The national Republican., 1861-02-25
ARRANGEMENTS
FOR ruE
INAU:G RATION
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
FOURTH OF MARCH, 1861.
ARRANGEMENTS

opened at II O'Clock A. NJ, for the admission
OF Senators, and others who, by the arrange
ment of the Committee, are entitled to sdmis.
sion, as follows,
Ex.Presidents and Vice Presidents.
The Chief Justice and Associate Judges Of
the Supreme Court
The Diplomatic Corps, Heads of Depart.
msnts, and E1.Members of either branch of
Congress, and Members Of Congress elect.
name, have received the thanks of Congress.
Governors of States and Territories Of the
Union, and Ex.Governors Of States. Assistant
Secretaries Of Departments, and the Assistant
Postmaster General the Comptrollers, Audi.
tors, Register, and Solicitors of the Treasury,
Treasurer, Commissioners, Judges, and
The Mayors of Washington and George
town, and the reporters in the Senate.
All Of whom will be admitted at the north
door 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.
Seats will be placed in front of the Secre.
tary's table for the PRESIDENT of the United
States and the President elect and, on their
left, for the Committee of Arrangements.
The Chief Justice and Associate Justices of
the 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.Governors of States Assistant Sec.
retaries Of Departments, and the Assistant
Postmaster General, Comptrollers, Auditors,
Register, and Solicitor of the Treasury Treas.
urer, Commissioners, Judges, and the Mayors
Of Washington and Georgetown, will occupy
seats on the right and left of the main en-.
trance.
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 Rotunds shall be closed, and the pas
sages leading thereto kept clear.
The other doors and entrances to the Capt.
tol, except those to be open under this arrange.
ment, will be kept closed.
At III o'clock the PRESIDENT and the Pres.
IDESr elect, accompanied by two members of
the Committee 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 accom-.
panied t. the Capitol by o member Of the Com
mittee Of Arrangements, and conducted into
the VlcI PREsIDENT's room, and afterwards
into the Senate Chamber, where the oath of
once will be administered to him by the VIcE
President.
The Diplomatic Corps and the Justices of
tha Al. O. III
Der few minutes before the PRESIDENT elect.
The Senate will assemble at II o'clock.
The Senate being ready to receive them, the
PREsIDRsT and the PRESIDENT elect will be in.
troduced by the Committee of Arrangements
to the seats prepared for them in the Senate
Chamber.
After short pause, those assembled in the
Senate Chamber will proceed to the platform
on the central Portico of the Capitol in the fol.
lowing order:
The Marshal of the District of Columbia
The Supreme Court of the United States.
The Sergeantat-arms Of the Senate.
The Committee of Arrangements.
The President of the United States and the
PREsIDEEr 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
President elect will take the seat provided
for him in front of the platform.
The President and the Committee of Ar.
1ngemsnts 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 occupy the seats on the left, and the
VICE PREsIDENT, Secretary and members of
Senate, those on the right.
The Diplomatic Corps will occupy the seats
next in the rear Of the Supreme Court. Heads
Of Departments, Governors, and Ex. Governors
OF States and Territories, and Ex-Members of
the Senate, Ex.Members, and Members elect
of the House of Representatives, in the rear of
the Members Of the Senate.
Such other persons as are included in the
preceding arrangements will occupy the steps
and the residue Of the portico.
All being in readiness, the oath of Office will
be administered to the PRESIDENT elect by the
Chief Justice and on the conclusion Of the
PREsIDESTs address, tbs Members of the Sen.
ate, preceded by the VICE PRESIDENT Secreta.
ry, and Sergeantatarms. will return to the
Senate Chamber, and the PRESIDENT, accom-.
panied by the Committee of Arrangements,
will proceed to the Presidents House.
The Sergeantatarms Of the Senate, with
the Marshal of the District, are charged with
the execution of these arrangements and
aided by the police of the Capitol will preserve
order.
All horses and carriages will be excluded
from the Capitol square.
Should the weather prove unfayorable. the
cermony ofthe Inauguration will take place in
the Senate Chamber.
SOLOMON FOOT,
JAMES A. PEARCE,
EDWARD d. BAKER,
Committee Of Arrangements.