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Messages and Papers of William McKinley V.2. by William McKinley

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Three veteran society representatives, Mr. John McElroy, national senior
vice-commander of the Grand Army of the Republic; Israel W. Stone,
commander of the Department of the Potomac of the Grand Army of the
Republic, and Gen. R.G. Dyrenforth, national commander of the Union
Veteran Union.

Platoon of representatives of veteran organizations, Col. J.T.
Wilkinson, Spanish War Veterans; Col. J. Edwin Browne, Union Veteran
Legion; Chaplain C.E. Stevens, Department of the Potomac, Grand Army of
the Republic; A.M. Daniels, commander Post No. 6, Department of the
Potomac; Past Commander George P. Davis, of Burnside Post; A.R. Greene,
past department commander of Kansas; Grand Commander John M. Meacham,
Department of the Potomac, Union Veterans' Union; Arthur Hendricks, past
commander Department of the Potomac, Grand Army of the Republic; L.K.
Brown, of Burnside Post, Grand Army of the Republic.

Remains of the President.



ORDERS TO GUARD OF HONOR.

The following special order was issued on the 16th:

The special guard of honor, composed of general officers of the army
and admirals of the navy, will not march in the procession contemplated
for Tuesday. The special guard of honor--general officers of the army,
active and retired; the admirals of the navy, active and retired--not
otherwise instructed will assemble in full dress as follows:

Monday, September 16, 1901, at the White House at 8 P.M.

Tuesday, September 17, 1901, at the east front of the Capitol at
9:30 A.M.


Acting Secretary Hackett has issued the following order to govern the
navy in the funeral ceremonies:

[SPECIAL ORDER No. 13.]

NAVY DEPARTMENT, _Washington, Sept. 16, 1901._

All officers on the active list of the navy and Marine Corps on duty
in Washington will assemble in full dress uniform at 7:30 P.M. Monday
evening, September 16, at Pennsylvania Railroad station for the purpose
of meeting the remains of the late President of the United States. They
will again assemble in the same uniform in the grounds of the Executive
Mansion and near the eastern gate at 9 A.M. on Tuesday, September 17, to
march as guard of honor in the procession from the Executive Mansion to
the Capitol.

The following special guard of honor is hereby appointed:

The Admiral of the Navy, Rear Admiral A.S. Crowninshield, Rear Admiral
Charles O'Neil, Paymaster-General A.S. Kenny, Brig.-Gen. Charles
Heywood, U.S.M.C.

The special guard of honor will assemble in special full dress uniform
at the Executive Mansion at 8 P.M. Monday, September 16, to receive
the remains of the late President, and will again assemble in the same
uniform at the Capitol at 10 A.M. Tuesday, September 17, and will thence
accompany the remains of President McKinley to their final resting place
in Canton, Ohio.

All officers of flag rank will constitute an additional special guard of
honor, and will assemble at the places hereinbefore mentioned for the
special guard of honor. The additional special guard of honor will not,
however, accompany the remains of the late President to Canton.

F.W. HACKETT,
_Acting Secretary_.


The following official statement, making important changes in the plans
for the funeral services over the remains of President McKinley in this
city, was made public:

In compliance with the earnest wishes of Mrs. McKinley that the body
of her husband shall rest in her home at Canton Wednesday night, the
following changes in the obsequies of the late President will be made:

Funeral services in the rotunda of the Capitol will be held Tuesday
morning on the arrival of the escort which will accompany the remains
from the White House. The body of the late President will lie in state
in the rotunda for the remainder of Tuesday, and will be escorted to
the railroad station Tuesday evening. The funeral train will leave
Washington at or about 8 o'clock Tuesday evening, and thus will arrive
at Canton during the day Wednesday.

JOHN HAY,
_Secretary of State_.

ELIHU ROOT,
_Secretary of War_.

JOHN D. LONG,
_Secretary of the Navy_.

H.B.F. MACFARLAND,
_President Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia_.



HOUSE COMMITTEE NAMED.

LIST WIRED BY SPEAKER HENDERSON.

The following dispatch from Speaker Henderson named the House committee:

_New York, Sept. 15, 1901._

_Hon. Henry Casson, Sergeant-at-arms, House of Representatives,
Washington, D.C._:

I have appointed the following committee for Presidential funeral and
escort. Notify them at once, requesting answer. Give each date of
funeral and hour of leaving Washington:

Grosvenor, Ohio; Burton, Ohio; Tayler, Ohio; Loud, California; Russell,
Connecticut; Ball, Delaware; Cannon, Illinois; Hitt, Illinois; Hopkins,
Illinois; Steele, Indiana; Hepburn, Iowa; Curtis, Kansas; Burleigh,
Maine; Mudd, Maryland; Gillett, Massachusetts; Corliss, Michigan;
Fletcher, Minnesota; Mercer, Nebraska; Sulloway, New Hampshire;
Loudenslager, New Jersey; Payne, New York; Sherman, New York; Marshall,
North Dakota; Tongue, Oregon; Bingham, Pennsylvania; Grow, Pennsylvania;
Dalzell, Pennsylvania; Capron, Rhode Island; Burke, South Dakota;
Foster, Vermont; Cushman, Washington; Dovener, West Virginia; Babcock,
Wisconsin; Mondell, Wyoming; Richardson, Tennessee; Bankhead, Alabama;
McRae, Arkansas; Bell, Colorado; Sparkman, Florida; Lester, Georgia;
Glenn, Idaho; Smith, Kentucky; Robertson, Louisiana; Williams,
Mississippi; De Armond, Missouri; Edwards, Montana; Newlands, Nevada;
Cummings, New York; W.W. Kitchin, North Carolina; Norton, Ohio; Elliott,
South Carolina; Lanham, Texas; Swanson, Virginia; Bodie, New Mexico;
Flynn, Oklahoma; Smith, Arizona.

Acknowledge receipt of this telegram. I will be at funeral.

D.B. HENDERSON.



ACTION OF CONGRESS.

Upon the assembly of the Fifty-seventh Congress in its first session
convened, President Roosevelt referred in touching terms to the
assassination of the late President McKinley. (Page 417.)

The Senate on December 3, 1901, adopted the following resolution:

_Resolved_, That a committee of eleven Senators be appointed on the
part of the Senate, to join such committee as may be appointed on the
part of the House, to consider and report on what token of respect and
affection it may be proper for the Congress of the United States to
express the deep sensibility of the nation to the tragic death of the
late President, William McKinley, and that so much of the message of
the President as relates to that deplorable event be referred to such
committee.


The committee on the part of the Senate comprised the following named
gentlemen: Mr. Foraker, Mr. Allison, Mr. Fairbanks, Mr. Kean, Mr. Aldrich,
Mr. Nelson, Mr. Perkins, Mr. Jones of Arkansas, Mr. Morgan, Mr. Cockrell
and Mr. McEnery.

The House of Representatives on December 3, passed the following
resolution:

_Resolved_, That a committee of one member from each State
represented in this House be appointed on the part of the House to
join such committee as may be appointed on the part of the Senate, to
consider and report by what token of respect and affection it may be
proper for the Congress of the United States to express the deep
sensibility of the nation to the tragic death of the late President,
William McKinley, and that so much of the message of the President as
relates to that deplorable event be referred to that committee.


The committee on the part of the House of Representatives comprised the
following named gentlemen:

Ohio, Charles H. Grosvenor; California, Julius Kahn; Connecticut,
E. Stevens Henry; Delaware, L. Heister Ball; Illinois, Vespasian
Warner; Indiana, James E. Watson; Iowa, Robert G. Cousins; Idaho,
Thomas L. Glenn; Kansas, Justin D. Bowersock; Maine, Amos L. Allen;
Maryland, George A. Pearre; Massachusetts, William C. Lovering;
Michigan, William Alden Smith; Minnesota, Page Morris; Montana, Caldwell
Edwards; Nebraska, Elmer J. Burkett; New Hampshire, Frank D. Currier;
New Jersey, Richard Wayne Parker; New York, John H. Ketcham, North
Dakota, Thomas F. Marshall; North Carolina, Spencer Blackburn; Oregon,
Malcolm A. Moody; Pennsylvania, Marlin E. Olmsted; Rhode Island,
Melville Bull; South Dakota, Eben W. Martin; Utah, George Sutherland;
Vermont, Kittredge Haskins; Washington, Wesley L. Jones; West Virginia,
Alston G. Dayton; Wisconsin, Herman B. Dahle; Wyoming, Frank W. Mondell;
Alabama, Oscar W. Underwood; Arkansas, Hugh A. Dinsmore; Florida,
Robert W. Davis; Georgia, William H. Fleming; Kentucky, James N. Kehoe;
Louisiana, Adolph Meyer; Mississippi, Charles E. Hooker; Missouri, Champ
Clark; South Carolina, W. Jasper Talbert; Tennessee, John A. Moon;
Texas, John L. Sheppard; Virginia, James Hay; Colorado, John F.
Shafroth; Nevada, Francis G. Newlands.


The following concurrent resolutions were adopted by both Houses of
Congress on January 15th, 1902:

Whereas the melancholy event of the violent and tragic death of William
McKinley, late President of the United States, having occurred during
the recess of Congress, and the two Houses sharing in the general grief
and desiring to manifest their sensibility upon the occasion of the
public bereavement: Therefore,

_Be it resolved by the House of Representatives_ (_the Senate
concurring_), That the two Houses of Congress will assemble in the
Hall of the House of Representatives on a day and hour fixed and
announced by the joint committee, to wit, Thursday, February 27, 1902,
and that, in the presence of the two Houses there assembled, an address
on the life and character of William McKinley, late President of the
United States, be pronounced by Hon. John Hay, and that the President of
the Senate pro tempore and the Speaker of the House of Representatives
be requested to invite the President and ex-President of the United
States, ex-Vice-Presidents, the heads of the several Departments,
the judges of the Supreme Court, the representatives of the foreign
governments, the governors of the several States, the Lieutenant-General
of the Army and the Admiral of the Navy, and such officers of the Army
and Navy as have received the thanks of Congress who may then be at the
seat of Government to be present on the occasion, and such others as may
be suggested by the executive committee.

_And be it further resolved_, That the President of the United
States be requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions to Mrs.
Ida S. McKinley, and to assure her of the profound sympathy of the
two Houses of Congress for her deep personal affliction, and of their
sincere condolence for the late national bereavement.

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