As a mark of respect for the memory of the deceased, it is ordered that
the Executive Mansion and several Departments of the Government at
Washington be draped in mourning until the close of the day designated
for his funeral, and that all public business be suspended on that day.
It is further ordered that the War and Navy Departments cause suitable
honors to be paid on the occasion to the memory of the illustrious dead.
U.S. GRANT.
By the President:
JOHN L. CADWALADER,
_Acting Secretary of State_.
II. In compliance with the President's instructions, the troops will be
paraded at 10 o'clock a.m. on the day after the receipt of this order at
each military post, when the order will be read to them, and the labors
of that day will thereafter cease.
The national flag will be displayed at half-staff.
At dawn of day thirteen guns will be fired, and afterwards at intervals
of thirty minutes, between the rising and setting sun a single gun, and
at the close of the day a national salute of thirty-seven guns.
The officers of the Army will wear crape on the left arm and on their
swords and the colors of the several regiments will be put in mourning
for the period of thirty days.
By order of the Secretary of War:
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