of the Philippines still rest
where they fell, watched over by their surviving comrades and mourned
with the love of a grateful nation.

The remains of many brought to our shores have been delivered to their
families for private burial, but for others of the brave officers and
men who perished, there has been reserved interment in the ground sacred
to the soldiers and sailors, and amid tributes of national memories they
have so well deserved.

I therefore order:

That upon the arrival of the cortege at the National Cemetery at
Arlington, all proper military and naval honors be paid to the dead
heroes; that suitable ceremonies shall attend their interment; that the
customary salute of mourning be fired at the cemetery, and that on the
same day at two o'clock P.M., Thursday, the sixth day of April, the
National ensign be displayed at half staff on all public buildings,
forts, camps and public vessels of the United States, and that at twelve
o'clock noon of said day all the Departments of the Government at
Washington shall be closed.

WILLIAM McKINLEY.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, D.C., April 6, 1899._

In accordance with the provision of the Act of Congress approved June 4,
1897 (30 stat., 36), and by virtue of the authority thereby given and
on the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior, it is hereby
ordered that the east half of the northwest quarter and the west half of
the northeast corner of section twenty (20), township ten (10) south,
range five (5) east, Willamette Meridian, Oregon, with the limits of the
Cascade Range Forest Reservation, be restored to the Public Domain after
sixty days' notice hereof by publication, as required by law, these
tracts having been found better adapted to agricultural than forest
purposes.

WILLIAM McKINLEY.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, D.C., May 6, 1899._

By virtue of the authority vested in me as Commander-in-Chief of the
Army and Navy of the United States, I hereby order and direct that
during the maintenance of the Military Government of the United States
in the Island of Puerto Rico and all Islands in the West Indies, east
of the 74th degree west longitude, evacuated by Spain, there are hereby
created and shall be maintained the offices of Auditor of the Islands,
one Assistant Auditor for auditing the accounts of the Department of
Customs and one Assistant Auditor for auditing the accounts of the
Department of Postoffices who shall be appoin