The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-23
Headq'rs Dept of South Carolina.

HILTON HEAD, s. c., July 20, 1866.
GENERAL ORDERS No. 9.
I Is announced, for the information and
= government Of this command, that BEN
.)AMlN +. PERRY, OF South Carolina, has
been appointed, by the President, Provi-
sional Governor of the State of South Caro-
Ina, With authority and Instructions, Sat
the earliest practicable period, to prescribe
such rules and regulations as may be peces-
sary and proper for convening Convention,
composed OF delegates TO be chosen by tliat
portion OF The people Of said State WHO are
loyal to tire United States, and no others,
Tor the purpose OF altering or amending the
Constitution thereof; and wieh authori,yto
exercise, within the limits OF SAID State, all
the powers necessary and proper to enable
such loyal people OF the State OF South Ca
rollna to restore said State to its constitu.
tlonal relations to t..e Federal Government,
and to present such q Republican form VI
state GoverlIment as will entitle the state
to the guarantee of the United States there
tor, and its people t. protection by the
United States aSalnst invasion, inaurreetion
ana domestic FlOAeuCc; provided, that in
any election that may hereafter be held for
choosing delegates to any State Convention
as aforesaid, 40 person sEall be qualified as
an elcctOr, o. shall be eligible as member
of such Co'iv'', ion, unlcss he shall have
previously taken and subscribed the oath Of
amnesty, as set forth in the Presidents
proclamation Of May 20, A. D. 1865. and ia
v"tcr Yu"ii.."s. a. r. -.:l-~~t. j.; .,.e Con-
stitution and laws of the State Of South
Carolina in force immediately before the
seventeenth 17thj day Of November, A. D.
1860, the date OF the so-called Ordinance, IF
Secession; and the said Convention, when
convened, or the Legislature that may be-
thereafter assembled, will prescribe the
qualification of electors, and the eliglpility
of persons to hold office under the Consti-
tuition and laws OF the State, power the
people of tho several States composing the.
Federal Union nave rightfully exercised
from the origin of the Government to the
present time"
It.. 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
carrying into effect the foregoing instruc-
tions, and they are enjoined to abstain
from, IN any way, hindering, impeding or
discouraging the loyal people of tho STATE
ment, as hereinabove authorized and di-
rected.
All orders and instructions now in opera
ton throughout this Department, whether
emanating 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 i'll force as heretofore, through
out the State of South Carolina.
Every needful facility for taking the am
HesCy oatn Will DE affOrded by the military
authorities, on forms heretofore supplied
for that purpose.
Hereafter Provost Marshals and Assistant
Provost Marshals will constitute the only
military officers entitled to adminiAer the
amnesty oath, ~ certified copy Of which
will, in all cases, be furnished to the indi-
vidual taking it. The original oaths will be
transmitted, scmi-.nonthly, by the officer
administering the same, to the Provost
Marsha! General at these Headquarters, by
whom they will be recorded in a book kept
for that purpose, and then forwarded TO the
Secretary of State.
Persons applying for Executive clemency
Will send their petition with ccrtlt.ed
copy OF the Amnesty Oath attached. tosihe
President, through the Provisional Cover
nor at Gr' clvlllc, South Carolina.
BY command of
Maj. Gen. Q. 4. GILMORE.
Official: w. j.. III. BUAcER, A. A. G.
Aug l6