Show the president ef ibs natica the crest selimier Se lilier feb 15 the president saturday sent the following message to congress the death ot william tecumseh which took place today at his residence in new york is au event that frill bring sorrow to the hearts of every patriotic citizen no living american was so loved and venerated aa he to look upon his fabeo hear his name was to have ones love of country anten he served his country not for fame not yet out of a sense of personal duty but out of love for the flag and the beneficent civil instructions of which it was the emblem he was an ideal soldier and shared to the tallest the esprit du corps of the army but he cherished tha civil instruction st organized under the constitution and was only a foldier that these be perpetuated in usefulness and honor he was a profound student of military science and precedent he drew from them principles and suggestions and so adopted them to naval conditions that his campaigns continue to bo the profitable study of the military profession throughout the world his genial nature made him the comrade of every soldier in the great union army no presence was so welcome and inspiring at the campfire or as his his career is completed his honors tall he received from the government the highest rank known to our military establishment and from the people unstinted gratitude and love no word of mine can add to bis fame his death followed in startling quickness that of the admiral of alie navy and it is a sad and not ible incident that when the department under which he served shall ave put on the usual emblem oi mourning four of the eight executive department will be simultaneously draped in black and one other has bu today removed the crape from its walla |