to confer with the executive officers of the
Centennial Exhibition in relation to such matters connected with the
subject as may pertain to the respective Departments having articles
and materials on exhibition; and that the names of the persons thus
selected by the heads of the several Departments, the Commissioner of
Agriculture, and the Director of the Smithsonian Institution shall be
submitted to the President for designation.

By order of the President:
HAMILTON FISH,
_Secretary of State_.

GENERAL ORDERS, No. 22.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,

_Washington, March 9, 1874_.

I. The following order has been received from the President of the
United States:

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, March 9, 1874_.

It is with deep regret that the President announces to the people of
the United States the death of Millard Fillmore, one of his honored
predecessors, who died at Buffalo, N.Y., last evening.

The long-continued and useful public service and eminent purity of
character of the deceased ex-President will be remembered beyond the
days of mourning in which a nation will be thrown by the event which
is thus announced.

As a mark of respect to his memory, it is ordered that the Executive
Mansion and the several Departments at Washington be draped in mourning
until the close of the day on which the funeral shall take place, and
that all business be suspended on the day of the funeral.

It is further ordered that the War and Navy Departments cause suitable
military and naval honors to be paid on the occasion to the memory of
the eminent citizen whose life is now closed.

U.S. GRANT.

By the President:
HAMILTON FISH,
_Secretary of State_.

II. In compliance with the President's instructions, the troops will be
paraded at 10 o'clock a.m. on the day after the receipt of this order at
each military post, when the order will be read to them, and the labors
of that day will thereafter cease.

The national flag will be displayed at half-staff.

At dawn of day thirteen guns will be fired, and afterwards at intervals
of thirty minutes between the rising and setting sun a single gun, and
at the close of the day a national salute of thirty-seven guns.

The officers of the Army will wear crape on the left arm and on their
swords and the colors of the several regiments will be put in mourning
for the period of thirty days.

By order of the Secretary of War:
E.D. TOWNSEND