"It is ordered, That the War Department be draped in mourning for the period of thirty days, and that all business be suspended therein on the day of the funeral."
"No word of mine can add to his fame."
"I transmit herewith the sixth annual report of the Commissioner of Labor."
"This report relates to the cost of producing iron and steel and the materials of which iron is made in the United States and in Europe."
"The Secretary of War will cause the highest military honors to be paid to the memory of this distinguished officer."
"The national flag will be floated at half-mast over all public buildings until after the burial, and the public business will be suspended in the Executive Departments at the city of Washington and in..."
"To look upon his face, to hear his name, was to have one's love of country intensified."
"He served his country, not for fame, not out of a sense of professional duty, but for love of the flag and of the beneficent civil institutions of which it was the emblem."
"No presence was so welcome and inspiring at the camp fire or commandery as his."
"His career was complete; his honors were full."
"No living American was so loved and venerated as he."
"His countrymen will sincerely mourn his loss while they cherish with grateful pride the memory of his deeds."
