ning, and the colors of the several
regiments and battalions will be draped in mourning for a period of six
months.

The day and hour of the funeral will be communicated to department
commanders by telegraph, and by them to their subordinate commanders.
Other necessary orders will be issued hereafter relative to the
appropriate funeral ceremonies.

By command of Major-General Schofield:

J.C. KELTON, _Adjutant-General_.

GENERAL ORDER.

NAVY DEPARTMENT, _February 16, 1891_.

The following Executive order, announcing the death of General William
Tecumseh Sherman, is published for the information of the Navy and the
Marine Corps:

[For Executive order see preceding page.]

In accordance with the order of the President, the Navy Department will
be closed and all business suspended therein on the day of the funeral,
and the flag at all yards and stations will be displayed at half-mast
until after the burial of General Sherman, and in all places where
public expression is given to the national sorrow business will be
suspended at navy-yards or stations during such hours as will enable
officers and employees of the Navy to participate therein with their
fellow-citizens.

B.F. TRACY, _Secretary of the Navy_.

AMENDMENT OF CIVIL-SERVICE RULES.

FEBRUARY 18, 1891.

Special Departmental Rule No. 1 is hereby amended so as to include among
the places excepted from examination therein the following:

In the Department of Agriculture, in the office of the Secretary:
Private secretary to the chief of the division of statistics.

BENJ. HARRISON.

AMENDMENT OF CIVIL-SERVICE RULES.

FEBRUARY 21, 1891.

Special Departmental Rule No. 1 is hereby amended so as to include among
the places excepted from examination therein the following:

In the Department of the Treasury, in the Coast and Geodetic Survey:
Clerk to act as confidential clerk and cashier to the disbursing
officer.

In the Post-Office Department, office of Assistant Attorney-General:
Confidential clerk to the Assistant Attorney-General.

BENJ. HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, D.C., February 26, 1891_.

In accordance with an act of Congress approved September 27, 1890, the
following limits to the punishment of enlisted men, together with the
accompanying regulations, are established for the government in time of
peace of all courts-martial, and will take effect thirty days after the
date of this order: