on the military reservation at the mouth of the
Mississippi as may be necessary for the prosecution of the work, and
shall furnish a list and plan showing the location of the same to the
Secretary of War; but these shall be erected in such a way and at such
places as not unnecessarily to interfere with navigation or any other
interest in which the United States is concerned, whereof the Secretary
of War shall be the judge. At his direction any such structure shall be
at once removed.

4. _Protection of James B. Eads's interests_.--No person save said Eads
and his contractors shall erect any building, tent, or other habitation
on the military reservation at the mouth of the Mississippi River. Any
person so doing may be summarily ejected by the United States marshal or
his deputy. But as authority has already been given to James B. Eads by
the Secretary of War to collect the material aforesaid until he should
be furnished with the regulations as now herein given, the said Eads is
authorized to continue collecting materials under that authority until
the 1st day of September, 1875, after which time these regulations will
go into effect.

U.S. GRANT.

GENERAL ORDERS, No. 73.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,

_Washington, August 2, 1875_.

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

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, July 31, 1875_.

It becomes the painful duty of the President to announce to the people
of the United States the death of Andrew Johnson, the last survivor of
his honored predecessors, which occurred in Carter County, East
Tennessee, at an early hour this morning.

The solemnity of the occasion which called him to the Presidency, with
the varied nature and length of his public services, will cause him to
be long remembered and occasion mourning for the death of a
distinguished public servant.

As a mark of respect for the memory of the deceased, it is ordered that
the Executive Mansion and several Departments of the Government at
Washington be draped in mourning until the close of the day designated
for his funeral, and that all public business be suspended on that day.

It is further ordered that the War and Navy Departments cause suitable
honors to be paid on the occasion to the memory of the illustrious dead.

U.S. GRANT.

By the President:
JOHN L. CADWALADER,
_Acting Secretary of State_.

II. In compliance with the President