In obedience to the commands of the President, the following funeral
honors will be paid at the several stations of the Army:
At daybreak twenty-four guns will be fired in quick succession, and one
gun at the interval of every half hour thereafter till sunset.
The flags of the several stations will during the day be at half-mast.
The officers of the Army will wear crape on the left arm for the period
of six months.
This order will be carried into effect under the direction of the
commanding officer of each post and station the day after its reception.
By command of Major-General Macomb, commanding in chief: