Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-20
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ORDERS OF The ARMY AND NAVY,


Issued Concerning the Death of General
Hayes Representative Enoch's Tribute
to the Dead Man.
WASHINGTON, d. c.. January 19.-ln gen.
eral orders issued to-day announcing the
death Of ex-President Hayes, Major Cen
eral Scofeld directs that on the day OF
the funeral, at each military post, the
troops and cadets be paraded and thrs order
be read 10 them. after which all labors of
the dav will cease. The national flag will
be displayed at half mast. At dawn of day
thirteen guns Will be fired, and afterward, at
intervals of thirty minutes between the
rising and setting of the sun, single gun,
and at the close of the day national
salute OF forty-four guns. The officers OF
the army will wear Grape on the left arm
and on their swords; and the colors or the
battalion of engineers OF the several regl.
ments and the United States corps OF
cadets will beput in mourning Tor period
of six months"
Acting Secretary Solely of the Navy De-
partment to-day issued general order TO
the navy in reference to the death of Mr..
HAYES. The order directs that on the day
of the funeral, where this order may be re-
ceived in time, otherwise on the day a1ter
its receipt. the ensign at each naval sta
tion and of each of the vessels OF
the United States navy N commission,
be hoisted at half mast from sunrise to sun
set. aud at eacn naval station and on board
of flag ships, and vessels, acting slngiy,
gun DC fired at intervals OF every nall nour
from sunrise to sunset. 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 a period OF
thirty days. go
Ii is in accord with the wishes Of the
family that the usual military honors be
omitted at the funeral. The military es-
cort for an eX-Presdent includes nearly
the entire strength of the army, so its omls-
sion on this occasion means great deal.
The order has been issued by General
s, =. Yoder, Commander in Chlef OF tue
Union Veterans Union, that each de-
partmeut headquarters and precinct com
mandant Union Veterans Union, place
becoming evidence OF mourning in their
respective halls for thirty days, that each
command take such steps as they may
deem appropriate, TO hold at an early date,
memorial services expressive or the es-
TEEN and love for their late comrade
The White House and all the executive
departments were draped in mourning to-
day and will wear their sable emblems OF
sorrow for the period Of thirty days. All
the departments will DE closed tomorrow.
Among the persons who served through
the war with ex-President Hayes,is Repre-
sentative Enchs, of Ohio, who for four years
was 10 the same brigade and division with
General Hayes, and was associated with
him intimately. He bore testimony to the
affection and esteem with which General
HAYES was regarded by the soldiers who
had been with HIM in the hard fighting ex
perienced by the Army of West Virginia
and of the Great kanawha division.
Mr.. Enochs said: General Hayes was
a soldier because he felt that he was right.
lie was fighting in defense Of his country.
His blood enriched more than one OF the
great battlefeds of the war that we all
might enjoy the blessings of united conn
try; that this repu olic might live. Without
malice without oStentation, without any
thing else in view except his duty as sold
Ter of his country, he served in that
great war from the beginning 10 its close
Norman has ever come in contact with eX-
President HAYES IN the army or in civil
life vino aid not love him. No soldier in
that war was more popular than he. He
never sought by political influences, oy
coming TO Washington from the Army or
the Potomac, where he served, or when
with Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley,
to seek promotion or advancement
through political influences. He won his
promotion as a soldier in the field, and
when he got that promotion it belonged to
him OF right At the time of his death MIR.
Hayes was President Of the Society of the
Army of West Virginia, having succeeded
General Crook. He was walking ency-
clopedia of war history, and we were fire.
ouently after him to write history OF his
services, which would have really been
almost history of the Army Of West Nir-
ginia. In all respects he was splendid
TYNE of the patriotic American citizenn