12/02/1888
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"there shall be excluded from the benefits of the suspension hereby declared and proclaimed the vessels of any foreign country"
"The claimant certainly was not dependent in the least degree upon the soldier at the time of his death."
"I recommend the passage of a law prohibiting such importation, with proper regulations as to the continuance of such prohibition."
"The national flag be displayed at half-mast on the public buildings and on all national vessels on the day of the funeral."