They in
turn issued the necessary orders for the closing of their respective
departments, not only in Washington, but throughout the country. In a
short time the large buildings were deserted, except by a few clerks
detailed to aid their chiefs in the promulgation of necessary orders.
In addition to issuing the order closing the Navy Department,
Acting Secretary Hackett dispatched the following order to every
commander-in-chief, to every navy yard, and to every United States ship,
stating simply:
It is with profound sorrow that the department announces to you the
death of President McKinley at 2:15, September 14.
The Acting Secretary also issued the following order to the naval branch
of the United States:
[SPECIAL ORDER No. 12.]
NAVY DEPARTMENT, _Washington, Sept. 14, 1901._
The President of the United States died this morning at 2:15, in the
city of Buffalo, N.Y. Officers and men of the navy and Marine Corps need
not to be reminded of the public and private virtues of their late
Commander-in-Chief.
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