GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 4. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant General's Office, 
Washington, January 16, 1865. 
In obedience to the order of the President, directing that appropriate 
honors be rendered to the memory of the late Edward Everett, the 
offices of the War Department will be draped with the usual insignia 
of mourning, and will this day be closed to the public; and all military 
posts, forts, and arsenals will display their flags at half-staff during the 
day following the receipt of this order. 
order of the Secretary of War : 
W. A. NICHOLS, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 
Official : 
Assistant Adjutant General.