_Be it resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),_ That the two Houses of Congress will assemble in the Hall of the House of Representatives on a day and hour to be fixed and announced by the joint committee, and that in the presence of the two Houses there assembled an address upon the life and character of James Abram Garfield, late President of the United States, be pronounced by Hon. James G. Blaine, and that the President of the Senate _pro tempore_ and the Speaker of the House of Representatives be requested to invite the President and ex-Presidents of the United States, the heads of the several Departments, the judges of the Supreme Court, the representatives of the foreign governments near this Government, the governors of the several States, the General of the Army, and the Admiral of the Navy, and such officers of the Army and Navy as have received the thanks of Congress who may then be at the seat of Government to be present on the occasion. _And be it further resolved,_ That the President of the United States be requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions to Mrs. Lucretia R. Garfield, and to assure her of the profound sympathy of the two Houses of Congress for her deep personal affliction and of their sincere condolence for the late national bereavement. February 1, 1882, both Houses of Congress adopted the following resolution: _Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),_ That Monday, the 27th day of February, 1882, be set apart for the memorial services upon the late President, James A. Garfield. [For proclamation of President Arthur appointing, in consequence of the death of James Abram Garfield, late President of the United States, a day of humiliation and mourning, see p. 34.] End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Vol. VIII.: James A. Garfield, by James D. Richardson