Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-06-24
General Orders.
1I'D o. Nit. DIV. OF WEST MSS !
New Orleans. May PC, 1865. !
0rrRa.L ORpERs No. 6l.


!. By the terms Of u convention
entered into this day. on the part of
General E. X. Smith. commanding
the Trans. Mississippi Departments,
and Major-G-neral <. Il. $. Candy.
commanding thu Military Division OF
IVES, Mississippi, the forces. military |
and naval, Of the Trans Missl>sippi |
Department.. and the public property !,
vnd.r their control. have been sur |
rendered to the as,hoviti.s of the
United States. -!
In carrying on: the POPULATIONS OF
this convention the following conti-
.ions will b. observed
/ All acts Of hostility, on til
part Of both armies. nrs 20 cea-:
from ,lis date.
9, Tn. officers and mon Of the
Confederate. Army and Navy, "ith'n
tho li,nl.a Of tn. vrans-Mis-i--;ppi
D.pnr,H mi, ia b- paro!"d until dull
EXCHANGED. q. o,hcrw," r"l"is' q
from til. 9TH .,ions nf their pa o.''-
Nv ID. author t. Of I'll" 1i"T"rn'arn'
Of the United States. Dn'!'cAt'
ro!ls, of nll of. an! M" r"r"!"'.
TO l.. retained by sue. IN .e.s ~ ma,
b. designated hy tn" parties I" this
convention; officers giving 'h"'r m
dividua! paroles. and Commanders al
regiments. ba,t.',"ns. cp'"n:'2'"'' or
Get.c.m-nts. sicn'ng like parole
for the meu OF their respective com
nands.
3. Artillery, sinai. arms. am'nnn'.
,i,u. and other property OF til" Con-
federal. Government. lnc!u!inE gun
Loa,s and transports, 70 hr 'nru' "
owe, 20 the officers appointed 10 &C.
c~ive :h.Gn on III. part OF ;lir GOV
>ruu.n. Of ,he Unite States. DI-
olica;. invtutnrirs o: the Pr"pG. y
10 be surrendered, 20 be prepared ;
one copv to be retained tt ;nt OH
c.r delivering, aud the other h.. III"
Officer receiving i, TOR IA" int"r"A''
zion of heir r.-p 'c;lv- u n II ~ i''.'
1. The otac,rs ard men pa'"''"
under this agreement % b" permitted
,o return TO their homes. with thu
a,surauc- tina, they will not be DIS
.urbed by the authorities OF Tie III
ted States, 50 long as they CONTINUE
70 obs.rv. tn. conditions 81 'h''iI
paroles, and th,. laws in force whtr'
;h-v re-id- Persons, residents 4"
Northern States, az! not excepted u
I'll. Amnesty Proclaim ,tl"u OF tn
PRECEDENT. will b.. permitted 70 re
turn to ,h-ir homes, GA taking th'
oath of allegiance. 20 IL" lnlt"'
States. So" paragraph H. "':i''f''
Orders. No. 80, current series
S. Tn. SURF, nd.'r 9: property WI!
not include th- sid, arms, or pri'".
b rs.s, or baggage of officers no
the horses which are, in good faith
tho private property Of enlisted !n"I
Th.se las, will b.. above! 20 TAX
their horse. 10 their homes, - b
used for prIva'" purposes only
6. The tim, uod'', AVA p'Ac" "
parolinc. aud surrender @: property
will be fixed BY the resp" tive Com
mandrrs, aud viii be carried out b.
Commissioners appointed by them.
7. The terms and crnd'nons Q
shis convention to extend I" all "fn
GERS and MN of the Army and Nav
Of tn. Confederate States, being II
or belonging 70. TIE Trans M'a>'s
sippi Department.
8. Tie troops and property to b
surrendered within tn. hunts OF til
Division of Missouri, will be y"
over to Commissioners appointed b
tho Commander Of that Division
And the Ken and material of III
Navy. to Commissioners appoint.
bv the Commanders OF tn. M's~'
sippi and West GUl: Squadrons, r."
psctiv.ly. according 10 the l'mltS
which the said mon and material ma
DO found.
9. Transportation and subsist"n,
20 DO furnished At public cost I" II
officers and men, CATER being p
rol.d,) 70 the nearest practcab
poin, to their homes.
10. II ,he Quilted States troop
designated tnr The" garr'sons OF IN,
rior points, should not rra the
d~s,inations before tn" work OF p
rolling is cpmpir:"l, suitable guar
will be d.,nli.d "a The protection
tn, bic prop. rty. ih"N" qua "
when rsl..v 3, WI ~ Reuter- tn
arms. and b vu"'"' in ar '''
with thu tors : ms c..E". ..i'r.
II. Tn. / ;. troops srut .".. +;
interior Of the country, W." H. ~
in hand, in state of the most -AA
discipline. and in constant readint
TO. any servics which they may
called u9cn 20 perform When