General Orders Affecting the Volunteer ForceU.S. Government Printing Office, 1864 |
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... provost marshal and two other per- sons appointed by the President , one of whom shall be a physician and su geon ; duties of , defined ; claims for exemption from military service to be presented to the , whose decision shalt be final ...
... provost marshal and two other per- sons appointed by the President , one of whom shall be a physician and su geon ; duties of , defined ; claims for exemption from military service to be presented to the , whose decision shalt be final ...
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... Provost Marshal General .112 Accounts of , of men transferred to the Invalid Corps to be sent with them ( See ARMY CORPS ) ..... Monthly returns or , to be forwarded by company cominanders to the Quar- terimaster General .... Three ...
... Provost Marshal General .112 Accounts of , of men transferred to the Invalid Corps to be sent with them ( See ARMY CORPS ) ..... Monthly returns or , to be forwarded by company cominanders to the Quar- terimaster General .... Three ...
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... Provost Marshal General ( See VOUCHERS ) CONVALESCENT CAMPS . ........... Publishes an act to facilitate the inspection of , ( See MEDICAL INSPECT- ORS ) . 3 Paymaster General to take immediate measures for prompt payment of sick and ...
... Provost Marshal General ( See VOUCHERS ) CONVALESCENT CAMPS . ........... Publishes an act to facilitate the inspection of , ( See MEDICAL INSPECT- ORS ) . 3 Paymaster General to take immediate measures for prompt payment of sick and ...
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... Provost Marshal General the names of all not pre- viously reported , or who have deserted since last report ... PROVOST MARSHALS ) August 28 Reward for arrest and delivery of , fixed at $ 30 ( See REWARD ) ........ 325 Monthly return of ...
... Provost Marshal General the names of all not pre- viously reported , or who have deserted since last report ... PROVOST MARSHALS ) August 28 Reward for arrest and delivery of , fixed at $ 30 ( See REWARD ) ........ 325 Monthly return of ...
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... Provost Marshal General the monthly property returns sent to them by recruiting officers ( See VOLUNTEERS , RECRUITING SER- VICE , TRANSPORTATION , SUBSISTENCE ) Chief , to furnish transportation in specified cases to Volunteers ...
... Provost Marshal General the monthly property returns sent to them by recruiting officers ( See VOLUNTEERS , RECRUITING SER- VICE , TRANSPORTATION , SUBSISTENCE ) Chief , to furnish transportation in specified cases to Volunteers ...
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ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE aforesaid agent allowed America in Congress appointed Approved March arms Artillery Assistant Adjutant Assistant Commissary authority belligerent Board captured case-shot Cavalry certificate charge Colonel commanding officer Commissary of Musters commissioned officers Congress assembled court descriptive roll deserters detached disbursing officer discharged district draft duty E. D. TOWNSEND enemy enrolling entitled examination expiration field furnished further enacted guns hereafter hereby horses hospitals hostile Invalid Corps law of war Lieutenant loss Medical Inspectors Medical Officer ment military service muster-in rolls mustering officer non-commissioned officers officers and enlisted ORDER Ordnance organization paid paragraph parole Paymaster payment person prescribed President prisoners prisoners of war Provost Marshal punished Quartermaster Quartermaster's Department re-enlistment re-muster rebellion receive regiments Regulations SECRETARY SECRETARY OF WAR Senate and House Sergeant Signal Officer soldiers thereof tion transportation Treasury troops United Veteran Volunteers vouchers WAR DEPARTMENT Washington
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Page 2 - States are and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
Page 2 - And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Page 2 - Navy of the United States, in time of actual aimed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in accordance with my purpose so to do, publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days from the day first above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people...
Page 32 - An alien enemy shall not write, print or publish any attack or threats against the Government or Congress of the United States, or either branch thereof, or against the measures or policy of the United States, or against the person or property of any person in the military, naval or civil service of the United States or of the States or territories, or of the District of Columbia, or of the municipal governments therein.
Page 1 - Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: "That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and...
Page 68 - Nevertheless, as civilization has advanced during the last centuries, so has likewise steadily advanced, especially in war on land, the distinction between the private individual belonging to a hostile country and the hostile country itself, with its men in arms. The principle has been more and more acknowledged that the unarmed citizen is to be spared in person, property, and honor as much as the exigencies of war will admit.
Page 2 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this...
Page 78 - If a citizen of the United States obtains information in a legitimate manner, and betrays it to the enemy, be he a military or civil officer, or a private citizen, he shall suffer death.
Page 65 - As martial law is executed by military force, it is incumbent upon those who administer it to be strictly guided by the principles of justice, honor, and humanity — virtues adorning a soldier even more than other men, for the very reason that he possesses the power of his arms against the unarmed.
Page 174 - Congress assembled, that during the present insurrection the President of the United States, whenever in his judgment the public safety may require it, is authorized to suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in any case throughout the United States, or any part thereof...