By order of the President:
HAMILTON FISH,
_Secretary of State_.
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 22.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
_Washington, March 9, 1874_.
I. The following order has been received from the President of the
United States:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, March 9, 1874_.
It is with deep regret that the President announces to the people of
the United States the death of Millard Fillmore, one of his honored
predecessors, who died at Buffalo, N.Y., last evening.
The long-continued and useful public service and eminent purity of
character of the deceased ex-President will be remembered beyond the
days of mourning in which a nation will be thrown by the event which
is thus announced.
As a mark of respect to his memory, it is ordered that the Executive
Mansion and the several Departments at Washington be draped in mourning
until the close of the day on which the funeral shall take place, and
that all business be suspended on the day of the funeral.
It is further ordered that the War and Navy Departments cause suitable
military and naval honors to be paid on the occasion to the memory of
the eminent citizen whose life is now closed.
U.S. GRANT.
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