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Source: Sentinel Source type: newspaper Document type: article Document title: “Army Order Approved” Author(s): anonymous City of publication: Montevallo, Alabama Date of publication: 19 September 1901 Volume number: 9 Issue number: 5 Series: new series Pagination: [6] |
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| “Army Order Approved.” Sentinel 19 Sept. 1901 v9n5 (new series): p. [6]. |
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| William McKinley (death: government response); William McKinley (mourning); McKinley funeral train (persons aboard). |
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| John Rutter Brooke; George L. Gillespie [first name wrong below]; Frank Warren Hackett; Arthur MacArthur; William McKinley; Nelson A. Miles; Elwell S. Otis; Elihu Root. |
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Army Order Approved
Secretary Root has approved the order of the
army announcing the death of President McKinley. It orders that:
At dawn thirteen guns will be fired at each military
post, and afterwards at intervals of thirty minutes between the rising and setting
sun a single gun, and at the close of the day the salute of the union of forty-five
guns. The national flag will be displayed at half mast. On the 19th instant,
the day of the funeral, all labor will be suspended at all military posts and
stations and on all the public works under the direction of the department,
and at noon twenty-one minute guns will be fired. The officers of the army will
wear the usual badges of mourning. The following officers will compose the guard
of honor and accompany the remains of their late commander-in-chief from the
national capitol to Canton, O: Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles; Major Generals
John R. Brooke, Elwell S. Otis and Arthur McArthur, and Brigadier General Joe
L. Gillespie.
Acting Secretary of the Navy Hackett has issued
an order to the navy directing the firing of half-hour guns and the half-masting
of ensigns and anion [sic] jacks.