The evening Argus., 1865-09-27

which proclamation the president 10 requested to
notify all deserters returning within sixty days, as
aforesaid, that they shall be pardoned on condl-
tion ofreturnng to their regiments and companies,
or to such other organizations as they may be as
signed to-, snt they shall have served for period
OF time equal to their original term of enlist
ment."
And on the llth.of March, A. D., 1865, the pres
ident OF the United States issued the following
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, The twenty-Grst section of the
act of congress approved ON the third inst,
entitled AN act to amend the several acts
heretofore passed to provide for the enrolling
aud calling out OF the national forces and Tor
other purposes" requires that, "in addition
to the Cther lawful penalties of the crime OF
desertion from the military and naval serv-
ice, all persons who have deserted the militia
~ or naval service of the United States who
shall not return TO said service, or report
themselves TO a provost marshal within sixty
days after the proclamation hereinafter men
toned, shall be deemed and taken TO have
voluntarily relinquished and forfeited their
rights of citizenship and their rights to be-
come citizens, and such deserters shall for
ever be incapable of holding any ofhce of
trust and profit under the United States, OF Of
exercising any rights Of citizens thereof; and
all persons who shall hereafter desert the
military or naval service, and all persons
who, being duly enrolled, shall depart the
| Jurisdiction of the district in which he Is eu-
| rolled, or 90 beyond the limits o! the United
| States with intent 10 avoid any draft into the
military or 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 proc
| Iamatinp tho praSINaF,t ~ tad fp tv
all deserters returning within sixty days as
aforesaid, that they shall be pardoned on
| condition of returning To their regiments and
companies, or to such other organizations US
they may be assigned TO. until tney shall
have served for period Of time equal to their
original term of enlistment"
Now, therefore, be ii known that |, Abra-
ham Lincoln, president of the United States,
do Issue this, my proclamation, as required
by sali act, ordering and requiring all deser
ters TO return to their proper posts /; and
do hereby notify them that all deserters who
shall, within sixty days frou the date OF thi,
proclamation, viz: on or before the 10th o
May, 1865, return to service, or report them
selves to provost marshal, shall be pardon
ed, on condition that they return To their reg
| lments and companies, or TO such other or
ganiZations as they may be assigned 10. and
serve the remainder of their original term o.
enlistment, and, addition thereto. 4 period
equal 20 the time lost by desertion.
la testimony whereof, | have hereunto sc,
my hand, and caused the seal of the United
States TO be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this | Ill
..,. day OF March. Ia the year OF oul
L, S: Lord one thousand eight hundred
''''' and sixty-fve, and of the indepen
dence of the United States the eighty ninth
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
BY the president: William H. Seward, Secreta
~ ofState.