Maj.-Gen. John R. Brooke.
Maj.-Gen. Elwell S. Otis.
Maj.-Gen. Arthur MacArthur.
Brig.-Gen. George L. Gillespie.
By command of Lieut.-Gen. Miles.
THOMAS WARD,
_Acting Adjutant-General._
The following order then issued:
WAR DEPARTMENT, _Washington, Sept. 14._
The Secretary of War announces to the army that upon the death of
William McKinley, President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt,
Vice-President, has succeeded to the office of President of the United
States, by virtue of the Constitution.
ELIHU ROOT,
_Secretary of War._
Secretary Root also gave directions to the officers of the department to
make the necessary arrangements and issue orders for the participation
of the army in the funeral ceremonies, following the Garfield precedent.
The following order was issued by the Secretary of the Treasury to the
Revenue Cutter Service:
The department announces to the service the sad tidings of the death of
the President. The flags of all vessels of the Revenue Cutter Service
will be carried at half-mast until otherwise ordered.
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