American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-09-06
OmcinI statement.
OFFICE OF. .yHE PRovosT MARSHAL,
23D DisTRicT OF PENNSYLVANIA,
A sl1 IEE

OFFICE F.cHE PROVOST MARSHAL,
23D DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA,
ALLEGHENY Cry. Aug. 81, '65.
have the hcnof<to subjoin an extract
from the Records of this office, showing
the names of men who have been drafted
in Butler county, 23d Dist. of Pa, aud
who, after being legally notified, have fail
ed to report for duty as required by the
several Acts of Congress regulating this
Bureau and are therefore to be-" deem
ed and treated" as deserters from the Mil
itary Service of the. United States
The 2lst Section of the Act of Con-
gress, approved March Sd, 1860, provides
as follows:
SECTION 81. Ind be II further enact
/" ed, That in addition to the other lawful
"penalties of the crime of desertion from
g the military or naval service, all persons
'who have deserted the military or naval
"servce of the United States, who shall
"not return to said service, or report
themselves to a Provost Marshal within
sixty days after the proclamation, here
"inafter mentioned, shall be deemed and
"tdh-ea TO hare roltmta,ily reiiaquished,
" "ond .forfeited their rights Of citizenship
"and their rights to become citizens ;
"and such deserters shall be forerer inca
"paJle of holding aa5 office of trust or
profit under the United States, or Of cr-
" ercisiag any rights Of citizens h,erect !;
"and all persons who shall hereafter de-
''sert the military OF naval service, and
call persons who, being duly enrolled,
shall depart the jurisdiction of the Dis
" trict in the District in which he is en-
"rolled, or go beyond the limits of the
" United States, with intent to avoid any
" draft into the military or naval service,
"duly ordered, shall be liable to the pen
"altes of this section.
g And the President is hereby author
" lied and required forthwith, on the pas
q sage of this Act, to issue his Pprocla-
" nation setting forth the provisions of
g this section, in Which proclamation the
" President is requested to notify all de-
"serters returning within sixty days as
" aforesaid, that they shall be pardoned
"on condition Of returning to their regi-
"ments and companies, or to such other
Z" organizations as they may be assigned
" to, until they shall have served for a pc
I" "riod equal to their original term Of en-
I" listment."
In obedience to tho latter clause OF this
section, the President of the United States
on the 1lth day of March, 1865, issued
his Proclamation, ordering and requir
ing" all deserters to return to their posts; ;
or to report themselves to Provost Mar
shals for duty, on or before the llth day
of May, 1865.
This proclamation, and also the Act of
Congress upon which it was based, caus-
ed to be published in all the authorized
newspapers of this District, thereby Civ
ing to all parties interested, full knowl-
edge of their rights, and ample warning
of the penalty that would ensuc, in case
they neglected to avail themselves of the
privilege of reporting on or before the
l1th day of May, 1865.
The persons whose names are hereto ap-
pended, failed to report as required by the
Act of Congress and the Proclamation of
the President above referred to; and are
therefore I'd 1be deemed and taken to
have voluntarily refinquished and forfeit
ed their rights of citizenship and their
rights to become eitizens," and are "tor-
eyer incapable of holding any office of
trust or profit under the United States, or
of exercising any rights Of citizens there
Of"