ching 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._
OFFICIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNERAL.
[From official records, War Department.]
Order of Arrangement for the Funeral at Washington City of James A.
Garfield, Late President of the United States.
The remains of the late President will lie in state in the Rotunda of
the Capitol until 3 o'clock p.m. on Friday, the 23d instant, when they
will be borne to the depot of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad and
thence conveyed to their final resting place at Cleveland, Ohio.
Order of Procession.
FUNERAL ESCORT.
(Under command of Brevet Major-General R.B. Ayres.)
Battalion of District of Columbia Volunteers.
Battalion of marines.
Battalion of foot artillery.
Battery of light artillery.
CIVIC PROCESSION.
(Under command of Chief Marshal Colonel Robert Boyd.)
Clergymen in attendance.
Physicians who attended the late President.
Guard of honor.
Guard of honor.
Hearse.
Bearers.
Bearers.
(The officers of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps in the city, and not
on duty with the troops forming the escort, in full dress, will form,
right in front, on either side of the hearse--the Army on the right and
the Navy and Marine Corps on the left--and compose the guard of honor.)
Family of the late President.
Relatives of the late President.
Ex-Presidents of the United States.
The President.
The Cabinet ministers.
The Diplomatic Corps.
The Chief Justice and Associate J
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