The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2. Page: 227
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UNION AUTHORITIES.
227
Eleventh Regiments both rapidly forming. Tenth to be ready to
march in some thirty days, and Eleventh in forty to fifty. Do give
them Springfield rifle muskets, as it will promote dispatch in recruit-
ing. Our Vermonters are nearly all accustomed to sports of hunting,
are marksmen, and know a good gun.
FREDK. HOLBROOK,
Governor of Vermont.
AN ACT transferring the Western gun-boat fleet from the War to the Navy Depart-
ment.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ,
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Western
gun-boat fleet constructed by the War Department for operations on
the Western waters shall be transferred to the Navy Department,
which will be hereafter charged with the expense of its repair, sup-
port, and maintenance: Provided, That all vessels now under con-
struction or repair by authority of the War Department shall be
completed and paid for under the authority of that Department from
appropriations made for that purpose.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its passage.
Approved July 16, 1862.
GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE,
No. 80. Washington, July 16, 1862.
The following act of Congress is published for the information and
government of all concerned:
AN ACT to prescribe an oath of office, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That hereafter every person elected or appointed to any office
of honor or profit under the Government of the United States, either in the civil,
military, or naval departments of the public service, excepting the President of the
United States, shall, before entering upon the duties of such office, and before being
entitled to any of the salary or other emoluments thereof, take and subscribe to the
following oath or affirmation: "I, A. B., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have
never voluntarily borne arms against the United States since I have been a citizen
thereof; that I have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel, or encourage-
ment to persons engaged in armed hostility thereto: that I have neither sought nor
accepted nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever under any
authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States; that I have not
yielded a voluntary support to any pretended government, authority, power, or con-
stitution within the United States, hostile or inimical thereto. And I do further
swear (or affirm) that, to the best of my knowledge and ability, I will support and
defend theConstitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domes-
tic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation
freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well
and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: so help
me God;" which said oath, so taken and signed, shall be preserved among the files
of the court, House of Congress, or Department to which the said office may apper-
tain. And any person who shall falsely take the said oath shall be guilty of perjury,
and on conviction, in addition to the penalties now prescribed for that offense, shall
be deprived of his office and rendered incapable forever after of holding any office
or place under the United States.
Approved July 2, 1862.
By' order of the Secretary of War:
L. THOMAS,
Acdjutant- General.
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