Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1864-1865, 1865-06-10

by the authority of the Government
Of the United States. Duplicate
rolls, of all officers and men paroled,
to be retained by such officers as may
be designated by the parties to this
convention officers giving their in
dividual paroles, and commanders Of
regiments, battalions, companies, or
detachments, signing a like parole
for the men of their respective COM
mands. .-g..,,,...r =. .. -..
3. Artillery, small arms, ammuni-
ton, and other property of the Con
federate Government, including gun
boats and transports, to be turned
over to the officers appointed to re-
ceiye them on the part of the Gov
eminent of the United States. Du-
plicate inventories of the property
to be surrendered, to be prepared
one copy to be retained by the Off
Ger delivering, and the other by the
officer receiving it, for the intor1na-
ton of their respective Commanders.
4. The officers and men paroled
under this agreement to be permitted
to return to their homes, with the
assurance that they will not be dis
turbed by the authorities of the Uni
ted States, so long as they continue
to observe the conditions of their
paroles, and the laws in force where
they reside. Persons, residents of
Northern States, and not excepted in
the Amnesty Proclamation of the
President, will be permitted to re-
turn to their homes, on taking the
oath of allegiance to the United
States. See paragraph II, General
IOrders, No. So, current series.
| 5. The surrender Of property will
not include the side arms, or private
horses, or baggage Of officers, nor
the horses which are, in good faith,
the private property Of enlisted men
These last will be allowed to take
ttheir horses to their homes, to be
used for private purposes only.
6. The time, mode, and place Of
paroling, and surrender Of property
will be fixed by the respective Com.
manders, and will be carried out by
Commissioners appointed by them.
7. The terms and conditions o!
this convention to extend to all off
GERS and men of the Army and Navy
of the Confederate States, being in
or belonging to, the Trans Missis
|sippi Department.
| s. The troops and property to be
surrendered within the limits Of The
Division of Missouri, will be turned
over to Commissioners appointed by
1.-THE Commander of that Division
, and the men and material Of tn.
: Navy, to Commissioners appointed
by the Commanders OF the Missis
sippi and West Gulf Squadrons, res
pectively,. according to the limits il
which the said men and material ma,
be found.
9. Transportation and subsistence
to be furnished at public cost to tn
officers and men, (atter being pa
roled,) to the nearest practicabl
point to their homes.
10. If the United States troops
designated for the garrisons Of int
rior points, should not reach thei
destinations before the work Of pa
rolling is completed, suitable guard
:, will be detailed for the protection c
f the public property. These guards
, when relieved, will surrender thei
:, arms, and be paroled in accordanc
, with the terms Of this convention.
f II. The L. S. troops sent into th
? interior Of the country, will be keE
i in hand, in state Of the most exae
= discipline, and in constant READINGS
: for any service which they may /
9 called upon to perform. When d.