The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-28
Headq'rs Dept of South Carolina.

HILTON HEAD, s. c., July 20. 1861.
GENERAL ORDERS No. =.
l L Is announced, for the information and
4 government OF this command, that BEN
JAN1N I. PERRY, of South Carolina. has
been appointed, by the President. Proyi
slonal Governor of the State of South Caro-
lima, with authority and instructions, sat
the earliest practicable period, to prescribe
such rules and regulations as may be neces-
s'uy and proper for conyening Convention,
composed OF delegates to be chosen by that
portion OF the people of said State who are
Tor the purpose OF altering or amending the
constitution thereof; and with authority to
exercise, within the limits Of said State. ell
the powers necessary and proper to enable
such loyal people Of the State Of South Ca
rohna to restore said State to its constitu-
tional relations to the Federal Government.
and to. present such Republican form OF
state Government az will entitle the State
TO the guarantee OF the United States there
Inr, and Its people to protection +v the
united States against invasion, ins,1rrection
Al'u ao:nestlc violence; provided. that i'll
any election that may hereafter be held for
choosing delegates to any State Convention
as aforesaid, no person shall be qualified as
an eiector, or shall be eligible as member
or such Convention, unless he shall have
previously taken and subscribed the oath OF
amnesty, as Set forth in tho Presidents.
Il. -.
Al voter qualified as prescribed by the Con
stltulOn and laws of the State OF South
Carolina IN force immediately before the
seventeenth G7th) day Of November. A. 0.
1851, the datc of the sb-callcd Ordinance OF
secession; and the said Convention, when
convened, or the Legislature that NAV be
thereafter assembled, wifi prescribe ths
qualification OF electors, and the eligibility
OF persons to hold Office under the Consti,
tutlon ana laws Of the State, power tns
people OF the several States composing the
Federal Union have rightfully exercised
present time
1t is, therefore. ordered, that all officers
ana other persons in the United States
mllltary service, within the State of South
Carolina, aid and assist Governor Perry in
carrying into effect the foregoing instruc-
IONS ahd they are enjoincd to abstain
from, III any way, hindcring, impeding of
dclscouraSins the loyal people Of tile State
1ro1n the organization OF a State Govern
mcnt, as hcrcinabovc authorized and d.
rectcu.
All orders and iSstructi1na now in opera
ti"1 throughout tlls Department, whittier
cina!atlnG from Observation-Disclosures or from
Headquarters Department OF the South.
that =; are not inconsistent with the foregoing
distinctly specified provisions of this order
VIII contlnEc III force as heretofore, through
out the State of Sonth Carolina
Livery necuilll Facility for taking the am
neaty oath will be afforded by the military
gu th"rlties, ON forms heretofore supplied
fer that purpose.
Hereafter Provost A1arshals and Assistant
Provost Marslials will constitute the only
military officers entitled to administer ths
oath, a certified copy of which
will, in all cases, be furnished to the indi-
vid"al taking it. The original oaths will be
transmitted, scmi-monthly, by the officer
administering the same 10 the Provost
Marshal General at these Headquarters. bv
whom they will be recorded in a book kent
Secretary of State W 'A0
Persons APPLYING for Executive clcmencv
viii send their petition with a. certified
t2py pyifat Tf ttc tr thns5ty Oath attached to tho
aer at Greenvil)e: Souch Carolina. ~
by command Of
oa Maj. Gen. @. a. GILMORE.
ohcia!: W. l.. NJ. BURGER, 4. A. G.