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ongress, having consulted with the family of the deceased, have concluded that the funeral of the late President be solemnized on Saturday, the 13th of July, at 12 o'clock; the religious services to be performed by the Rev. Dr. Pyne at the Executive Mansion, according to the usage of the Episcopal Church, in which church the deceased most usually worshiped; the body to be afterwards taken from the President's house to the Congress Burying Ground, accompanied by a military escort and civic procession, and deposited in the receiving tomb. The military arrangements to be under the direction of Major-General Scott, the General Commanding in Chief of the Army of the United States, and Major-General Walter Jones, of the militia of the District of Columbia. Commodore Warrington, the senior naval officer now in the city, to have the direction of the naval arrangements. The marshal of the District of Columbia to have the direction of the civic procession. All the members of the diplomatic corps, all officers of Government, the clergy of the District and elsewhere, all associations and fraternities, and citizens generally are invited to attend. And it is respectfully recommended to the officers of the Government that they wear the usual badge of mourning. ORDER OF THE PROCESSION. FUNERAL ESCORT. (In column of march.) Composed of such corps of the Army and the militia as may be ordered or as may report themselves for duty on the occasion. CIVIC PROCESSION. The United States marshal of the District of Columbia and his aids. The mayors of Washington and Georgetown. The Committee of Arrangements of the two Houses of Congress. The chaplains of the two Houses of Congress and the officiating clergyman of the occasion. Attending physicians to the late President. _Pallbearers_.--Hon. Henry Clay, Hon. T.H. Benton, Hon. Lewis Cass, Hon. Daniel Webster, Hon. J.M. Berrien, Hon. Truman Smith, Hon. R.C. Winthrop, Hon. Linn Boyd, Hon. James McDowell, Hon. S.F. Vinton, Hon. Hugh White, Hon. Isaac E. Holmes, G.W.P. Custis, esq., Hon. R.J. Walker, Chief Justice Cranch, Joseph Gales, esq., Major-General Jesup, Major-General Gibson, Commodore Ballard, Brigadier-General Henderson. The horse used by General Taylor in the late war. Family and relatives of the late President. The President of the United States and the heads of Departments. The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate. The Senate of the United States
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