Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-02-27
ARRANGEMENTS
FOR THR
INA U q u r. ALTON
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
ON THE
Eaurth af N~ 1851

Fourth Of March, 1861.
The doors of the Senate Chamber will be opened
at IL O'Clock a. m. for the admission Of Senators
and others who, by the arrangement of the Com,
mittee, are entitled to ssiou, as follows:
Ex-Presidents and Vice Presidents.
The Chief Justice and Associate Judges of the
Supreme Court
The Diplomatic Corps, Heads of Departments.
and Ex-Members Of either branch Of Congress,
and Members Of Congress elect.
Ohcers Of the Army and Navy who by name,
have received the thanks of Congress.
Governors of States and Territories of the Union
and ExGovernors of States. Assistant Secretaries
Of Departments, and the Assistant Postmaster
General; the Comptrollers, Auditors, Register,
ana sonc,'or OF the Treasury, Treasurer, couI-
The Mayors Of Washington and Georgetown,
and the reporters in the Senate.
of the Capitol
The families of the Diplomatic Corps will enter
at the north door Of the Capitol and be conducted
to the diplomatic gallery.
table for the President Of the United States and
the President elect; and, their lef for the Com
nittee Of Arrangements.
Supreme Court will have seats on the right of the
Chair.
The Diplomatic Corps will occupy seats on the
right Of the Chair next to the Supreme Court.
Heads Of Departments on the left Of the Chair.
Officers Of the Army and Navy who, by name,
have received the thanks of Congress; Governors
Of States and Territories Of the Union Ex-Goy.
ernors Of States, Assistant Secretaries Of Depart
ments, and the Assistant Postmaster General,
Comptrollers, Auditors Register, and Solicitor of
the Treasury, Treasurer, Commissioners Judges
and the layers of w ashington and Georgetown
will occupy seats on the right and left Of the main
entrance
Members of Congress, and Members elect, will
enter the Senate Chamber by the main entrance,
and will occupy seats on the left of the Chair.
The galleries will be reserved for ladies' who
will enter the Capitol from the terrace by the
principal western door of the central building
and be conducted to the gallery of the Senate.
The Rotunda shall be closed, and the passages
leading thereto kept clear.
The other doors and entrances to the Capitol,
will be kept closed.
elect, accompanied by two members of the Com
mittee OF Arrangements, will proceed in carriage
to the north door Of the north wing of the Capitol
and entering there will proceed to the Presidents
room.
The Vice President elect will be accompanied
tn the Capitol by a member Of the Committee of
Arrangements, and conducted into the Vice Pres
ldents room, and afterwards into the Senate
Chamber, where the oath of Office will be admin
tstered to him by the Vice President.
The Diplomatic Corps and Justices Of the Su-
preme Court will enter the Senate Chamber a few
minutes before the President elect
The Senate will assemble at 12 o'clock.
The Senate being ready to receive them, the
President and the President elect will be intro
duced by the Committee Of Arrangements to the
seats prepared for them in the Senate Chamber
After a short pause, those assembled in the
Senate Chamber will proceed TO the platform on
the central portco Of the Capitol In the following
order
The Marshal Of the District of Columbia.
The Supreme Court of the United States
The Sergeantat-ArT.:> of the Senate.
The Committee of Arrangements.
The President OF the United States and the Pres
ident elect.
The Vice President and the Secretary of the
Senate.
The Members of the Senate
The Diplomatic Corps.
Heads of Departments, Governors of States and
Territories, the Mayors of Washington and
Georgetown, and other persons who have been
admitted into the Senate Chamber
On reaching the front Of the portico, the Presi-
dent elect win take the seat provided for him in
the front Of the platform.
The President and the Committee of Arrange
ments will occupy position In the rear Of the
President elect
Next in the rear Of these the Chief Justice and
the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court will
dent Secretary and Members Of the Senate those
on the right
The Diplomatic Corps will occupy the seat.
next In the rear of the Supreme Court. Heads OF
department, Governors, and Ex-Governors al
States and Territories, and Ex-Members Of the
| Senate, Ex-Members, and Members and Mem.
bers elect Of the House of Representatives in the
| rear Of the Members of the Senate.
Such other persons are included in the pre-
| ceding arrangements will occupy the steps, and
| the residue Of the poftico.
All being In readiness the oath Of Office will b,
administered to the President elect by the Chic
| Justice; and on the conclusion Of the Presdent'
| address, the Members Of the Senate preceded b,
| the Vice President, Secretary, and Sergeant-at
Arms, Will return to the Senate chamber, and tn,
| President, accompanied by the Committee o
Arrangements, will proceed to the Presidenti
House.
The Sergeant-atArms Of the Senate, with th,
| Marshal Of the District, are charged with the ex
| ecution Of these arrangements; and, aided by th,
/ police OF the Capitol, will preserve order.
/ All horses and carriages will be excluded from
the Capitol square.
Should the weather prove unfavorable, the Ger
emony OF the Inauguration will take place in th
Senate Chamber.
SOLOMON FOoT,
JAMss A. PEARcK,
EDWARD ID. BAKER,
i fe 22-d Committee of Arfanpements