The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-06-28


ton to the administering of the yankee
oath:
Headquarters 10th Army Corps,
Memphis, Tenn, 10Th May, 1868.
General Orders, No. 65.
/. All persons residing within the city OF
Memphis, not in the service of the United
States, are hereby required to enroll and
register their names with the Provost Mar
tial, Lieut.. Col. M. Smith, within twenty
days from the date of this order.
H. Such registry must show the character
of the allegiance of each person registered
under one of these heads:
|. Loyal citizens of the United States.
q Subjects of foreign friendly Powers.
g. Enemies of the United States
Ill. Each person who shall enroll him or
herself as a loyal citizen, shall take and sub
scribe to the following oath:
United States of America,
State of Tennessee
Provost Marshal's Office for the of day of
---l863.
do solemnly swear, in the presence of
Almighty God, that | will bear true allegi-
ance to the United States of America, and
will obey and maintain the Constitution and
laws of the same, and will defend and sup
port the said United States of America
against the enemies foreign and domestic,
and especially against the rebellious league
known as the Confederate States of Amer
lea. So help me God.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
day of--l863.
----Provost Marshal.
Residence--Age- Height Hair Eyes"
Said oath will be in duplicate; one copy
being delivered to the party taking the same,
the other filed in the office of the Provost
Marshal
w. Subjects of foreign friendly Powers
will be required to take the oath OF neutral
ity and will file evidence with the Provost
Marshal that they are not and have not been
citizens of the United States or the so-called
Confederate States.
" In cases where the Provost Marshal
shall have reasonable doubts of the good
faith of any person who shall offer to take
the oath of allegiance, such person may be
required to give bonds for the faithful keep
ing of the terms of said oath.
vi. Every person not i'll the service OF
the United States, or the citizen of some
foreign friendly Power, and over the age of
eighteen years, who shall neglect or refuse
to take the oath of allegiance herein pre-
scribed, shall be deemed to have elected to
register themselves as enemies to the United
States, and be subject to such disabilities
and penalties as belong to such condition.
VII. Registered enemies, as described in
Section of this Order, shall not be permit
ted to vote at any election or exercise any
other franchise or privilege, or to appear as
plaintiffs or as attorneys before any Court
or to hold any office of trust, profit or emol-
ument, or to conduct any business or pro-
fession within said city.
VIII. An entire year OF occupation OF
this city by the United States, has given
abundant opportunity for all persons to
make their deliberate election Of the soVer
eighty to which they owe their allegiance.
The so-called Confederate Congress, by acts
passed at an early period of the rebellion,
ordered peremptorily from the limits Of the
revolted States those true citizens who ad-
here to the country of their fathers. The
same sentence will be pronounced affect
one years patient waiting upon all who,
while denying their allegiance to the United
States, yet have found protection beneath
the flag. These persons will be sent where
their affections are.
TX. Giving aid and comfort to the public
enemy is punishable with death, and the
leniency with which such persons have been
treated must cease, Any person who shall
hereafter offer insult by word or act to the
United states, or who shall express sympa-
thy with the enemy; or satisfaction at any
imagined or real success of the Confederate
arms, will be arrested at once and severely
punished.
x All real estate of registered enemies
will be liable to seizure by the United States
and all conveyances of the same after the
day of the date of this order are hereby de-
States, and void The question as to their
personal property will be determined in
each case according to the necessities Of
each.
XII The Union citizens of Memphis are
invited to set prompt example in register
ing themselves at once, and giving aid and
information to the officers charged with the
execution of this order
XII. The Commanding General reserves
to himself the right of determining those
few and rare cases in which, from motives
of humanity, or from some kindly or char
liable act to our wounded, sick or prisoners,
exceptions will be made to the above pen
alties
XIII. Commanders of Divisions will at
once define the lines of their several Mill
tary Posts in Tennessee and Mississippi,
within which, when defined, after twenty
days notice, the same rules herein laid down
shall be enforced
XIV After the expiration of the time
limited in this order, no person will be per
mitted to come within the lines of the Mill
tary Posts of this corps Except as a pris-
oner) unless provided with the oath of al
legiance.
XIV All officers and soldiers of the United
States forces, and all loyal citizens are
charged with the active enforcement of this
order.
By order of Mai. Gen S. A. Hurlbut
HENRY BINMORE,
Asst Adjt Gen
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