A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Volume 4, part 1: William Henry Harrison by James D. (James Daniel) Richardson
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classes, deeply deplore this national bereavement; but although they
have lost a friend ever ready to protect their interests, his bright example in the paths of honor and glory still remains for their emulation. The funeral honors directed to be paid by the troops in paragraph 523 of the General Regulations will be duly observed, and the troops at the several stations will be paraded at 10 o'clock a.m., when this order will be read, after which all labors for the day will cease; the national flag will be displayed at half-staff; at dawn of day thirteen guns will be fired, besides the half-hour guns as directed by the Regulations, and at the close of the day a national salute. The standards, guidons, and colors of the several regiments will be put in mourning for the period of six months, and the officers will wear the usual badge of mourning on the left arm above the elbow and on the hilt of the sword for the same period. By order of Alexander Macomb, Major-General Commanding in Chief: R. JONES, _Adjutant-General_. ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE NAVY. [From official records in the Navy Department.] GENERAL ORDER. |
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