The whole people loved William McKinley, for he
loved and trusted them.
As soldier, statesman, husband, and as a pure-minded, great-hearted
American, his fame now belongs to his country.
Under the Constitution, Theodore Roosevelt, previously Vice-President,
has become President and Commander-in-Chief of the navy and Marine Corps
of the United States.
F.W. HACKETT,
_Acting Secretary_.
The ceremonies to be observed are provided for in the naval regulations
as follows:
Upon the receipt of official intelligence of the death of the President
of the United States, the senior officer shall direct that on the
following day the ensign and union jack be displayed at half-mast from
sunrise to sunset, and guns fired every half hour from all ships
present. Similar orders shall be given at naval stations.
A naval regulation provides that salutes shall not be fired on Sunday
except in cases wherein international courtesy would suffer from the
breach. Therefore the firing of the guns will take place on Monday at
those points where the department's announcement was received yesterday.
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