FUNERAL ESCORT.

(In column of march.)

_Infantry_.--Maryland volunteers; volunteer troops from other States;

battalion of volunteers from the District of Columbia.

_Firing party_ (to be commanded by an officer of the Army).--Two

companies of volunteers from Washington; two companies of volunteers

from Baltimore; battalion of United States marines; battalion of United

States artillery, as infantry; troop of United States light artillery.

Dismounted officers of volunteers, Marine Corps, Navy, and Army, in the

order named.

Mounted officers of volunteers, Marine Corps, Navy, and Army, in the

order named.

Major-General Walter Jones, commanding the militia; aids-de-camp.

Major-General Winfield Scott, commanding the Army; aids-de-camp.

The troops will be formed in line in the Avenue, north of the

President's mansion, precisely at 11 o'clock a.m., Saturday, the 13th

instant, with the right (Brevet Major Sedgwick's troop of light

artillery) resting opposite the War Department.

The procession will move at 1 o'clock p.m., when minute guns will be

fired by detachments of artillery stationed near St. John's church, the

City Hall, and the Capitol, respectively.

On arriving on the north front of the Congressional Burial Ground the

escort will be formed in two lines, the first consisting of the firing

party, facing the cemetery and 30 paces from it; the second composed of

the rest of the infantry, 20 paces in rear; the battery of artillery to

take position on the rising ground 100 paces in rear of the second line.

At sunrise to-morrow (the 13th instant) a Federal salute will be fired

from the military stations in the vicinity of Washington, minute guns

between the hours of 1 and 3, and a national salute at the setting of

the sun.

The usual badge of mourning will be worn on the left arm and on the hilt

of the sword.

The Adjutant-General of the Army is charged with the details of the

military arrangements of the day, aided by the Assistant

Adjutants-General on duty at Washington, by Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel

Swords, of the staff, and Lieutenant W.T. Sherman, Third Artillery.

The United States marshal of the District of Columbia having been

charged with the direction of the civic procession, the military will

cooperate in the general order of arrangements.

By command of Major-General Scott:

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