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On the recordNovember 24, 1885
the usual and appropriate military and naval honors be rendered, and that on all the legations and consulates of the United States in foreign countries the national flag shall be displayed at half-mast on the reception of this order,
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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