The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 5. Page: 18
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18 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.
furnished by the shortest practicable route, unless a different one
is designated in the order. When transportation is specifically
demanded by a proper officer by a longer route, the reason .must be
given in the bill of lading, and payment will be made according to
the length of the route designated, the officer being held to a strict
accountability for his requisition.
XII. Quartermasters will be governed in the settlement of claims
for transportation by railroad by the rates and classification of the
circular of the Quartermaster-General dated May 1, 1862, and all
transportation must be settled at the points designated in General
Orders, No. 18, Quartermaster-General's Office, March 16, 1865.
By order of the Quartermaster-General:
LEWIS B. PARSONS,
Brig. Gen. and Chief of Rail and River Transportation.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, the President of the United States by his proclamation of
the nineteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
one, did declare certain States therein mentioned in insurrection
against the Government of the United States; and
Whereas, armed resistance to the authority of this Government in
the said insurrectionary States may be regarded as virtually at an
end, and the -persons by whom that resistance, as well as the oper-
ations of insurgent cruisers, was directed, are fugitives or captives;
and
Whereas, it is understood that some of these cruisers are still infest-
ing the high seas, and others are preparing to capture, burn, and
destroy vessels of the United States:
Now, therefore, be it known that I, Andrew Johnson, President of
the United States, hereby enjoin all naval, military, and civil officers
of the United States diligently to endeavor, by all lawful means, to
arrest the said cruisers and to bring them into a port of the United
States, in order that they may be prevented from committing further
depredations on commerce, and that the persons on board of them
may no longer enjoy impunity for their crimes.
And I do further proclaim and declare that if, after a reasonable
time shall have elapsed for this proclamation to become known in the
ports of nations claiming to have been neutrals, the said insurgent
cruisers and the persons on board of them shall continue to receive
hospitality in the said ports, this Government will deem itself justi-
fied in refusing hospitality to the public vessels of such nations in
ports of the United States, and in adopting such other measures as
may be deemed advisable toward vindicating the national sovereignty.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the
seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this tenth day of May, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the eighty-ninth.
[L. S.] ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President:
VW. HUNTER,
Acting Secretary of State.
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 5., book, 1900; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139267/m1/27/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.