The Army has on former occasions been called upon to mourn the loss of
distinguished patriots who have occupied the Presidential chair, but
this is the first time since the adoption of the Constitution it has to
lament the demise of a President while in the actual exercise of the
high functions of the Chief Magistracy of the Union.
The members of the Army, in common with their fellow-citizens of all
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.
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