The national Republican., 1869-06-12


doun county, Brevet Major @. Won Blucher,
nrst lieutenant United States army; station,
Leesburg. Forty-seventh distrlct-Alcxan.
dria and Fairfax counties, the military com.
missioner, 10th division. Forty eighth dis.
trict-StaGord and Prince William counties,
Lieutenant L. M. O'Brien, United States
army, station, Brentsvllle, Prince William
county.
Twentieth Dlvlsion--Brcvet Colonel G. f.
Bennett, captain 18th United States infantry,
military commissioner; headquarters, Win
chester. Forty-nlntb dlstrlct-Frederick and
Clarke counties, the military commissioner,
10th division. Flftleth dlstrict-Rocking-
ham and Page counties, First Lieutenant
Elias II. Parsons, United States army; sta
tlon, Harrlsonburg, Rockingham county.
Flfty-nrst district--Shonandoah aud Warren
counties, Captain J. NJ. Hamilton, United
States army; station. Woodstock. Shonan-
doah county.
Twenty-frst Divislon-Capt. Emil Adam,
United States army, military commissioner;
headquarters, Danyille. Fifty-second dis
trict-Pittsylvania county, the military COM
missioner, 21st division.
Twenty-second Dlvislon-Brevet Licuten-
ant Colonel Carlilo Boyd, captain nth Uni
ted States infantry, military commissioner;
headquarters, Lynchburg. Flfty-thlrd dis
httt-oottotu touhNIt Ehbb AAiout. " hittOli
White, United States army; station, Liberty.
Fify-fourth district--Campbell county, the
military commissioner, 22d division.
. Twenty-third Dlvislon-Brevet Lieutenant
Colonel George II. Cram, captain United
States army, military commissioner; head
quarters, Lynchburg. Fifty-6fth district
Buckingham and Appomattox counties, First
Lieutenant +. J. Dunn, United States army;
station, Appomattox Court House. Fifty
six xdlstrlct-Amherst and Nelson counties,
the military commissioner, 23d division.
Twenty-fourth Dlvlsion-Brovet Lieuton-
ant Colonel L. b. Knox, first lieutenant Uni
ted States army military commissioner head
quarters, Lexington. Flfty-seventh district
Bath, Highland, and Rockbridge counties,
the military commissioner, cath division.
Twenty-fifth Division -Brevet Major
Henry r. Brownson, captain United States
army, military commissioner; headquarters,
Salem, Roanoke county. Fifty-eighth dis
triet-Allcghany, Botetourt, Craig and Roam
oke counties, the military commissioner, 25th
division.
Twenty-slxth DiNsiou-sccond Lleutcn-
ant A. r. Egbert, United States army, mill
tary commissioner; headquarters, Martins
vile, Henry county. Flfty-ninth district
Franklin county, Second Lieutenant Josiah
Canoe, nth United States infantry; station,
Rocky Mount. Sixtieth district-Patrck
and Henry counties, the military commits
sloner, Goth division.
Twenty-sevonth Diylslon-Brcvet Lleuten-
ant Colonel George S. Gallupe, captain United
States army, military commissioner; head.
quarters, Christlansburg, Montgomery
county. slxty-frst district-Cllcs and
Montgomery counties, the military commits
sloner 27th division. Sixty second district
Bland, Pulaski and Tazewell counties, First
Lieutenant William II. II. Crowcl, United
States armv station, Ncwbern, Pulaski
county.
Twcnty-clghth Dlvislon-sccond Llcutcn-
ant j.. W. Tanncld, United States army,
military commissioner headquarters, Hills
Vile, Carroll county. Slxty-third district
Carroll, Floyd and Grayson counties; the
military commissioner 2Sth division.
'Twenty-ninth Diyislon-Brevet Lieutenant
Colonel X. G. Lay, captain U. s. army, mill
tary commissioner; headquarters, Marion.
Slxty-fourth district-Buchanan and Russell
counties, Brevet Captain Henry Narcotic,
first lieutenant nth U. s. Infantry; station,
Lebanon, Russell county. slxty-nfth dis
trict-Smythc, Washington, and Wythc
counties, the military commissioner Goth
division.
Thirtieth Diylsion-Second Lieutenant J.
A. A. Robinson, U. 8. army, military CON-
missioner; headquarters, Eastvillc, Scott
county. Sixty-sixth dlstrict-Lce, Scott,
and Wise counties, the military commits.
sioner Both division.
The officers herein assigned to registration
districts will be designated as superintendent
OF registration and election for their rcspec-
tive districts. The officers heretofore ap-
pointed, and now serving as military COM
mlssioners, who would otherwise be relieved
by the operations OF this order, will remain
at their stations and continue In the per.
formance of their duties as military commits
sioners until relieved by the officers desig.
mated herein. When relieved, they will al
once proceed to their new stations. The
military commissioners and superlntendents
Of registration assigned by this order, and
not now upon duty as military commission
ers, will proceed Immediately to the stations
herein designated, and enter at once upon
the performance of their duties. The super
intendents of registration districts will re.
ceive their instructions from, correspond
through, and In general act in subordlnatlon
to, the military commissioners for their re,
spective divisions. The military commits.
sioners now in charge of divisions will pre-
pare, and, upon arrival of the new military
commissioners, turn over to them all the
records aud information pertaining to each
of the several divisions now in their charge
II. The duties and powers of military
commissioners, under orders, in addition ia
and In connection with the duties devolvct
upon thcm under general orders No. Gl, o
May II, 1869, from these headquarters, clr,
as follows:
/. The military commissioners arc In
vested with all the powers of justices of tn
peace Of counties and police magistrates o.
cities, and will be governed In the execution
Of their duties by the laws Of Virginia, ex
cept so far as those laws may conflict will
the laws Of the United States or with the or
ders issued from these headquarters; and II
addition to any troops that may be placed a
their disposal, they are given the control o
the police force Of the cities, and the powe
of counties; and all police officers, shcriGs
constables and other peace officers are re
Quired to obey and execute the orders of til,
military commissioners in all cases.
Q. The military commissioners will
promptly report to these headquarters al
cases In which they assume jurisdiction, AM
the disposition made of each case. Whcr
parties are held for trial, either in conflne
ment or under bail, the cases will be so full,
reported as to enable the commanding gene
raj TO decide whether they shall he tried b,
q military commission or brou ght before q
civil court.
8. The powers herein conferred upon mill
tary commissioners will not b construed Il
extending to the inhabitants in their ordinar,
personal relations; they are conferred upoi
them 10 the end that the laws of the Unite,
States may be duly executed, and that ful
protection shall be given to all persons II
their rights Of persons and property, ant
| will not be exercised except in cases wher
the civil authorities refuse or fail to act, oil
there be satisfactory evidence that exact ant
impartial administration of justice canno
be secured through the civil courts. Al
persons, whether In authority or not, are re
| quired to obey and execute all lawful order
Of the military commissioners to the sam,
| extent and In the same manner that they ar
required by law to obey and execute thC
wrts Of civil magistrates.
4. This order will not be construed to re
lieye civil officers, in any degree, from tn
faithful discharge of their duties. 1t Is In
tended to aid and not TO superccdc them, OK
cept In cases of necessity.
| B. Any person who shall disobey or rcsis
the lawful orders of military commissions
or superintendent, shall, upon conviction, b
punished by fine and imprisonment accord
ing to the nature and degree of the Offence
| III. The supcrlntendcnts of rcglstratio
and election districts are invested with tn
same powers as are conferred upon militar
commissioners, to be exercised in subordna
tion to the military commissioners, to whor
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