Volume 8 — EXECUTIVE ORDER.
Reading edition
Executive Mansion, Washington, May 28, 1881.
Dear Sir:[A] I am directed by the President to inform you that the several Departments of the Government will be closed on Monday, the 30th instant, to enable the employees to participate in the decoration of the graves of the soldiers who fell during the rebellion.
Very respectfully,
J. STANLEY BROWN, Private Secretary.
[Footnote A: Addressed to the heads of the Executive Departments, etc.]