Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-04
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SIN Another Order from General 6aIIeck-
CoIIese Professors, Railroad Directors,
&C., REQUIRED TO Take the Oath Of AL
legiRnce.
ST. Louis February 3.-The following
general order will be Issued in the morning:
HEAD.oUARTERs DIRT OF rHs hIssouRI,l
ST. Louis, February }. 1869.
The President Professors and Curators,
and other officers of the University of Mis-
souri,, are required to take and subscribe to
the oath of allegiance prescribed by the sixth
article of the State Ordinance of October l6(
1861, and to file the same in the office of the
Provost Marshal General in this city. Those
who fail TO comply with this order within
the period of thirty days will be considered
as having resigned their respective Offices;
and If any one who so fails shall thereafter
attempt to obtain pay or perform the fuuf-
tons of such Office, he will be tried and pun
ished for military offeuse. This institution
baviDg been endowed by the Government Of
the United States, its funds should not be
used to teach treason or to instruct traitors;
the authorities ofthe University should there
fore expel from its walls all persons who, by
word or deed, favor, assist or abet rebellion.
The Presidents and Directors Of all Il. R. Cos.
in this State will be required to take and
subscribe to the oath of allegiance in the
form within the time and under the penal
ties prescribed in the preceding paragraph.
They will also be required to fill bonds for
such sums as may be designated by the
Provost Marshal General that they will en-
ploy no conductors, engineers, station
masters, or other officers, agents or employee,
who have not taken the oath Of allegiance,
and who are not loyal to the Union. No
contracts will hereafter be made by Quarter
masters or Commissaries in this Department
who do not take and subscribe to an oath
n IN haf onh hu
the act of Congress, approved August 6,
1861. Purchasing officers are prohibited
from making purchases of persons of known
disloyalty to the Government. Where articles
necessary for the public service are held
only by disloyal persons and can not be
purchased of Union men, the fact will be re.
ported to these head quarters, when the
proper instructions will be given. All
clerks, agents, and civil employees in the
service of the United States in this depart
ment, will be required to take and subscribe
the oath prescribed by the aforesaid act of
Congress.
The attention of all military officers is
called to this order, and any one who shall
hereafter keep in the Government employ
ment persons who fail to take said oath of
allegiance, or who announce and advocate
disloyalty to the Union, will be arrested and
tried for disobedence of orders.
1t is recommended that all clergymen, pro-
fessors and teachers, and all officers of public
and private institutions for education, be-
nevolence, business and trade, who are in
| favor of the perpetuation of the Union, vol.
unfairly subscribe and file the oath of ale
| glance prescribed by the State ordinance, in
order that their patriotism may be known
and recognized; and that they may be dis.
tingushed from those W no wish to encourage
rebellion, and 10 prevent the Government
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| city and State
By order of Major General Halleck.
| N. H. MCLEAN,
Assistant Adjutant General.