_The Heads of Departments_:
As a mark of respect to the memory of General Sheridan, the President
directs that the several Executive Departments in the city of Washington
be closed and all public business at the national capital suspended on
Saturday, August 11 instant, the day of the funeral.
By direction of the President:
DANIEL S. LAMONT,
_Private Secretary._
SPECIAL CUSTOMS RULE NO. 1.
In addition to exceptions from examination in the classified customs
service made under Customs Rule II, clause 5, the following special
exceptions are made:
In the Boston customs district, office of the naval officer: Assistant
deputy naval officer.
Approved, August 10, 1888.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
_Washington City, August 14, 1888_.
By direction of the President, Major-General John M. Schofield is
assigned to the command of the Army of the United States.
WM.C. ENDICOTT,
_Secretary of War._
UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION,
_Washington, D.C., August 25, 1888_.
The PRESIDENT.
SIR: The Commission respectfully submits for your consideration the
following extract from the minutes of its proceedings of August 23,
1888:
"Navy Department, August 23. Harmony, Acting Secretary of the Navy,
refers, with a request that the examination asked for therein be held at
the earliest possible moment, a communication of the same date of G.
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