Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-24

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dead, .cnderly mindful oil MS Virtues
his great patriotic services, anu u '"'
loss occasioncd by his death.
In testimony OF respect to the mem
orv of General Grant it is ordered that
tho Executive Mansion and the severai
denartmcnts at Westinghouse draPed IN
mourning for period Of thirty days,
and that all public business shall, on
the day of his funeral, be suspended
and the Secretaries Of War ard oil the
Navy will cause orders TO be issued Tor
appropriate military and naval ho"o''
10 be rendered on that day.
In witness whereof have hereunto
set nv hand and caused the seal oil
the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city Of Washington TINS
twenty-third day Of July, A. ID. one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-iye,
and of the independence of the United
States the one hundred and tenth.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
By the President
T. +. Baydrd,
Secretary Of State.
SYMPATHY OF THE GRAND ARMY
OF THE REPUBLIC-ORDERS FROM
HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS.
WASHINGTON, July 23.-Upon the
recent of the news Of the death OF
General Grant the following telegram
was sent to Colonel F. d. Grant by
General S. S. Burdett, commander-ln-
chief Of the Grand Army Of the Re-
public: -.
Expressing the profound grief OF
the Grand Army of the Republic upon
the death of the greatest Of our COM
rades, on behalf Of its three hundred
thousand members tender to your
honored mother and to all the afflicted
family their heartfelt sympathy. |
pray that you have me advised so soon
as the arrangements for the last sad
rites are determined upon"
Secretary Whitney has issued an or
der directing that the ensigns at each
naval station and Of each vessel of the
United States navy in commission be
hoisted at half-maSt, and that gun be
fired at intervals of every half hour from
sunrise to sunset at each naval station
and on board flagships and Of vessels
acting singly on the day of the funeral
where this order may be received in
time; otherwise on the day after It's
receipt. The officers of the navy and
marine corps will wear the usual badge
Of mourning attached to the sword-hilt
and on the left arm for the period Of
thirty days.
With the exception Of Secretary En-
dicott, all the members were present at
the meeting Of the Cabinet. The Presi-
dent informed them of General Grants
death, he having been officially in
formed of the demise by a telegram
from Colonel Fred. D. Grant.
President Cleveland has instructed
Acknowledgement Drum to 60 to New
York to represent him, and to consult
with Mrs. Grant relative to the funeral
Of the eX-President.
Adiutant-Gcneral Drum, by COM
mapd of Licutenant-General Sheridan,
issued the following order: 4" In COM
plance with the instructions of the
President, on the day Of the funeral,
at each military post, the troops and
cadets will be paraded and the order
read to them. after which all labOrs
for the day will cease; the national
flag Will be displayed at half-stafi at
dawn Of the day; thirteen guns will be
fired; and aftcrward, at intervals Of
thirty minutes between the rising and
setting Of the sun. single gun, and
at the close OF the day a national
salute Of thirty eight guns. Officers Of
the army will wear Grape on the left
arm and on their swords, and the colOrs
Of the battalion Of engineers ofthe Seye-
raj regiments and Of the United States
Corps Of Cadets will be put in mourn
irg for a period of six months. The
date and hour Of the funeral will be
communicated to the department COM
manders by telegraph and by them to
their subordinate commanders.
The White House has been hand
somely draped, the emblems Of mourn
ing being equal to those on the build
ing at the time of the death Of Presi-
dent Garfield. They are over and
around the windows and door facing
north, and the great pillars Of the por-
tico at the north entrance are also COW
cred with black.
In addition to the public buildings,
nearly all the hotels, large number Of
business-houses and private residences,
and the offices Of correspondents Of
leading newspapers, are draped in
mourning. On every building having a
/ flagstaff the ensign floats at half-mast,
and in all parts Of the city flags and
pictures Of the illustrious dead, fes-
tooned with Grape, hang from the win
dows of stores and dwellings.