The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-25
Headq'rs Dept of South Carolina.
HILTON HEAD. S. c.. Jr1r N 1916,

GENERAL ORDERS No. 8.
Is announced, for the information and
/, government of this command, that BEN,
JAM1N Il. PERRY, Of South Carolina, has
oeen aPpolnted, by, the. President, Provi-
s:onal Governor of the State Of South Caro-.
Una, with authority and instructions, cat
tie earliest practicable period, to prescribe
auch rules aI.d regulations as may be neces-
sary and proper for Convening Convention.
composed Of delegates to be chosen by that
portion OF the people Of said State who ars
loyal to the United States, and no others.
TOR the purpose of altering or amending tbs
constitution thereof; and with authority to
exercise, within tho limits of said State. all
the powers necessary and proper to enable
SUCH loyal people of the State Of South Cs..
rohna to restore. said State to it's constitu-
tlonal relations to the TederaDGeverument
aud to present such a Republican form OF
State Government as Will entitle tho State
to the guarantee of the United st aca there-
1or, and Its people tc protection tv the
United States against iivasicn, insur1sction
ana domestic violence; provided, chat in
choosing delegates 20 any State Convention
as aforesaid, no person shall be qt,aiified "a
an elcctcr, OF shall be eligible az 8 member
OF such Convention, unless he shall have
previously takon and snbacribod the ath OF
amnesty, as set forth in the President,s
proclamation Of May 20, A. D. 1865 and ;s
voter qualified as prescribed by tie Con.
stltotlon and laws of the State OF South
Carolina IN force Immediately before tho
seventeenth ll7th) day OF November. A. D.
looO' the date OF the so-caled Ordinance of
secession; and the said Convention, whom
convened, or the Legislature that may be
qualification OF electors, and the eligibility
o1 persons to hold Office under the Consti.
tuition and laws Of the State. q power tha
people OF the several States COMPOSING tha
Federal Union have rightfully exercised
from the origin Of the Government to the
present time Wv
1t is, therefore, ordered, that all ofncers
ana other persons in the United States
military service, within the State CT Sonth
Carolina, aid and assist Governor Perry in
carrying INTO effect It'd foregoing instfuo-
tlons, and they are enjoined to abstain
d;o, iionl, IN any way, hlndering, impeding or
from the organization OF a State Govern
mert, as hereinabove authorized and ii.
rectcd.
All orders and Instructions now in oners-
tlon throughout this Department, whether
e9manatlng from these headquarters, or from
Headquarters Department of the Snntb
that are not inconsistent with the torepnnn
distinctly specified provisions Of this orIcy'
Will continue in force as heretofore. through.
out the State Of South Carolina:
Every heedful facility for taking tho am.
messy oitth WILL Dc afforded by the military
'asutnorlties, s on forms heretofore supplied
TOR that purpose.
Hereafter Provost Marshals and Assistant
trocYost Marsllals will constitute the onlv
military officers entitled to administer TIA
am amnesty oath, a certified copy Of which
VIII, IN AL cases, be furnished to the indi.
vldual taking it, The original oaths will be
transmitted, semi-monthly, by the otficer
adminis' ering the same, 10 the Provost
Marshal General at these Headquarters. bv
whom they will be recorded in a book k,nt
for that purpose, and then forwarded 10 tie
Secretary Of State. ~ '-''
Persons applying for Executive clemencv
Will send their petition with a certitied
copy. OF the Amnesty Oath attached. to IHo
President, through tho Provisional cove.
nor at Greenvlle, soutl. Caroline.
By command Of
Maj. Gen. Q. A. GILMORE
ofticial: W. l.. NJ. BURGER, A. !. G.