It has been agreed here by all the heads of Departments that the
Departments shall remain closed from this time until the conclusion of
President Garfield's funeral ceremonies in Washington, and it is
understood that you will notify the acting heads of all Departments of
this arrangement. * * *
ROBERT T. LINCOLN,
_Secretary of War._
[Footnote A: Sent to the chief clerk of the War Department.]
[From official records, Treasury Department.]
Order.
Treasury Department,
Office of the Secretary,
_Washington, D.C., September 20, 1881._
It is ordered, as a mark of respect to the memory of President Garfield,
that the Treasury Department be closed during this day.
H.F. FRENCH,
_Acting Secretary._
[From official records, Treasury Department.]
Notice.
Treasury Department,
Office Of The Secretary,
_Washington, D.C., September 21, 1881._
As a token of respect to the memory of the late President, James A.
Garfield, the Treasury Department will be closed to public business
to-day at 12 o'clock noon, and remain closed Thursday and Friday, the
22d and 23d instant.
H.F. FRENCH,
_Acting Secretary._
[From official records, Treasury Department.]
Order.
Treasury Department,
Office of the Secretary,
_Washington, D.C., September 24, 1881._
In accordance with the proclamation of the President[B] appointing
Monday, the 26th day of September, as a day of humiliation and mourning,
being the day of the burial of the late President, James A. Garfield, it
is ordered that this Department be closed during that day.
H.F. FRENCH,
_Acting Secretary._
[Footnote B: See p. 34.]
[From official records, Post-Office Department.]
Post-Office Department,
_Washington, D.C., September 20, 1881._
_Ordered_, That, owing to the death of President James A. Garfield, this
Department be closed for all public business until after the funeral
party shall have left Washington for Ohio.
RICHD. A. ELMER,
_Acting Postmaster-General_.
[From official records, Post-Office Department.]
POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
_Washington, D.C., September 24, 1881._
_Ordered_, That, in conformity with the action of other executive
branches of the Government, this Department be closed on Monday next,
the 26th instant, and that the day be fittingly observed by all persons
connected therewith as the occasion of the consignment to their final
resting place of the remains of the late beloved and honored Chief
Magistrate of the United States, James A. Garfield.