The new South. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, 1863-05-30
Important General o der-Civilians to be
Drafted.
Drafted


Headquarters, defining in the first place, the ne
cessary permission by which only persons will be
allowed to land in this Department; and, second
ly, ordering draft of all abe-bodied men, not in
the employ of the Government, who may be found
in the Department within twenty days of the date
of the order. We are assured that this order
will be rigidly enforced The following is its
text:
GENERAL ORDERS NO. II.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMEyT THE Souri,
Hilton Head, y. GMay 25th, 1853
l. Numerous persons having recently been
brought in U. s. Transports to this Department,
without any apparent or legitimate business, or
claim to be furnished with public transportation,
and amongst those thus sent, there having been
found one known rebel spy, several professional
gamblers, with the cheating implements of their
trade and others equally Objectionable it is Or
dered that hereafter persons will be allowed to
land in this Dep ,rtment from any U. S. Transport
or other vessel having come from port not
within the limits of this Depa. tment, except per-
sons belonging to the Army or Navy Of the United
States, or such other persons as may have with
them at the time they attempt to land, the permit
or pass of His EXcellency the President, the Hon.
the secretary of War, the General-n-C Chief of the
U. S. Army, or the Major-General Commanding
this Department, or certified copies of the same,
duly attested.
| II Many hundreds of able-bodied men liable
to the draft and not in the employ of the govern
tment, being now within the limits Of this Depart
ment, pursuing schemes Of private profit and
speculaions based onthe necessities of the SERVICE
| It is hereby ordered that all such persons, who
may be found within the limits Of this Depart
ment within twenty days from the date of this
General Order, shall be drafted to l mp the weak
| ened Regiments from the respective States TO
which ther belong, now serving in this Depart
ment; and all such persons, belonging 10 States
not represented here by Regiments will be drafted
to serve in the Regiment numerically the weakest
From this Draft no exempt. Ons Will be allowed
except by Special Orders from the Provost Mar
shall General, approved by these Headquarters,
| such Special Orders to be based on evidence that
the party seeking to be exempted, is one whose
services or usefulness in his civil capacity such
as to justify his claim. NJ
III. The Provost Marshal G. General of this De-
partment will see that the provisions of this Order
are risidly enforced. -
By Command of Maj Gen. D. BUNTER,
| CHAs. G. HALPINE yl!s2h
| Lieut. Col. & Asst. Adj. General,
10Th Army CorDs & Department Of the Sosfb
SAn1 g DIRECTIONS FOR ENTERING NoRrn EAST
OR sLuE CHANNEL lNro PoRr RoYAL.-When Of
Hunting Island Shoa, in six fathoms, with enter
ing buoy at st. Helena bearing North, distance 2!
miles:
l. Steer SW by W I W.T. second class
Nun Buoy. painted black and white, and anchored
in Al fathoms outside the Bar. Thence steer
2. Is. II miles to Red Can Buoy, keeping
it on with Fishing Rip Buoy and with large sur
veying tripod on NE point of Hilton Head Island
Least Water ,epenlee2 feet.
g. From Red Buoy steer SW by W W one
mile to Black Buoy. keeping it on with Southern
point Of wooden Hilton Head Island. This course
should be steered close, with the Black Bnoy shut
on the wood about dozen yards Least rater ton.
fest.
4. From Black Buoy steer W N for Fishing
Rip Buoy. keeping it on with large pine tree on
Hilton Head Island, until you come upon the usual
course up the Harbor. Leaa water sixteen feet.
CHAs. o. BoUrELLE,
Commanding U. S. Surveying Steamer Bib.
Port Royal, May 10th, 1868.