All officers of flag rank will constitute an additional special guard of
honor, and will assemble at the places hereinbefore mentioned for the
special guard of honor. The additional special guard of honor will not,
however, accompany the remains of the late President to Canton.

F.W. HACKETT,
_Acting Secretary_.

The following official statement, making important changes in the plans
for the funeral services over the remains of President McKinley in this
city, was made public:

In compliance with the earnest wishes of Mrs. McKinley that the body
of her husband shall rest in her home at Canton Wednesday night, the
following changes in the obsequies of the late President will be made:

Funeral services in the rotunda of the Capitol will be held Tuesday
morning on the arrival of the escort which will accompany the remains
from the White House. The body of the late President will lie in state
in the rotunda for the remainder of Tuesday, and will be escorted to
the railroad station Tuesday evening. The funeral train will leave
Washington at or about 8 o'clock Tuesday evening, and thus will arrive
at Canton during the day Wednesday.

JOHN HAY,
_Secretary of State_.

ELIHU ROOT,
_Secretary of War_.

JOHN D. LONG,
_Secretary of the Navy_.

H.B.F. MACFARLAND,
_President Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia_.

HOUSE COMMITTEE NAMED.

LIST WIRED BY SPEAKER HENDERSON.

The following dispatch from Speaker Henderson named the House committee:

_New York, Sept. 15, 1901._

_Hon. Henry Casson, Sergeant-at-arms, House of Representatives,
Washington, D.C._:

I have appointed the following committee for Presidential funeral and
escort. Notify them at once, requesting answer. Give each date of
funeral and hour of leaving Washington:

Grosvenor, Ohio; Burton, Ohio; Tayler, Ohio; Loud, California; Russell,
Connecticut; Ball, Delaware; Cannon, Illinois; Hitt, Illinois; Hopkins,
Illinois; Steele, Indiana; Hepburn, Iowa; Curtis, Kansas; Burleigh,
Maine; Mudd, Maryland; Gillett, Massachusetts; Corliss, Michigan;
Fletcher, Minnesota; Mercer, Nebraska; Sulloway, New Hampshire;
Loudenslager, New Jersey; Payne, New York; Sherman, New York; Marshall,
North Dakota; Tongue, Oregon; Bingham, Pennsylvania; Grow, Pennsylvania;
Dalzell, Pennsylvania; Capron, Rhode Island; Burke, South Dakota;
Foster, Vermont; Cushman, Washingto