The New York herald., 1867-04-17
RECONSTRUCTION.
L o UiSIAN NJ A.
SPECIAL coRRespoMDeMcE of TNf MaAlo.

O0ceal Order for the ReGistrRtiou 81 vetsrs-
The Military Law 60 DO Risidiy Construed
: In tho Absence or Deetsien Of tho Attorney
General-Organizatiou sf Military Com
missien Ter the Trial of Civilians.
NEW OHLsASs, April 10, 1897.
The following order was issued shis afterneoa:-
SPECIAL oRDERs-xs IL.
HnpoUAKrERs FIFTH MnlrARY DnfMcr.
.NEw osIxAss Ia, april 10 1897. J :
4 In obedience to the directions contained in the
nrst section OF the law OF Congress- entitled An act
more scsns 4 sovmss M ss o. ~ &: he ssSsi
the registration Of the legal voters, according 70
that law in the parish OF Orlsans will be commenced
Nay.
The four municipal districts Of the city Of New Orleans
constitute registration district Election precincts VIII
remain . at present constituted
Tho following appointments Of boards Of registers IL
hereby made TO continue in office until further orders,
First Diarct-John A. Roberts, william Baker and
ssoond Ds.t1cs-Edward Ames. I. c. Thomas and
Michael Vidal.
Ia,ra Disrscs--charos +. Bsreus. Jno. Mowhor.er
FbartA Dis.rict-Jno L. Davis, Henry Beresolt Jr.
and Edmund Flood.
Orleans Pdyish, Right Bdnk-W. b. Seymour, Thos
Kenefsc and George Herbert
Each member OF the board Of registers before COM
mencing his duties will ne in the cce Of the Assistant
Inspector General at these headquarters the oath
qnred In the sixth section OF the act referred TO- and
DO governed Ia the execution OF his duty oy the prov
sions Of first section Of that ac-fa huy administer
ing the oath therein prescribed TO each person regis
tered.
Boards OF registers will Immediately select suitable
Offices. within their respective districts having refer
convenience and facility Of registration and will
enter upon their dus. on the day designated % Each M
registration will bc from eight O'Clock Till twelve A. H.,
and from four till seven r. NJ
Tor each district will designate the number OF polls and
tho places where they shall be opened in the election
and other officers necessary for properly conducting the
elections and will superinend the same
They will also receive from the commissioners OF
elections OF the different the result OF the yote
consolidate the same and forward 1t to the commanding
general
Registers and all officers connected with elections will
be held to a rigid accountability and will be subject to
trial by military commission for fraud, unlawful or
improper conduct in the performance OF their duties
Their rate compensation Of payment will
bo In accordance with the provisions OF sections and
Of the supplemental act
Brcvet Brgadier General j. W Forsyth Assistant In
spector General Of the Fifth Military district Ia hereby
directed supervise the boards OF Registrations for the
parish OF Orleans listen to and adjust refer TO this
Office all just Of complaint He Is authorized to
employ experts be necessary to detect fraud
Every male ci,izea Of the United States twenty one
years Old and upward Of whatever race color or prev
Gus condition, who has been resident In the State Of
Louisiana for one year and PARISH Of Orleans Tor three
months previous TO the date at which he presents him
self registration and who has not been dsfranchised
by act Of Congress for felony common law, SHALL
after having taken and subscribed the oath prescribed in
the first section OF the act herein referred TO- entitled
to be- and Ehall be- registered as legal voter In the
parish Of Orleans and State Of Louisiana.
Pending The DECISION Of the Attorney General OF the
United States the question as to who are d'sfrachsed
by law Registers will give the most rigid Interpretation
to the law and exclude from registration every person
about whose right 10 vote there may be doubt ANY
person excluded who may under the decision OF tho
register after that decision receivedduo notice Of
wh'c. will DC sson-
BY commssd Of Major General p. H. Sheridan
GEO. L. HARrSUFF,
Assistant Adjutant General
Picayure Of this evening has The following:
The order or registration for the parish OF Orleans has
been delayed await the opinion Of the Attorney Con-
era reference DISTINGUISHING clause Of tho
Law. General sheridan, understand has received In
structons from Washington to proceed under his own
construction OF the Law until the opinion Of the Attorney
General IS rendered.
An order, dated yesterday, was issued to-day from
headquarters appointing Military Commission, to meet
in this city on Monday next 10Th inst for the trial
OF civilians. The order reads as follows
A Military Commission Is hereby appointed, Il
meet In this city at ten o'clock Monday
tho 18th inst, soon thereafter practcablo
for the trial OF Mr. Walker and such other persons
officers detailed to form the commission :-Brevet
Major General A. Bcckwith, Commissary Subs stence
United States Army; Broyet Bngndier General O. g..
sawtele, Quarternas,er United States Army; Brcvst
Colonel A. d. Nelson, First United States infantry:
Brcvet MAJOR J. Asch. Assistant Surgeon United
States Army; Captain J. D. De Russey, Fist United
States infantry First Lieutenant John Hamilton First
tain Firsa United Stales infantry, Judge Advocate