In the exercise of the power vested in the President by the Constitution.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 254 is published for the information and guidance of all concerned.

the usual emblems of mourning be adopted for thirty days.

the Executive Mansion and the several Executive Departments in the city of Washington be closed on the day of the funeral and be draped in mourning for the period of thirty days;

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,