EXECUTIVE ORDERS.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, December 31, 1877.
JAMES H. COGGESHALL, Esq.,
Marshal of the United States for the District of Rhode Island, Providence, R.I.
SIR: By virtue of the authority conferred upon me by section 5287 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and in execution of the same, you are hereby empowered and directed to take possession of the steamer Estelle, now or lately lying at Bristol, in Rhode Island, and to detain the same until further orders from me concerning the same, and to employ such portion of the land and naval forces of the United States as may be necessary for that purpose.
R.B. HAYES.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, May 27, 1878.
SIR:[20] I am directed by the President to say that the several Departments of the Government will be closed on Thursday, the 30th instant, in respect to the memory of those who fell in defense of the Union, and to enable the employees to participate in the commemorative ceremonies of the day.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
W.K. ROGERS,
Private Secretary.