Approved, July 16, 1885.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _July 23, 1885_.
_Heads of all Government Departments_:
Ex-President Ulysses S. Grant died this morning at 8 o'clock.
In respect to his memory it is ordered that all of the offices of the
Executive Departments in the city of Washington be closed to-day at
1 o'clock.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 81.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
_Washington, July 23, 1885_.
I. The following proclamation has been received from the President:
[For proclamation see p. 308.]
II. In compliance with the instructions of the President, on the day of
the funeral, at each military post, the troops and cadets will be
paraded and this order read to them, 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, and afterwards at intervals
of thirty minutes between the rising and setting of the sun a single
gun, and at the close of the day a national salute of thirty-eight guns.
The officers of the Army will wear crape on the left arm and on their
swords, and the colors of the Battalion of Engineers, of the several
regiments, and of the United States Corps of Cadets will be put in
mourning for the period of six months.
The date and hour of the funeral will be communicated to department
commanders by telegraph, and by them to their subordinate commanders.
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