Monday - Following the death of King Umberto, the Good King, (the day before - Sunday 29 - in Monza by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci, will ascend the throne the Crown Prince Vittorio Emanuele, the third of the dynasty to bear the name ) the Navy adopts the regulations of funeral services, among which the flag at half mast, flagpoles brim, funeral with cannon shot at the rhythm of 15 'and the last day on order by telegraph, after the execution of the last save, flags and signs of command carried to shore.

The Ministry's Military Journal for the Navy and the order-keeping sheets will respectively carry the cover page and the first page edged with a black frame for a period of six months. Military personnel take mourning for six months.

Source: Military Navy