Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-01-06
GENERAL ORDERS.

GENERAL ORDERS.
Major General Hamilton. prefaees his orders
to the Military oil the United States, after re
citing TIE Presidents orders, as follows -
The imprefiiqe terms, in which this great ma.
tional calamity is announced by the PreGdent,
could receive no new force from any thir that
might be added. The voice of prli.c would in
vain endeavour to exalt character, uniivalled
on the lifts of true glory. Words would in vain
attempt TO give utterance to that profound anc
|reverential grief, which will penetrate every A
merican bofom, and engage the iympathy cf an
admiring world. II the fad privilege Of pie
eminence in forrow may JULY be claimed b.
the mpanions in AIMS OF our lsmented Chief
their affections will spontaneously perform the
dear, though painful. duty. IT'S Only for me
to mingle my tears with thof. OF my fellow ioi
diers, oheriihing with them the precious recoi
lsetion, that while Others are paying merit:d
tribute TO "THE MAN OF THE AcE," we in par
ticular, allied as We were to him BY elofer tie
are called to mourn the niepaiable lois of kind
and vepera,ed Patron and Father 20
In obedience to the directions OF the Prefdent,
the following funeral hono's will be paid at the
fevetal cations Of the army.
AT day -break fifteen guns will be fred in
quick iueceilion, and one gun at the diilauce Of
each half hour till fun fer.
During the 'procellion of the troops to the
place reprelenting that of inlerment, and until
the concluiion of the ceremonial, minute guns
will be fired
The bier will be received by the troops form.
ed in line, pretending their arms, and the officers
drums and colours ialuting after this the pro
cellion will begin the troops marching by pla
roons in inverted order, and with arms reverted
TO the place Of interment the drums muf1ed
and the mulic playing dead march.
The bier carried by four iereants and attend.
ed by fix pail bearers, where there is cavalry
will be preceded by the cavalry and will be fol.
lowed by she troops on foot. Where there is
NJ cavalry, detachment of infantry will pre-
cede the bier, which itielf will ia every cafe be
preceded by fuoh Of the clergy as may be pref.
ent. Tsis officers of the general iiaff will i'm
mediateiy fucceed the bier.
Where a numerous body of citizens ihall be
united with the military in the procefiion, the
whole of the troops will preeede the bier, which
will then be followed by The citizens.
When arrived near the place Of interment
the procefipn will halt The troops in front OF
the bier will form in line, aud opening their
ranks will fac. inwards to admit the pahige Of
the bier, which will then pats through the ranks,
the troops leaning on their arms reverted while
the bier paiIes When the bier ihall have pahed,
The troops will relome their petition in line, and
reyerfing their arms will remain leaning upon
them until the ceremonial ihal be cloied.
The MuGc will now perform folemn air,
after which the introductory part of this order
Ihall be read. a4,..
AT the end of this detachment of infantry
appointed for the purpofe will advance and fl c
three vollies over the bier. The troops will then
return the mpic playing the Prelident's march,
the drums previouily unmu fled
The uniform companies OF militia are
invited to join in arms the volunteer corps.
The commanders at different ltations, con
forming generally TO this plan, will make iuch
exceptions as will accommodate II to iisuaton
AT places where projections OF unarmed citizens
lhall take place, II is the with of the Majer Gen
eral that the military ceremonial fhould be
united. And the particular commanders a,
thols places are authorized to vary the plan,
10 as to adapt it to the circumstances.
Brigadier General Macpherson is charged to
luperntend the ceremonial in the city OF Pha
delphia. Major Toudsrd will attend to Fo''
Alifliin and will co operate with him.
The day OF performing the ceremonial al
each llation is LETT TO The particular comman'
der.
Major General Pinckncy will make fuch
further arrangements within his diitriet as he
hall deem expedient.
PHILLIP CHURCH, ,siid.ca~p
UNITED STATES NAVAL ORDERS.
Navy Deparf,ssat, December 10th, 1899