Done at the city of Washington, this 26th day of October, A.D. 1876, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and first.
U.S. GRANT.
By the President:
HAMILTON FISH,
Secretary of State.
EXECUTIVE ORDERS.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, May 20, 1876.
SIR:[114] The President directs me to say that the several Departments of the Government will be closed on Tuesday, the 30th instant, to enable the employees to participate in the decoration of the graves of the soldiers who fell during the rebellion.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
C.C. SNIFFEN, Secretary.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, August 10, 1876.
By direction of the President, General W.T. Sherman and Brigadier-General M.C. Meigs, Quartermaster-General United States Army, are appointed members of the commission to examine "the whole subject of reform and reorganization of the Army of the United States," as provided by section 4, act approved July 24, 1876, "making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1877, and for other purposes."