The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-01-30
General Orders No. 20.
HEADQUARTERS DIsrRICr OF THR BoRpE,
Kansas CITY, Mo-, November 90. 1876.

Kansas City, Mo-, November 90, 1853
I. Loyal persons, formerly resident in tha-
part Of the District from which the inhabitants
were required to remove by General Orders. No.
ii, may obtain permits to return, and safeguards
for persons and property, ia the manner and on
the terms herein prescribed.
Applications for such permits and safeguards
will be made to the officer commanding that one
of the following stations nearest the applicants
place of residence, to-Wit: Wesport Iadepan.
denee, Hickman's Mills, Pleasant Hill, Harrison
vile, Trading Post and must be accompanied
with satisfactory proof of the uniform loYal con.
duct and reputation of the applicant Where the
applicant is the head of family, the permit and
safeguard will name the applicant and the non
adult children of the family. Each adult of q
family viii make separate proof, and receive a
separate permit and safeguard.
The commanding officer of each of the ststions
named will keep record of the names AGES and
places of residence of persons to whom snoh
permits and safeguards are issued by him. and
of>the persons by whom their loyalty is shown
and also, in like manner, record Of persona e.
whom he refuses to issue such permits and SAFE
guards. transcripts of the record will be sent
to these Head quarters from time to time, with
the tri-monthly reports.
Such permits and safeguards will be in the
form hereinafter prescribed. When proof is made
in any case, to the satisfaction of the Station
commander, he viii I'LL up carefully the blanks
IN such form and sign the permit and safeguard
and forward the same to these Headquarters for
the approval of the General commanding No
such permit and safeguard will be valid without
such approx al endorsed upon it.
Save in exceptional instances, such permit.
viii not at present be given to persons 9Ivn;n,
| no lands or crops or having no sufficient mnanS
/ OF support in the district named nor to persona
! living in the timber mere than three miles dis.
tant from any station nor TO persons having
near relatives or connections in the rebel service
Where in their judgment such exceptions should
! be made, Commanders of Stations will send to
these Head quarters, In writing, the reason for
such exceptions.
| II: If any person, in the military service of
the United States, shall knowingly and wilfully
commit any act of injury to the person or pro
| perty of any resident holding such safeguard he
shall be arrested and sent here for trial by court
martial, for the offense of 8 forcing safeguard -
which is one of the grayest IN the articles of
| war. If any person, not in the military service
of the United States, shall knowingly and will
| fully commit such injur he shall be arrested
and sent here for trial by Military Commission
When any person holding such safeguard or per-
NIT shall WilfullY violate any one of the eondi-
tions on which it is given, such person shall be
arrested and sent here by the nearest Station
| Commander for trial and punishment. In case
the person so offending is woman and the head
of family she shall be ordered out of the dis.
trict by such commander and, falling to go, will
be sent here with her family for removal
III. If any person persons shall. settle in
| the district named without such permission in
writing being first regularly obtained, such per-
! son or persons Will De nOJlueQ Dy the nearest
| Station Commander to leave this district and.
on failure to do so, will be arrested and sentheEe
for removal.
". The requisite authority having been OBJ
tanned, Commanders of Stations named above
will cause all men, who are allowed to return, to
be organized far practicable in companies
in the several neighborhoods Each company
will consist of not less than thirty men, living
within convenient distance of the place of rem
devious, and arms. clothing and rations will be
issued to them They will be received by the
proper authorities militia of the State in active
service.
The General commanding attempts this early
settlement OF the depopulated district at the ur
gent solicitation of many loyal men who are now
willing to try to live again at their homes. He
will aid them to the utmost with the troops I'M
der his commandment assure them that no rebe
families Will be allowed to return to entice back
and support the guerrillas. But, after all, thu
question whether the guerrillas can come back t
resume their ravages, depends much on the &C
ton of the loyal Inhabitants themselves. They
must return to their farms, not as non combat
ants, but thoroughly armed and organized il
each neighbour ood It is chiefly by such neigh
borhood organization that they can hope to saw
. themselves and their property, keep out the guer
rillas, and insure permanent and prosperous re
settlement OF the border
By order of Brig. Gen. EWING.
II. HANNAHS, A. 4. A G.