Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-03-17
WAR DEPARTKINT;
PROVOST MARSHAL GENERALS iFRioE'
WARHIHar u AAnrni Il 1900.

CIRCULAR
1 Il conformity with the Proclamation the Presi-
II dent herewith published, all ofas[s anu en-
ployees OF this Bureau instructed give P H
attention to the receiving and forWa4l9S o. ;t1
deserters as present themselves in ac1roanCe WIN
Its provisiops.
"sT TN PREsIDENr or IHE UNIFIED sEAEs OF AAAAi'A
"a PRoCLAMATION
Whereas the tweuty.first sectiO, OF me act 81
CongresS, approved the third lnstSot,
tied AN act to amend the several Es9 1i!I IL
the national forces, and for other purposes,
shat in addition to the other lawful O tne
crime OF deaertion from the military naval esrVce
all pen sons who have deserted the uatat oE
service Of the United States who shat NOT "
said tEeryice or report themselves TO LIOtSSs
hereinafter mentioned, shall be des1ed Gu ttt
to have voluntarily relnQ ushed and brielteo tneE
lights OF ctizenship and their rightsio Decoe ~
liens, and such deserters shall be Iorver
Of holding any once Of trust or prfs under the
United States, of exercising anyTAts OF cItiAens
thereof; and all persons who shall heaIteE uesELt
being duly enrolled shall depart the Q!
the district in which he is enrolled or go Oeyo99
the limits Of the United States with nteLL 10 eIoIa
any draft into the military or naTa serTics, GUY
ordered shalt be liable to the penalties OF TINS SEC
ton. And the President is hereby iutnon4eo an E
required forthwith, on the passage oths sG, 10 ~
sue his proclamation setting forth tts u
this section, In which proclamation lie Presloent
requested to notify all deserters retaining HilbI9
sixty days, as IeSaid, that they sh Dc
on condition Of returning to their regiments ana
companies, or to such other organizations Is tney
may be assigned to, until they shah a4ye served Tor
q period Of time equal to their original term Oh en-
H6tment'
"Now, therefore, be It known thIs /, Abraham
Lincoln, President of the United state do issue TINS
my PROCLAMATION, as required by sail act ordering
and requiring all deserters to return theif proper
posts; and do hereby notify them th all deserters
Who shall, within sixty DAYS from tsS date Of TINS
Proclamation viz: or before the 1sh DAY OF may,
return
Provost Marshal, shall be pardonea, on condition
that they return to their regiments $40 comp tnles
or to such other organizations as they may pc as,
sigued 70, and serve the remainder their original
terms Of enlistment, and, in addition thereto, Pc
FiOd equal to the time lost by dssert'n
GIn testimony whereof, 1 have hGeunto set my
hand and caused tho seal Of the UnHd stateS to Dc
afixed. a.sra.s
"Done at the City of Washington, this eleventh
day Of March, In the year Of our Lord one
L. g. thousand eight hundred and siXtl 1--we, aud
of the independence OF the United states; the
eighty.ninth. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
"By the President:
'WuIIAN H SEWARD, Sec'y Ofstate.
The records and returns of these dsserters will be
made up in the same manner As provided Tor II
other cases by existing regulations, except that Y
will be noted on the book Of the dessrters arrested
opposite the name Of the deEerttr, the TACT OF hi
having Voluntarily surrendered himself In conform
ity with the PreJident'e Proclamation; and the mum
stated on the report to this Office
The Secretary OF War directs that no reward b.
paid for the arrest of deserers who may be ARRESTED
subsequent to the receipt Of this order by tho Dil
, trict Provost MArshals. JAMES b. FRY
, mhl7-lw Provost Ma shal General.