The Portland daily press., 1865-03-21
"a PROCLAMATION.

"Whereas the twenty-frst section of the act of
Congress, approved on the third instant, entitled AN
Act to amend the several acts hereo ore passed to
provide tor the enrolling and calling out the nation
al forces, and for other purp ses requires that in
addition 10 the other lawful penalties of the crime Of
deserton from the military al service all per
SOM who have deserted the military or naval service
of the United States who shall retu to said ser.
vice, or report themselves to a provost Marshal
within sixty days alter tbs proclamation hereinafter
mentioned, shall be deemed and tax n t. have vol
unfairly relinQuished and forfei ed their RICH OF
citizenship and their rights to become citizens and
such sdessrters. shall be forever incapable of
holding any office of trus. or profit under the
zens and all persons who sha herea ter de-
sers the mill ary or naval service, aud all persons
who bsing duly enrolled, shall depart the jirisd c.
to the district ia which he is enrolled or go be-
yond the limits of the United a.es with intent to
avoid any draft into the military or naval service,
duly ordered hall be liable to ths penalties of this
section. And the President il hereby authorized
and required forthwith on ths passase Of this ac to
issue his oclamat on setting forth the provisions
of this section in which Proclamation The President
is requested TO notify all deserters returning within
sixty days afofeaid, that rhey shal. be pardon
ed on condition OF returning to their regiments and
may be assigned T. until they shall have sevyed lor
perio of time equal to their original term o en-
list ent.' aAs taA
"Now, therefore, bs it know that i, ABR AHAM
LISooLE, President of the United States, do issue
this my Proclamation required by said aot, order
ing and requiring all deserteIs 10 return TO theii
proper posts; and do hereby mott y them that all
d serters who SHALL within sixty days from the date
of this Proclamation, viz: or before the 10th day
of May 1866, return to service report themselves
to Provost Marsha, sh il be pardoned, on condi.
tion that they return to their regiments and COM
panies, or to such other organizations as they may
be assigned tc and the remander their orig
inal term enlistment, and iu addition thereto,
period equal TO the time lost by oesertion.
SIN testimony whereof, l have hsreunto set my
hand and caused the seal of the United States to be
affixed.
"Done at the City Of Washington, this eleventh
day of March, in the year of our Lord ono
lLs.] thousand eight hundred and sixty-fve. aad
1sis ofthe Independence the United States. the
eighty ninth. W
ABRAHAM LINCOLy.
by the President: - - lls r..
ad ~ WILLIAM II. SEWARD,
..sst. Secretary Of State"
The records and returns of these deserters will be
made up In the same manner as is provided for in
other cases eKisting regulation except that it viii
be noted on the book Of desertes arrested opposite
the of the deserter the fact of his having vol
ultarily surrendered hmst Ii in conformity wi the
Pres;dent's Proclamation and the number thus sur
ierng Themselves to be separately stated on the
report at his office. a{f
Tns Secretary of War directs that no reward be
paid Tor tte arrest of desertes who may be arrested
TO the receipt of this order by the District
Provost Marehals.
JAMES B. FRY, e1g0
marlSdIw Is Provost Marshal General