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WssAssstoo. D. c.. September 10, 1891
CRcuLAa No 18th. Secretary OF War or
ders hat the following Act Of Coa0ress, and
ProslsasIe. q 1x Pvs'sds"s, eassd upon The
concerned. and that the special iastractisns
bereInaf FER contained for parsons In thu mill.
tary service OF the United States. b strictly
obssfved
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES RocRHpiEas IN csA-
TAIH oAsss. AppTav~d March 3, 1854.
Be ii ssseted By As Ssso.s and Howe q 1ep.s-
ssst~tsvss Of As Csi.sd Suites # lNs,lss ~ COM
lion, the President of the United States, when
ever, in his Judgment, the public safety nay
require II, 10 authorized 70 pend the privilege
OF The wit Of hsesas corpus in any case through:
wh. never and wherever the ssid privilege
shall he ssspsRded - Aforesaid, ne military or
other oficer shall b compelled, In answer 70
any writ Of habeas corpus, to return The body
Of any person or persona detained by him ~
authority Of the President; bat upon u- cor"
ndcate, under oath, OF the o11oer having caares
Of sny one 30 detained that such p-fson 10
detained ny him ~ prisoner under sa.nofmy
OF he PRECEDENT, further procsedtuss under TIE
" hit Of habeas corpus shall b suspended hy
the judge or court having issasd the said wrie
90 Ion. =. said sa.p:n.,on y the pss'' o.n
unue.
n II. rHssIDsIr OF TIE rzrrBD s1A1Ss-A
PROCLAMATION.
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states has ordained that ths privilege Of TIE
" yit o. Habeas Corpus shall not b suspended
unltss hen in casss of rebellion or invasion
ths public safety nsy require it; and wh-r-ss
March, 1863, which rebsllion 10 still existing;
. and whereas BY . statute which was approx
on that day 1t was enscted by the Senate and
House ofRspresentatiy.e OF the United States
in CoDEr-.e assembled that during the present
instruction the Pres Ident OF the United STATS,
whenever 10 his Judgment the public SAFETY
may require, lie authorized to suspend the priv
ilrse of the Writ OF Habea. Corpus in any case
throughout the United States or any part there
OF; and whereas in the judgment Of the Presi-
dent the public safety does require that the
privilege OF the said writ Z hall now be suspend-
ed throue bout the United States in the cases
where, by the authority OF the President OF the
United States military, naval, and civ officers
OF thu United Stairs, or any Of them, hold per-
.one under their command or In their custody
either Is prisoners OF war, spies, or aiders or
stettors of the enemy, or officers, soldiers, or
ssamsn enrolled, drafted or mustered or en-
listed III or Belonging 10 Ihs land or naval
forces OF the United States, as deser,ers
thrrefron, or otherwise amenable to military
law or the Rules and Articles OF War, or the
ruks or regulations prescribed for the m litsry
or naval services by authority of the President
Of the United States, or for resisting draft, or
for any other offence against the military u
naval service
Now, therefore, l, ABRAHAM LIsooLE, Pres
ident of the United States do hereby proclaim
that ,bs priv! eye of the Writ of Habeas Corpus
lie suspended throughout the United States in
the several cases before mentioned, and that
this susI enslon will coi!unne throughout the
duration Of the said rebellion, or until this
proclamation shall, by subsequent one to be
IL, ned ty the President OF tine United Statee be
modlh+d or revoked And do hereby require
all magistrates attorneys, and other civil Of
n ers within the United States, and all officers
ard Others IN the military and naval services of
tie I mite States, TO take distinct notice of this
sus pension. and 10 give it full effect, and all
citizens OF The United 81 ties TO conduct and
govern Themselves accordingly and in con
formIiy Wi The Constitution OF the United
Slater aud the laws OF Congress in such cases
Il aGe and provided.
In testimony whereof, l have hereunto set
my bard and caused the seal of the Uni
ted States TO be nffi we'd, this fifteenth day
II. e. OF September, III the year OF our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty.
three, and Of III. independence OF the Uni
ted States OF Am. RIGA the eighty eip hth
ABRAHAM LINCOLN