The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-12
Nendc'rs Department of the south,

A"ANfi rs department of the South,
HlITON HEAD, S. c.. july 20, 1866.
EENEE!L ORDERS No. 9.
I L is anllrIIl>cG. Tor the information and
Il government "f this command, that BEN
JAMIN +. PERRY. of South Carolina, has
lccn appointed, by the President, Provi-
Slonal Governor Of the State Of South Caro-
lima. with authority and Instructions, cat
the earliest practicable period, to prescribe
"u r'llcs and regulations as may be neces-
SalN and proper for convCnnS Convention
composed of delegates 80 be chosen by that
portion If TN" p"'4,lc of said State who arc
loyal 20 the United States and no others
for t he purpose of altering or amending the
Constitution thereof; and with authority to
exercise. within the limits of SAID State, all
the powers necessary and proper to enable
ysucil loyal people Of the State of South
Carolina to restore said State to its ccnsti-
t"t;onal relations to the Federal Govern
ncnt, and to present such Il Republican
l'rn "t State Government as will eutitle the
State to tn" guarantee Of the United States
therefor and its people to protection by the
tiutcH State against invasion, icaurrection
and domestic violence: Prorided rL:.t in
any election that may be held for choosing
delegates to any state Convention a. afore-
SAID, no person small nc qualified as an ciec-
:or, on Sl'all DC eligible as member Of such
convention, unless he shall have previously
takr:i and subscribed The Oath of Amnesty,
rs Sc: forth III the Presidents proclamation
ot :iav ~. y. -. 1865, and is voter quail
fed ~ prescribed by the Constitution and
laws pi the State Of South Carolina in force
lnmcdiatrly before the seventeenth (l7th)
day OF November, y. d. 1850. the date Of
the Sn-caictt Ordinance of Secession; and
IN" SAID C"nvrati"n, Wen convened. or the
.N%isia:urc iA:at may be thereafter assem-
hlcd, Will prescribe the qualification CT
c.cct tors, and the eligibility of persons to
hold Office '!l;der the Constitution and laws
OF III" Stats. a power the people Of the
rat, S..
nave rlSh'iullN exercised from the origin Of
;hv Government to the present time"
1t is. therefore. ordered, that all officers
and other persons in the United states
military service. within the State Of south
Carolina, aid and assist Governor Perry in
cai:H.ng INTO c",ct the foregoing in,iruc-
il"!s, ard they are cninincd to abstain
from. i'll any way, llndcring impcGif,. or
,ii~c'ura&ii,:, The loyal people of TIE State
from the o":canE3tion Of 4 State Govern
mont, as h"rrlnab"vc authorized and di-
rcctcd
All orders and instructions now IN oI,.ra-
ton throughout this Department. whether
cnianatin.c from these Headquarters or
rom JiradGnartr:> department of the
.Nnutis that are not Inconsistent with the
foregoing distinctly specified provisions of
this order, Will continue in force as hereto
fore, throES 'lnllt the STATE Of Sp;I;h Caro-
lima.
Every n"cdfnl facility for taking the AM
nrsty Oath VIII be afforded hv the military
authorities. on forms heretofore supplied
for that purpose.
Hereafter Provost MarshaIs and Assistant
Proves! Mar,.,als viii constitute the only
military officers entitled to administer tn,
Amncstv Oath. n certified copy of which
VIII. IN iil cases. ho furnished to the ndivi-
dual ta'inG it. The original oatbs will be
transinittcd. scmi-montlrly, hy the officer
administering The same, to the Provost,
MarsEal-Gcmcral a. these Headquarters. hy
whom they viii bc recorded in a hook lr;:,
for that purpose, a:.l then forwarded to II.
Secretary pf state
Persons applying for Executive ciomelcs
VIII scnd tS:cr petition with certified
copy OF the Amnesty Oath attachcd} To ne
President through the Provisional Cover
nor, at G:ccnvi". South Carolina isv com
1nand Of Maj Gen. Q. A. GlLLMjRE.
v: J.. n. B"EGEE, Asst Adj's Gen
O...cial: i. il. HonGEs, Capt.. 35;h l. s
:. l., A. a. \. &. Au@ 9 (
Headquarters Military District q
Charleston.
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