The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-06-06
ORDER OF REGISTRATION BY GEN. SCHO-
FIELD.
RICHMOND, June 8

RICHMOND, June 8.
Gen. Schofeld issued all order to day for
the instruction Of the Board of Registration.
After quoting the Reconstruction Act as to
who are disfranchised including Judicial
and Executive officers, he says: No one is
DISTINGUISHED for participation in the rebel
lion unless he previously held some one of
the offices above named.
A. The following will be regarded as exc
cutive and judicial officers OF the State of
Virginia, within the meaning of the new
Secretary of State, Auditor of public Ac-
counts, Second Auditor, Register of the
Land Office, State Treasurer, Attorney Gen
eral, Judges of the Supreme Court of APP
peais, Judges of the Circuit Court, Judges of
the Court of Hastings, Judges of the County
Court, Mayor, Recorder and Aldermen of
any City or incorporate town, who are eX-
otficio Justices, Coroners, Inspectors of To-
bacco, Flour, and Others commodities.
8. All persons who voluntarily joined the
rebel army, and. all persons in that army,
whether voluntarily or conscripts, who COM
mitted voluntarily any hostile act, thereby
engaged In instruction or rebellion. Any
person, however, who was forced into the
rebel army but avoided, as far as possible,
doing hostile acts and escaped from that
army as soon as possible, cannot be said to
have engaged in the rebellion.
6. All who exercised the functions of any
office under the Confederate Government or
the Governmet of any one of the Confeder-
ate States, which functions were of a nature
to aid in prosecuting the war or maintaining
the hostile character of those governments,
and all who voted for the ordinance of seceS-
sion, engaged in the rebellion, or gave aid and
comfort to the enemy.
Z. Those who voluntarily furnished sup
plies of food, clothing arms, horses and
mules or aid of any kind to the Confederate
Military or Naval forces, or money, by loan
or otherwise, to the Confederate Military or
Naval forces, Or money, by loan or other
wise, to the Confederate Government, or
aided in any way the raising, organization,
or equipment OF troops, gave aid and COM
fort to the enemy and participated in the
rebellion and civil war against the United
States.
8. To give individual soldiers food or
clothing enough to relieve present suffering
or to minister to the sick or wounded are
simple acts of charity and humanity and do
not constitute giving aid or comfort to the
enemy. A parent may give his son who be-
longs to the hostile army food and clothing
for his own use. But if he gives him gun,
horse or other thing to be used for hostile
purposes, he thereby gives aid and comfort
to the enemy.
9. Whenever, after the examination re-
quired by paragraph IL, of the regulations
of May Is, the Board is still in doubt as to
the right of the applicant to be registered as
voter, and he is then willing to take tie
prescribed oath, the Board will give to that
oath its required weight and register the ap-
phcant as voter.
10. In the lists of those who are registered
after challenge and examination, and those
who are rejected upon challenge, the Board
will state in each case what office or offices
the person held previous to the late war,
and what insurrectionary or rebellious acts
he committed, and what kind of aid or COM
fort he gave to those engaged in instruction
or rebellion.
IL. The Challengers provided for in para
graph IL of the regulations of May, 10, will
be selected by the Board, from the most re-
spectacle and intelligent voters or the dis
trict or ward, those who have the most ex-
tended acquaintance with the people, those
who are interested in securing fair and Just
registration and who will be most likely to
detect and expose any attempt at fraudu-
lent registration. The challengers, may be
changed at any time at the discretion of the
Board. They will not be entitled to any
pay for their services. Registering Off
GERS are hereby empowered to administer
oaths to witnesses who may be summoned
by the Board in any case of contested regis
tration which will be commenced in every
county and city without unnecessary delay
after the receipt of this order.
Gen. Schofeld has issued another order
assigning commanders to the Military SUBJ
Districts. Gen. Granger is assigned the
Richmond District, Col. Franklin to the
Shenandoah, Maj. Stewart to the Aexan-
dria District, and Col. johnson to the Fred
ericksburg District.
IMPORTANT ORDER FROM GEN. sICKLEs.