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OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

Q. M. GENERAL'S OFFICE, WASHINGTON, D. C., May 22, 1868.

DEAR SIR: Your favor of 21st inst., covering copies of General Orders, No. 11, G. A. R., having reference to the decoration of the graves of Union Soldiers on the 30th inst., is at hand, and I beg you to eccept my thanks for the same.

This department is quite anxious that all the graves of deceased Union Soldiers throughout the country shall receive the same care and attention which has been bestowed upon those in the neighborhood of this city; and if, on your approaching celebration, any places should be noticed, containing such graves in a neglected condition, it would be considered a favor at this office, if information of the same should be at once forwarded to the Quartermaster General, in order that all the graves in the United States may receive such improvements as Congress has authorized.

There are no appropriations for the purchase of statues, monuments, or exotic shrubs; but good grass, well-gravelled walks, native trees, neat head-boards, and a substantial enclosure, have been provided for, and will be established wherever Government is made aware of the existence of the graves.

You will confer a favor by communicating this information to the Headquarters of the G. A. R., if convenient to you.

JAMES T. SMITH,

Your obedient servant,

C. W. FOLSOM,

But. Col., A. Q. M. U. S. V.,

in charge of the Division of Cemeteries, Q. M. G. O.

Comd'g Dept. G. A. R., 446 14th street, Washington, D. C.

Q. M. GENERAL'S OFFICE, WASHINGTON, D. C., May 25, 1868. SIR: You are respectfully informed that your application to the Secretary of War with reference to the proposed ceremonies of the G. A. R., at the National Cemeteries on the 30th inst., has been referred to this office by the Hon. Secretary of War, and Bvt. Brig. General J. C. McFerran, Chief Q. M. Department of Washington, has this day been directed to have the cemeteries under his charge open on that day, and to give all facilities at his disposal to the G. A. R., for their patriotic purpose.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

D. W. RUCKER.

Act'g Q. M. General, Bvt. Maj. General U. S. A.

JAMES T. SMITH,

Comd'g Dept. of the Potomac, G. A. R.,

No. 446 14th street, Washington, D. C.

General N. P. CHIPMAN,

OFFICE OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND WORKS,
WASHINGTON, May 29, 1868.

Ch'n Com. of Arrangements, Memorial Celebration:

GENERAL: In compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 27th instant, instructing me to prepare and transmit, so far as practicable, to each of the National Union Soldiers' Cemeteries, selections of flowers from all the public gardens for the purpose of decorating the graves of the brave and honored dead, I have the honor to inform you that all that can be gathered from those sources will be placed at the disposal of the Committee of Arrangements for the very laudable object for which they are intended. In addition to those supplied for the National Cemeteries in the neighborhood of this city, a small box has been sent to each of those at Gettysburg, Fredericksburg, Petersburg, Winchester, and Baltimore. The several gentlemen in charge of the different Public Grounds, other than those under my own immediate charge, have kindly aided me by their contributions in assisting so far as in their power towards the very interesting memorial ceremonies which you celebrate to-morrow. Regretting exceedingly that we have not more flowers to offer on this interesting occasion, with which to strew the graves of the brave soldiers in the beautiful cemeteries near us, and trusting that the day may prove beautiful and bright,

I am, General, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

N. MICHLER,

Brevet Brigadier General, U. S. A.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, D. C., May 28, 1868.

The Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements having requested that an opportunity may be given to those employed in the several Executive Departments of the Government to unite with their fellow-citizens in paying a fitting tribute to the memory of the brave men whose remains repose in the National Cemeteries, the President directs that, as far as may be consistent with law and the public interests, persons who desire to participate in the ceremonies be permitted to absent themselves from their duties on Saturday, the 30th instant.

By order of the President:

WM. G. MOORE, Secretary.

COMMITTEES.

COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS.

N. P. CHIPMAN, A A. HOSMER, RICHARD MIDDLETON, TIMOTHY LUBEY, T. R. HAWKINS, JAMES T. SMITH, GEORGE SMOOT,

W. H. BROWN,

HENRY MOORE, A. GRANT, A. FLEETWOOD.

COMMITTEE ON RECEPTION.

H. G. OTIS, CLINTON LEWIS, WILSON MILLAR, A. N. SEIP, L. B. CUTLER, C. C. ROYCE, D. S. CURTIS, JAY E. LEE,

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COMMITTEE ON DECORATIONS.*

The Officers and Managers of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphan Asylum,

AS FOLLOWS:

MRS. LYMAN TRUMBULL, President.

MRS. COL. E. WRIGHT, 1st Vice Prest. MRS. CAPT. C. V. MORRIS, Secretary. MRS. DR. LINDSLY, 2d Vice Prest. MRS. MCNAIR, Treasurer.

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Mrs. Gen'l Grant,
Mrs. Gen'l J. A. Logan,
Mrs. Gen'l J. A. Garfield,
Mrs. Gen'l J. C. Coburn,
Miss Blanche Butler,
Mrs. Senator Pomeroy,
Mrs. Senator Morgan,
Mrs. Geo. W. Julian,
Mrs. Judge Spaulding,
Mrs. A. T. Kimball,
Mrs. Dr. T. T. Hood,
Mrs. G. Wiley Wells,
Mrs. Capt. Moore,
Mrs. Judith Plummer,
Mrs. B. A. Swann,
Mrs. D. C. Forney,
Miss Charlotte Taylor,
Mrs. Senator Wade,
Mrs. Senator Harlan,
Miss Lizzie Pratt,
Miss M. A. S. Connell,
Miss Mary McLellan,

MRS. GEO. W. MCLELLAN, MRS. SENATOR RAMSEY, MISS E. CAMP, Governess.

TO THESE ARE ADDED

The Misses Doolittle, Mrs. Gen'l N. P.Chipman, Miss Minnie Chandler, Mrs. Gen'l Hancock, Mrs. Gen'l A. F. Stevens, Mrs. J. Benton, Miss Morrill, Mrs. Admiral Radford, Mrs. Gen'l Dent, Mrs. Dr. Sunderland, Mrs. Z. C. Robbins, Mrs. A. A. Hosmer, Mrs. T. E. Stewart, Mrs. U. H. Painter, Mrs. Frank Moore, Miss Boutwell, Mrs. Charles Sherril, Mrs Gen'l Michler, Mrs. Gen'l T. Ewing, Miss Mary Harlan, The Misses Marvin, Mrs. Senator Grimes, Mrs. Senator Corbett,

Miss Frelinghuysen, Mrs. Col. E. Totten, Mrs. Col. Robinson, Mrs. Gen'l Zeilin, Mrs. Bridge, Mrs. J. V. L. Pruyn, Mrs. F. A. Dick, Mrs. Mayor Wallach, Mrs. Adiniral Lee, Miss Chase, Miss Matthews, Mrs. Mary E. Hill, Mrs. Crounse, Miss Kinzie, Mrs. Bigelow, Timothy Lubey, C. W. Taylor, S. R. Harrington, Newton Ferree, T. F. Gatchel, T. A. Stone, J. O. P. Burnside.

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*There were many ladies whose names are not here given who rendered valuable assistance, for which the Committee feel grateful.

There may be some names omitted by mistake from the several Committees. Some Committees are not given, as the names are mislaid, but it is proper to say that comrades and friends rendered all needed assistance, whether on Committees or not, and the success of the occasion is largely due to them.

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