By the President:
FREDK. T. FRELINGHUYSEN,
_Secretary of State_.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, May 26, 1882_.
SIR:[13] I am directed by the President to inform you 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.
Very respectfully,
FRED. J. PHILLIPS, _Private Secretary_.
[Footnote 13: Addressed to the heads of the Executive Departments, etc.]
WAR DEPARTMENT, _Washington, July 13, 1882_.
I. By direction of the President, the Military Department of West Point
will be discontinued September 1, 1882.
II. By direction of the President, sections 1 and 2 of Article I of the
general regulations for the United States Military Academy are hereby
amended to read as follows:
1. The General of the Army, under the War Department, shall have
supervision and charge of the United States Military Academy. He will
watch over its administration and discipline and the instruction of the
Corps of Cadets, and will make reports thereof to the Secretary of War.
2. The Superintendent, and in his absence the next in rank, shall have
the immediate government and military command of the Academy, and shall
be commandant of the military post of West Point. The Superintendent
will render, through the Adjutant-General, to the General of the Army,
for submission to the Secretary of War, all required reports, returns,
and estimates concerning the Academy.