JAMES G. BLAINE.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, February 13, 1891.
To the Heads of the Executive Departments:
In token of respect to the memory of Admiral David D. Porter, who died this morning, the President directs that the national flag be displayed at half-mast upon all public buildings throughout the United States until after his funeral shall have taken place, and that on the day of the funeral public business in the Departments at Washington be suspended.
E.W. HALFORD,
Private Secretary.
GENERAL ORDERS NO. 16.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, February 14, 1891.
I. The following order of the War Department is published to the Army:
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, February 14, 1891.
The death of General Sherman is hereby announced in the fitting words of the President in his message to Congress: