At the naval
stations and the public vessels in commission the flags will be worn at
half-mast for one week, and on the day after this order is received
twenty-one minute guns will be fired, beginning at 12 o'clock.
At each military station the day after the reception of this order the
national flag will be displayed at half-staff from sunrise to sunset,
thirteen guns will be fired at daybreak, half-hour guns during the day,
and at the close of the day a general salute. The troops will be paraded
at 10 o'clock and this order read to them, on which the labors of the
day will cease.
Let the virtues of the illustrious dead retain their influence, and when
energy and courage are called to trial emulate his example.
GEORGE BANCROFT,
_Acting Secretary of War, and Secretary of the Navy_.
By order:
R. JONES,
_Adjutant-General_.
FIRST ANNUAL MESSAGE.
WASHINGTON, _December 2, 1845_.
_Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives_:
It is to me a source of unaffected satisfaction to meet the
representatives of the States and the people in Congress assembled, as
it will be to receive the aid of their combined wisdom in the
administration of public affairs.
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