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, Secretary for the Department of War, is hereby relieved from the command of the First Military District, created by the act of Congress passed March 2, 1867.
Brevet Major-General George Stoneman is hereby assigned, according to his brevet rank of major-general, to the command of the said First District and of the Military Department of Virginia.
The Secretary of War will please give the necessary instructions to carry this order into effect.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 25.