Smith, Second Assistant
Postmaster-General; Hon. Sayles J. Bowen, mayor of Washington.
On the day of the funeral the customary number of guns will be fired
from all arsenals, forts, and navy-yards in the United States and from
the Military and Naval Academies. Flags will be kept at half-mast,
custom-houses closed, and all public work suspended during the day.
The General of the Army and heads of the several Executive Departments
will issue the orders necessary for carrying these directions into
effect.
By order of the President:
HAMILTON FISH, _Secretary of State_.
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 69.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
_Washington, October 9, 1869_.
I. The following order of the President has been received from the War
Department:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, October 8, 1869_.
The painful duty devolves upon the President of announcing to the people
of the United States the death of one of his honored predecessors,
Franklin Pierce, which occurred at Concord early this morning.
Eminent in the public councils and universally beloved in private life,
his death will be mourned with a sorrow befitting the loss which his
country sustains in his decease.
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