GENERAL ORDERS, No. 123. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, September 14, 1901. I--The following order of the Secretary of War announces to the Army the death of WILLIAM MCKINLEY, President of the United States: WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, September 14, 1901. The distressing duty devolves upon the Secretary of War of announcing to the Army the death of WILLIAM MCKINLEY, President of the United States, which occurred at Buffalo, New York, at 2.15 o'clock a. m. on the 14th day of September, 1901. The grief into which the nation has been plunged by the untimely death of its Chief Magistrate will be keenly felt by the Army of the United States, in which, in his early manhood, he rendered distinguished and patriotic services, and in whose welfare he manifested at all times a profound and abiding solicitude. Appropriate funeral honors will be paid to the memory of the late President and Commander-in-Chief at the headquarters of every military division and department, at every military post, at the United States Military Academy, West Point, and at every camp of troops of the United States in the field. The Lieutenant General of the Army will give the necessary instructions for carrying this order into effect. ELIHU ROOT, II. On the day after the receipt of this order at the headquarters of military commands in the field and at each military station, and at the Military Academy at West Point, the troops and cadets will be paraded at 10 o'clock a. m. and the order read to them, after which all labor for the day will cease. At dawn of that day 13 guns will be fired at each mili. tary post and afterwards at intervals of thirty minutes between the rising and setting sun a single gun, and at the close of the day the salute to the Union of 45 guns. The national flag will be displayed at half staff at the headquarters of the several military divisions and departments and at all military posts, stations, forts, and buildings and vessels under the control of the War Department until the remains of the late Chief Magistrate are consigned to their final resting place at Canton, Ohio, on the afternoon of Thursday, the 19th instant, on which day all labor will be suspended at military posts and stations, and by direction of the Acting Secretary of War, on all public works under the direction of the War Department, and at 12 o'clock meridian 21 minute guns will be fired from all military posts and stations. The officers of the Army of the United States will wear the usual badge of mourning on the swords and the colors of the various military organizations of the Army will be draped in mourning for the period of one month. III. The following officers of the Army will with a like number of officers of the Navy selected for the purpose compose the guard of honor and accompany the remains of their late Commander in Chief from the National Capital to Canton, Ohio, and continue with them until they are consigned to their final resting place: The LIEUTENANT GENERAL OF THE ARMY. Major General ELWELL S. OTIS. Major General ARTHUR MACARTHUR. Brigadier General GEORGE L. GILLESPIE. BY COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL MILES: THOMAS WARD, Acting Adjutant General. WASHINGTON CITY OF WILLIAM MCKINLEY, UNITED STATES. The remains of the late President of the United States will arrive in Washington at 8.30 o'clock p. m. on Monday, the 16th of September, 1901, and will be escorted to the Executive Mansion by a squadron of U. S. Cavalry. On Tuesday, the 17th instant, at 9 o'clock a. m. they will be borne to the Capitol where religious services will be held, after which the body of the late President will lie in state in the rotunda for the remainder of the day. In the evening the remains will be borne to the station of the Pennsylvania Railroad, escorted by a squadron of U. S. Cavalry, and thence conveyed to their final resting place at Canton, Ohio. ORDER FOR TUESDAY. Funeral Escort, under command of Major General JOHN R. BROOKE, U. S. Army. Artillery Band. Squadron of Cavalry. Battery of Field Artillery. Company A, U. S. Engineers. Two battalions Coast Artillery. Hospital Corps. Marine Band. Battalion of Marines. Battalion of U. S. Seamen. National Guard, District of Columbia. SECTION II. CIVIC PROCESSION. Under command of Chief Marshal General Henry V. Boynton. Clergymen in attendance. Physicians who attended the late President. Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Grand Army of the Republic. Officers of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps in this city who are not on duty with the troops forming the escort will form in full dress, right in front, on either side of the hearse, the Army on the right and the Navy and Marine Corps on the left, and compose the Guard of Honor. FAMILY OF THE LATE PRESIDENT. Relatives of the late President. SECTION III. THE PRESIDENT. The Cabinet Ministers. The Diplomatic Corps. The Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Senators of the United States. Members of the United States House of Repesentatives. Governors of States and Territories and Commissioners of the District of Columbia. |