The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-02-12

The heads OF departments will occupy seats
next to the Pre- ident, the left of the Speakers
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 o the Speakers table.
Assistant heads of departments, Governors of
States and Territories, and the Mayors OF WASH
ington and Georgetown, will occupy seats di-
rectly in the rear of the heads OF departments.
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 ii 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 and navy.
Representatives will occupy seats on either
side of the hail. in the rear of chose invited, and
reserying lour rows of seats either side of the
main aisle for Senators.
The diplomatic gallery will be reserved ex-
clusively for the families of the members OF the
Diplomatic Corps, VINO 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 accompanying
them, provided with tickets, until hait-past
eleven o'clock. The front gallery at ten o'clock,
and the LADIES' galleries after half-past eleven
OCH H. will be open to all holders of tickets
III cioorkeepers will be instructed not to admit
aIi person unprovided with ticket, and to col
lect the tickets from those who enter the gal
leries.
The reporters gallery will be reserved strictly
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
occupy the reporters desk in front OF the Clerks
| table.
The House of Representatives will be called to
| order by the Speak er at IL o'clock.
| The Marine Band, stationed in the upper vesti-
| bule, will perform appropriate music, ceaslng
| when the exercises are to be commenced.
| The Senate will assemble at IL o'clock, and
| after prayer and the reading of the journal,
| will proceed TO the Hall OF the House of Repre-
sentatyes following their President pro tenIpore
and their Secretary and preceded by their Ser
| geant-atArms. On reaching the Hall of the
| House of Representatives, the Senators will take
the seats reserved for them on the right and LETT
| of the main aisle.
The President pro tempore will occupy the
| Speakers chair. The Speaker of the House will
| occupy seat at his lett. The chapains of the
| Senate and OF the House will occupy seats ON
the right and lett 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 committee
| 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 LETT of the Speakers platform.
| All being in readiness, the Hon. Lafayette 5.
roster, PreSluent oil the senate pro telpOTe, VIII
| cali the two Houses of Congress to order.
Prayer will be offered by the Rev. DR..
Boynton, 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 address.
The benediclon will be pronounced by the
| Rev. DR.. Gray, Chaplain ofthe Senate.
On the conclusion of the benedcton, the
Senators, following their President pro tempOrt
and the Secretary and preceded by their Ser
geantat-Arms, will return to the Senate Cham
ber; and the President of the United States, the
orator of the day, and those present by invita-
ton on the floor OF the House, will withdraw.
The Marine Band, stationed in the rotunda
will, alter 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
geants-at-Arm 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.
E. B. WAsHBURNE
Chairman on the part of the House.