Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-04-14
Circular, No. 6.
WAR DEPARTMENT,


PRovosT MARSHAL GENERALS OFFICE,
Washington, 4. c., March IL co.,
conformity with tho Proclamation of the
l. President herewith published, all ofcess and
employees Of this Bureau are instructed to give
prompt attention. to- the receiving and forwarding
Of ouch dcserters as present themselves in &C.
cordance with it, provisions.
"By the President Of the United States Of America:
IA PROCLAMATION.
"Whercas the twenty first section OF tho act
Of Congress, approved on the third instant, en-
titled AN act to amend the several acts hc' eto-
fore passed for the enrolling and calling out the
national forces, and for other purposes, requires
that in addition to the other lawful penalties of
the crime Of desertion from the military or naval
service, all persons who have deserted the militia
ry or naval service Of the United States who shall
not return to said service, or report themselves
to Provost Marshal within sixty days after the
proclamation hereinafter mentioned, shall DO
deemed and taken to have voluntarily rclinqush.
cd and forfeited their rights of citizenship and
their rights to become citizens. and such dcscrcrs
shall be forever incapable of holding any Office Of
trust or profit under the United States. or Ct OK
orcising any rights Of citizens thereof; and all
persons who shall hereafter desert tho military or
naval service, and all persons who, being duly
ENROLLED, shall depart the jurisdiction Of the dis
trict in which he is enrolled, or 60 beyond the
limits Of the United States with intent to avoid
any draft into the military naval service, duly
ordered, shall be liable to the penalties Of this
section. And the President is hereby authorized
and required forthwith, on the passage of this
act, to issue his proclamation setting forth the
provisions Of this section, in which proclamation
the President is requested to notify all deserters
returning within sixty days, rs aforesaid, that
they shall be pardoned on condition Of returning
to their regiments and companies, or to such 9TH
er organizations as they may be assigned to, until
they shall have served for period Of time equal
to their original term Of enlistment
"Now, therefore, be it known that 7, Abraham
Lincoln, President Of the United states, do issue
this my Proclamation, us required by said act,
ordering and requiring all descrters to return
to their proper posts; and 1 do hereby notify
them that Ill deserters whe shall, within sixty
days from the date of this Proclamation, viz: on
or before the 10th day of May, 1865, return to
service, or report themselves to Provost Marshal
shall be pardoned, condition that they return
to their regiments and companies, or to such or
CARNATIONS as they may be assigned to, and serve
the remainder Of their ~ iginal terms of enlist
mont, add, in ad ition thereto, period equal to
the time lost by desertion.
"In testimony whereof, 1 have herennto ret 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 oil
IT, s. our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-fve, and of the independence
of the Unitsd States, the eighty ninth.
"ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
"By the President
CIVILIAN II. SEWARD,
''Secretary Of State
The records and returns of these desertcrs will
be made up in the same manner as is provided fol
in other by existing regulations. kept that
it will be noted on the book of aeserters stcd,
opposite the name of the deserter the fact of his
having voluntarily surrendered himself in con-
formity with the Presidents Proclamation; and
the number thus surrendering themselves to be
separately sta cd on the report to this office.
The Secretary of War directs that reward
be paid tor the arrest Of descrtcrs who may be
arrested subsequent to the receipt Of this order by
the District Provost Marshals.
JAMES i. FRY,
Provost Marshal General
Official copy.
A. D BEAN,
Capt an Provost Marshal 9th Dist. Nc