eficent civil institutions
of which it was the emblem. He was an ideal soldier, and shared to the
fullest the _esprit de corps_ of the Army; but he cherished the civil
institutions organized under the Constitution, and was a soldier only
that these might be perpetuated in undiminished usefulness and honor.
He was in nothing an imitator.

A profound student of military science and precedent, he drew from them
principles and suggestions, and so adapted them to novel conditions that
his campaigns will continue to be the profitable study of the military
profession throughout the world. His genial nature made him comrade to
every soldier of the great Union Army. No presence was so welcome and
inspiring at the camp fire or commandery as his. His career was
complete; his honors were full. He had 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 his fame. His
death has followed in startling quickness that of the Admiral of the
Navy; and it is a sad and notable incident that when the Department
under which he served shall have put on the usual emblems of mourning
four of the eight Executive Departments will be simultaneously draped
in black, and one other has but today removed the crape from its walls.

BENJ. HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 26, 1891_.

_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:

I transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of State and accompanying
documents, in relation to the execution of letters rogatory in foreign
countries.

BENJ. HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 26, 1891_.

_To the Senate of the United States_:

I transmit herewith, in reply to the resolution of the Senate of the 9th
instant, a report from the Secretary of State, accompanied by the papers
relating to the commercial arrangement recently entered into with
Brazil.

BENJ. HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _March 3, 1891_.

_To the Senate_:

In accordance with the resolution of the Senate of this date, I return
herewith Senate bill 1453, to provide for the purchase of a site and the
erection of a public building thereon at Saginaw, in the State of
Michigan.

BENJ. HARRISON.

VETO MESSAGES.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _December 24, 1890_.

_To the Senate_:

I return to the Senate, in which it originated, with my objections, the
bill (No. 544) "to provide for the purchase of a site and t