The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-21
Headqrs Dept of South Carolina,

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HILTON HEAD, S. c., july 20, 1865.
Gen EU.IL ORDERS No. 9.
l Is announced, for the information and
Il government OF this command that BEN
.jAMlN +. PERRY, of South Carolina, has
been appointed, bv the President. Proyi-
INA, with authority and instructions, ''at
the earliest practicable period, to prescribe
sucn rules and regulation as may be neces-
sary and proper for cOlivcning u Convention,
composed of delegates to be chosen by that
portion of the people of said State who arc
loyal 10 the United States, and 10 others,
Tor the pulposc of altering OF amending the
Constitution thereof; and with authority TO
exc enHerciss, wi in the limits Of said State, all
1hc powers HDcessary and properito enable
such loyal people of the State of South Ca
rollna to restore said State to its constitu-
honal relations to the Federal Government.
and to present such a Republican form OF
state Government as will cntitle the State
T." the guarantee of the United States there
for, and its people to protection Dv tin.
United State, against invasion, insurrcc.ion
anu domestic violence: provided, that in
amy election that may hereafter be held for
choosing delegates to any State Convention
as aforesaid. no person shall be qualified as
an elcctor, or shall be eligible rs member
OF such Co. .vcrtion, unless he shall have
pr"vn usly taken and subscribed the oath of
amnesty, as set forth in the Presidents
proclamation Of May 20, a. D. 1865 and is
a voter qualified as prescribed by the Con-
stltutlon and -lawS of the State of South
Carolina III force Immediately before the
seventeenth (17th) day OF November, A. j..
1860, the date of the so-callcd Ordinance Of
Secession; and the said Convention, when
convened, or the Legislature that may be
thereafter assembled, will prescribe the
quallflcation OF electors, and the eligibility
OF persons to hold Office under the Consti-
tuition and laws of the State, q power the
people OF the several States composing the
Federal Union have rightfully exercised
from the origin of the 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
Caro;ina, aid and assist Governor Perry in
carrying into effect the foregoing inst,uc-
tions, and they are cnjoincd to abstain
from, in any way, hii:dering, impeding or
discouraging the loyal people of the State
from the organization of a State Govern
mcnt, as hercinabove authorized and di
rectcd.
All o! lcrs and instructions now in opera
ton throughout this Department, whether
cmanating from these headquarters, or from
headquarters Department Of the South
that are not inconsistent with the foregoing
distinctly specified provisions Of this order,
will continue in force as heretofore, through
out the State Of South Carolina
Every needful facility for taking the am
hcstF oaeh Wall DC Afforded by the military
authorities. on forms heretofore supplied
for that purpose. :
Hereafter Provost NIarshals and Assistant
Provost Marshals will constitute the only
military officers entitled to administer the
amnesty. oath, a certified copy of which
will, in all cases, be furnished to the indi-
vlduaf taking it. The original oaths will be
transmitted, se1ni-monthly, by the officer
adminlsterlnS the sal2e, to the Provost
Marshal General at these Headquarters, by
whom they will be recorded in a book kept
for that purpole, and then forwarded to the
Secretary Of State
Persons applying for Executive clemency
copy of the Amn:s Oath attached to the !
PRESIDENT, through the Provisional Cover
nor at Greenville, South Carolina.
by command of
MAJ. Gen. @. A. GILMORE.
Official: W. L. VI. BrRGER, a. A. G.