The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-03-30
General Orders No. l.
IIno'Rs 2p MILITARY Dist NoRTu
CAROLINA AND SoUrn CAROLINA.
Columbia. s. c. March u 1857


General OitIrrs 40 IT,
l. In compliance with General Orders No
TO- Head. quarters of the Army. March 1th
1867, the und rsiGncd hereby RESUMES COM
mand of the Second Military District. consti-
tutcd by the .ict of Congress Public No 6S.
ID March, 1867. entitled AN Act for the
more efficient government Of the rebel States" :"
3 In the execution of the duty Of the Com
manling General To maintain The security of
the inhabitants i'll their persons and property
to suppress ins,,rrcction, disorder and violence
and to punish, or cause To be punished all dis
turbers Of the public peace and criminals, the
local civil tribunals will be permitted to take
jurisdiction of and try offenders. excepting
only such may by the order Of the
Commanding General be referred to commits
sion or other military tribunal for trial
3. The civil government nov existing in
North Car linn. and South rarn';n. is provis-
ional only and i'll al re- rccts subject to the
naramo,."' authority ol tie United States. ut
any tine to ahnli>,, modify conrol super
scdc the same Local laws H.. municipal rc:u-
latioms not Inc n,is.en Win he constitution
and laws Of th' Ui..:v'! States. the i,..!cla-
mat:oMs Of the President, Or With such rc4ul.,-
tinns us are or HAY t prescribed i'll the orders
o.! the Commanding. General are hereby de-
clarcd to be i'll force: and in c,n.,rlnity there
Aw;:;, civil officers ar, hcrc. urt lrizc to con
t.ne the cAcrcS, ul their proper functions,
aud will ha RS ec:-d and uhaycd hy the in
h#b!tantS.
Whcncycr an: civil officer. magistrate, o.
court nc-icrs ar refuses To perform an official
act properly required of such tribunal or oili-
Ger, whereby due and ri.httu scc,irity to per-
son property shall he denied. the case will
be reported hy the Post Commander to thcs,
headquarters.
D. Post Commanders will cause to be arrest
ed persons charged with the commission of
crimes and offences when the civil uthortics
fail to arrest and bring such offenders to trial.
and Withhold the accused in custody for trial
by military Commission Provost Cour, or other
tribunal organized pursuant to orders from
these headquarters Arrests by military au-
thority will be reported promptly. The charges
preferred will he accompanied By the evidence
which they are founded
&. The Commanding General desiring to
preserve tranquility and order by means and
ascncics most congcnial to the people, solicts
the Jealous and cordial co-orcra,on of civil
officers in the discharge OF! their duties. and the
aid OF all good citizens i'll preventing conduct
tending to disturb the peace and to the end
that occasion may seldom arise for the exercise
of military authority iii matters Of ordinary
respectfully and earnestly connlcnds to the
people and authorities of North and South
Carolina nnrcscrvcd obedience t" the authority
now established and the diligcnt conSil,r,tc
and impartial execution oi the laws enacted Tor
their governments
I. All orders heretofore published to the
Department of the South are hereby continued
in force
&. The following named officers are alnoun-
ccd NJ the stall Of the Maior-Hci,,,r command
ing:
Capt j. w Clous, :eth United States In
lantry, Actin. Assistant Adjut,nt General and
Aid-dc-Camp.
Captain Alcxandrr Moore, 3S,h United
States Infantry. AiddcCamp.
Brcvct Major J. Il. Myrick, First Lieutenant
Sd Artillery. Adcdc Camp and Acting Judge
Advocate.
,Iajor James p. Roy. 9Th United States
Infantry, Acting Assistant and Inspector Gen
oral.
Brcvct Major-Gcncral II. o. Tyler. Deputy
Quartermastcr-icneral I. $. A., Chief Quar-
tcrnlastcr.
Brcvct Brigadicr General W. w. Burns,
Major and c. s.. Us. A., Chief Commssary
Of Subsistence.
l'rcvct Licutcnan;-Co Colonel Charles Page
Surgeon IT, $. 4 Medical Director.
ID. II. SICK LES,
Major General Commanding.
O6cial: J w ClorS, Ade Scamp.