Show I PRESIDENT WILSON ORDERS HONORS IN COLONELS COLONEL'S MEMORY T I WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Jan Jun 7 The 7 The The f following proclamation o ozi on the time death of V V Theodore Roose Roosevelt t. t was cabled from Paris today by President Wilson issued and md- md issued tonight at tl state d department I I II I I Woodrow Wilson President o or of the tho 1 i United States of or Am America A A proclamation to the people of ot the I United States It becomes ni my sad duty ut to announce II oC officially tho the death of or T Theodore Roosevelt noose Roose c velt t President of ot the United States J I from September 14 1901 to March larch 4 4 1909 which occurred at his home at atS atS S Sagamore Hill Oyster Oster Ba Bay Xe New York at o'clock In lii the morning of Ja January Janu u- u ar ary 6 5 6 1913 1919 In his death the United States Stales has lost one one of or Its most dl dla- dla Uns and amid patriotic citizens who had endeared himself to the pe people plc b by his strenuous devotion to their In Interests interestS interests in- in and to the tho public Interests of or his country As president of tho the police pollee board of or his imis native city as as' as a member of or th the Legislature and governor gO of or his state stale as civil service commissioner as assist assist- j 1 ant secretary of or the navy na naas as Vice President an and as President of or the United States he lie displayed administrative adminis adminis- powers of oC a a. si signal nal order and con conducted conducted- the affairs of or these various offices eS' eS with a concentration of or effort and a watchful care which permitted no divergence dl from the te line of oC duty he haul had definitely set for In the tho war wal with Spain he lie displayed dis dilS- I played singular initiative and energy Ian I I an and andr distinguished h himself among the time J I commanders of oC the army In the field As s l President he awoke the nation to the time hangers dangers of ot private control which lurked ed In our financial and industrial s systems It was by bJ thus arresting arresting- tho time attention an and stimulating the purpose of the tho country that he opened the wa way for subsequent ent necessary and beneficent bene bene- reforms Ills Itis 11 i private Irha to Ii life C e was eh characterized d db b by a a. simplicity a a. virtue and an affection I tion on worthy of oC all t admiration and emulation tion b by the time people pc of America J j testimony of or the respect respect- In s 1 memory memon Is h hold ld b bIt the tho gov government Q and antI people of OC th the tho United States I do hereby direct ct that it the las flags of oC the White Il H House and nd tho SC several 1 departmental buildings bo be displayed ed at half bait st stAff C for fOl a period of thirty days and that suitable military arid and naval na honors under orders of or the secretaries of or war an and of tic navy y be bo rendered on the thc da day of ot tho time funeral Done this timis seventh day of oC J January In the time year rear of oC our one Lord one thousand I nine nineteen and of or the time Independence c of- of tho United Unite States of or America time the one hundred an and forty forty- I third 1 WOODROW WILSON B By the President Frank Franl L L. r Polk Acting Secretary of ot St State leo |