m. and this
order read to them.
The national flag will be displayed at half-staff.
At dawn of day thirteen guns will be fired. Commencing at 12 o'clock
noon seventeen minute guns will be fired, and at the close of the day
the national salute of thirty-seven guns.
The usual badge of mourning will be worn by officers of the Army and the
colors of the several regiments will be put in mourning for the period
of three months.
By order of the Secretary of War:
E.D. TOWNSEND, _Adjutant-General_.
SPECIAL ORDER.
NAVY DEPARTMENT, _Washington, November 23, 1875_.
The President of the United States announces the death of Vice-President
Henry Wilson in the following order:
[For order see preceding page.]
In pursuance of the foregoing order, it is hereby directed that upon the
day following the receipt of this the ensign at each United States naval
station and of each United States naval vessel in commission be hoisted
at half-mast from sunrise to sunset, and that thirteen guns be fired at
sunrise, nineteen minute guns at meridian, and a national salute at
sunset at each United States naval station and on board flagships and
vessels acting singly, at home or abroad.
The officers of the Navy and Marine Corps will wear the usual badge of
mourning for three months.
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