Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-02-04 | Page 3 | Coolidge Directs Highest Honors

I COOLIDGE DIRECTS HIGHEST HONORS 9 ARMY AND NAVY TO JOn JOll It TRIBUTE W WASHINGTON Feb 4 President Coolidge's proclamation on the the tho death of ot Woodrow Wilson follows By the president of ot the United States of ot America A proclamation To the people of ot the United States The death of or Woodrow Wilson president ent of or the tho United d States from March 4 1913 to March 4 1921 which occurred at t 11 1115 15 o'clock Sunday at t his home at Washington District of Columbia deprives the country of a most distinguished citizen and is an event which causes universal and genuine sorrow To many of ot us It brings the sense of or ofa ofa ora a profound personal bereavement His early profession as a lawyer was abandoned to enter academic life In this chosen field he attained the highest rank as an educator and has left his ils Impress upon the tho Intellectual thought of ot the country From the presidency of Princeton university he was called by his fel fellow fellow fellow low citizens to be the chief chIc executive of ot the state of New Jersey The duties of this high office he s so sd conducted as to win the confidence of the people of ot the United States who twice elected him to the chief chic magistracy of ot the republic As As' president preside of ot the United States he was moved by an earnest desire desir to promote the ithe best Interests of the country country country coun coun- try as he conceived them His acts were prompted by high motives and his sincerity of purpose cannot be He lie led the nation through the terrific struggle of ot the World war with a lofty idealism which never failed him He gave utterance to the aspiration of humanIty humanity human human- ity with an eloquence which held the attention of or all the earth and made America a new and enlarged Influence In the destiny of ot mankind In Ia testimony of ot the respect In which his memory is held by the I government and the people of the United States I do hereby direct I that the flags of or the White House and of or the s several veral departmental buildings be displayed at for tor a period of ot thi thirty ty days and that I suitable military and naval honors under ord orders rs of the secretary of ot war and of ot the secretary of ot the navy may be rendered on the day of ot the funeral Done at at the city of Washington this 3rd day of ot February In the year of ot our LOId Lord one thousand nine hundred and four twenty and of ot the Independence of ot the United States of America Ameria the one hundred and forty I CALVIN COOLIDGE By the President CHARLES EVANS HUGHES Secretary of State