Sergeants shall not if they object thereto be brought to trial before regimental, garrison, or summary courts-martial without the authority of the officer competent to order their trial by general court-martial

Except as herein otherwise indicated, punishments shall not exceed the limits prescribed in the following table

The punishment for desertion shall not exceed the following

I transmit herewith, in reply to the resolution of the Senate of the 9th instant, a report from the Secretary of State, accompanied by the papers relating to the commercial arrangement recently entered into with Brazil.

Soldiers against whom charges may be preferred for trial by summary court shall not be confined in the guardhouse

The change of designation seems to have been intended to add dignity to the position.

To the Senate:I return to the Senate without my approval the bill (S. 4620) \to establish the Record and Pension Office of the War Department, and for other purposes.

It is probably true that the officer intended to be benefited is peculiarly deserving and has had remarkable success in the discharge of the duties of the office.

I do not think it is competent for Congress to designate the person who shall fill an office created by law.

I transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of State and accompanying documents, in relation to the execution of letters rogatory in foreign countries.

The court's action under this requirement in the case of sale or loss through neglect of clothing shall be limited to a confirmation of the charge made against the offender on his clothing account

Offenses not herein provided for remain punishable as authorized by the Articles of War and the custom of the service

The foregoing limitations will be subject to modification under the following conditions

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

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

The flag at all yards and stations will be displayed at half-mast until after the burial of General Sherman.

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.

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 the city where the interment takes…

It is my painful duty to announce to the country that General William Tecumseh Sherman died this day at 1 o'clock and 50 minutes p.m., at his residence in the city of New York.

The report also covers the earnings, the efficiency, and the cost of living of the men employed in such production.

He was an ideal soldier, and shared to the fullest the esprit de corps of the Army.

No word of mine can add to his fame.

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.

The Secretary of War will cause the highest military honors to be paid to the memory of this distinguished officer.

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.