All officers of the Navy and Marine Corps will wear the usual badge of mourning attached to the sword hilt and on the left arm for thirty days.
GEO. M. ROBESON, Secretary of the Navy.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
EXECUTIVE ORDER.
WASHINGTON, October 19, 1869.
All communications in writing intended for the executive department of this Government and relating to public business of whatever kind, including suggestions for legislation, claims, contracts, employment, appointments, and removals from office, and pardons, must be transmitted through the Department to which the care of the subject-matter of the communication properly belongs. Communications otherwise transmitted will not receive attention.
By order of the President:
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State.
FIRST ANNUAL MESSAGE.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, D.C., December 6, 1869.