Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-02-08
ARRANGEMENT

To be Delirered al 1e Request Of botA Houses Of
the Co.gTe., % q. ne In gn nj Ssate. before
Representatives., By .
HON. GEORGE BBNOROFr,
On the 18th of February, 1866.
The Capitol will be closed on the morning
OF the 18th to all except the members Of Con-
gress.
At ten O'Clock the doors leading to the ro-
tunda will be opened to those TO whom in vita
tons have been extended, under the Joint res
olution Of Congress, by the presiding officers
Of the two Houses, aud to those holding tickets
OF admission to the galleries issued by the
chairman of the joint committee Of arrange
ments. The doorkeepers will have imperative
orders to admit no one before ten o'clock except
members Of Congress, and no one after that
hour who does not exhibit either a letter Of in
vitation or ticket of admission.
The Hall of the House Of Representatiy YES
will be opened for the admission Of Represent
atives and those to whom invitations have
been extended, who will be conducted to the
seats assigned to them, as follows:
The President Of the United States will be
seated IN front OF the Speakers table.
The Chief Justice and Associate Justices of
the Supreme Court will occupy seats next to
the President, on the right OF the Speakers
table,
The Diplomatic Corps will occupy seats next
to The Supreme Court on the right of the Speak
er's table
The heads of departments will occupy seats
next to the President on the left Of the Speak
er's table.
Officers of the army and navy, who, by
name, have received the thanks of Congress,
will occupy seats next to the heads of
departments on the left OF the Speakers
table.
Assistant heads of departments, governors of
States and Territories, and the mayors OF
Washington and Georgetown, will occupy
seats directly in the rear of the heads of depart
ments.
The Chief Justice and judges of the Court of
Claims, and the Chief Justice and associate
justices of the Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia, Will occupy seats directly in the
rear of the Supreme Court.
The heads of bureaus in the departments will
occupy seats directly in the rear of the officers
of the Army aud Navy.
Representatives will occupy seats on either
side Of the hail. in the rear of those in yted and
reserving four rows of seats on either side of
the main aisle for Senators.
The diplomatic gallery will be reserved ex-
clusiyeIy for the families of the members of
the Diplomatic Corps, who will be provided
with tickets of admission to that gallery
The galleries on either side of the hall will
be reserved for ladies and gentlemen accom-
panying them, provided with tickets, until
half-past eleven o'clock. The front gallery at
ten O'Clock, and the ladies' galleries after half
past eleven o'clock, will be open to all holders
of tickets. The doorkeepers will be instructed
not to admit any person unprov ided with
ticket, and to collect the tickets from those who
enter the galleries.
The reporters gallery will be reserved strict
ly for those reporters entitled to admission into
the reporters galleries of the Senate and of the
House, who will be furnished with tickets of
admission. The reporters for the Congressional
Globe in the Senate and in the House will occu-
Ply the reporters desk in front Of the Clerks
table.
The House of Representatives will be called
to order by the Speaker at 10 O'Clock.
The Marine Band, stationed in the upper
vestibule, will perform appropriate music
ceasing when the exercises are to be COM
menced.
The Senate will assemble at - O'Clock, and
after prayers and the reading of the journal
will proceed to the hall Of the House of Rep.
resentatiyes, following their President pro
tempore and their Secretary, and preceded by
their Sergeant-at-Arms. On reaching the
Senators will take tho seats reserved for them
on the right and left Of the main aisle.
The President pro tempore will occupy the
Speakers chair. The Speaker of the House
will occupy seat at his left. The chaplains
Of the Senate and ofthe House will occupy seats
on the right and left Of the presiding officers of
their respective houses.
The orator Of the day, Hon. George Bancroft
will occupy seat at the table of the Clerk of
the House. The chairmen Of the Joint commit.
tee Of arrangements will occupy seats at the
right and left of the orator. and next to them
will be seated the Secretary Of the Senate and
the Clerk Of the House.
The other officers of the Senate and of the
House will occupy seats on the floor at the
right and the left of the Speakers platform.
All being in readiness, the Hon. Lafayette S.
Foster, President of the Senate pro tempore, will
call the two houses of Congress to order.
Prayer will be offered by the Rev. DIR. Boyn.
ton, Chaplain Of the House Of Representa-.
tives.
The presiding officer will then introduce to
the audience the Hon. George Bancroft of
New York, who will deliver the memorial adj.
dress.
The benediction will be pronounced by the
Rev. DIR. Gray, Chaplain of the Senate
On the conclusion OF the benediction, the
Senator'S, following their President pro tempoye
and the Secretary, and preceded BY their Ser
geant-at-Arms, will return TO the Senate
Chamber; and the President of the United
States, the orator of the day, and those present
by invitation on the floor OF the House, will
withdraw.
The Marine Band, stationed in the rotunda.
will, after the Senate shall have returned 10
the Senate Chamber, perform national airs
The Capitol will then be open to the public.
The Commissioner of Public Buildings, Ser
geant-at-Arms of the Senate and of the House,
and the Doorkeeper OF the House, are charged
with the execution Of these arrangements.
SOLOMON FooT,
Chairman on the part of the Senate.
f. b. WAsHBURNE,
Chairman on the part of the House.