The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-06-04
General schoheld Decides as to who

General Schofeld Decides as to wht
fare DISTINGUISHED in District No. l.
The following order is as clear as MT
STASnERY's opinion was muddy. 1t rs IL
fact model paper and as we have mere
tosore exercised our privilege OF speaking
very plainly Of the dement's OF So'"e "
General ScuorrrID's orders, so now we
,uust sdm;, that we believe this order to
be fair, impartial, and candid exposition
of the reconstruction acts, and much more
nearly in compliance with the require
ments of these acts than the "opinion."
We would except municipal officers and all
sorts Of inspectors from the DISTINGUISHING
operation of the laws, if our construction
could prevail yet we must concede that
there is doubt enough upon this point to
Justify General SCRoFIELp's construction
of the order.
"No one Is disfranchised for participation
Gin rebellion unless he previously held some
lone of the offices above named.' This is
"short, sharp, and decisive" The Gene
raj ought to have added, "Aud no one is
DISTINGUISHED for having held one of these
"oftices previous to the rebellion unless
he.afterwards engaged in rebellion For
instance. the Judges and justices Of all our
courts of record are included among the
DISTINGUISHED yet General SCHoFIELD does
not mean TO say that they were engaging
in rebellion, or aiding and abetting IT, by
holding their said offices. On the con-
trary, he says the Offices whose incumbents
during the war are now to be diSfranchised
are not such as those Of justices and judges,
but those whose functions were "of ma
ture to aid in prosecuting the war So
that but few OF the persons named in para
graph 4th OF this order need consider them
selves DISTINGUISHED. General SCHofIELD
SAYS they are not.
1t will be seen that clerks of courts are
not included among the untortunateS. This
will be good news to number of worthy
gentlemen and excellent officers in ali
parts of the State.
HsADquAATEKs FRS: MILITARY nsTRicLl
STATE UE NIRrtNI',
RICHMOND VA, June 5, 1851.
General orders No. 81.
The following instructions for the GO
vernment of Boards of Registration are
published as an appendix 10 the rcgula-
lions prescribed in General Orders No.2S
Of May 18Th, 1867:
l. All male citizens Of the United
States twenty-One years OF age and up
ward, of whatever race, color, or previous
condition, who have been resident in the
State for one year, except such as may be
disfranCLiscd Tor participation in the re-
helhou, or for felony, are entitled to be
registered rs voters upon their taking and
subscribing the oath or affirmation pre-
Scribed 10y the act of Congress OF March
sd, 1867.
?. Al those who were at any time mem
hers of Congress, or officers Ot the United
States, civil or military, and as such officers
took an oath 10 support the Constitution OF
the United States, and all who were at any
time members of any State Legislature, or
executive or judicial officers Of any State,
and afterwards engaged in inSurreCtiOn or
rebellion against the United States, or gave
aid or comfort 10 the enemies thereof, and
all who have been convicted Of felony
against the laws OF any State or Of the
United States, are DISTINGUISHED.
3. No one is DISTINGUISHED for participa-
ton in rebellion unless he previously held
some one of the offices above named.
/. The following will be regarded as eX-
ccutive and judicial officers Of the State
of Virginia within the meaning Of the
hw-viz., Governor, lieutenant governor,
secretary of state, auditor of public ac-
counts, second auditor, register of the land
office, state treasurer, encouragement,
Judges Of the Supreme Court Of Appeals,
judges of the circuit courts, judge Of the
court of hustings, justices Of the county
courts, mayor, recorder, and aldermen OF
any city or incorporated town, who are e.
CtiCiO justices, cOrOnerS Of towns and coun-
ties, escheators, inspectors Of tobacco,
flour, and other commodities.
). All persons who voluntarily joined the
rebel army, and all persons in that army,
whether volunteers or conscripts, who COM
mitted r0ltmtariiy any hostile act, thereby
engaged in Instruction or rebellion. ANY
person, however, who was forced INTO Tue
rebel army, but avoided, as far as posSiDie,
doing hostile acts, and escaped from wa
army as soon as possible, cannot be said u
have engaged in the rebellion.
G. Ali who exercised the functions o
any office under the Confederate 1overi IL
ment, or the Government OF any one "
the Confederate States, whicn iunotio .h'
were of a nature to aid in prosecuting th'
war or maintaining the hostile chaiacle,
of those Governments, ana all VINO 'o'eo
for tbe ordinance of secession, engaged IL
To, t6e ' rsbeIiion or gave aid and comfort
the enemy. ,',,,. c;.Lo, .,,,
Niles of food, clothing, arms, ammunition
hnrses. or mules, or any other materla
oG war, or labor or service of any kind
TO the Confederate military or nava
forces, or money, by loan or otherwise, tC
the Confederate Government, or aideC
in any way the raising, organization, o.
equipment Of troops, gave aid and com
fort to the enemy, and participated il
the rebellion and civil war against the
United States.
8. To give individual soldiers food oil
clothing enough TO relieve present suffer-.
ing, or to minister to the sick or wounded
are simple acts of charity or humanity, and
donot constitute giving "aid or comfort to
the enemy A parept NAV give his son