A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 6, part 2: Andrew Johnson
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 6, part 2: Andrew Johnson
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875; Presidents -- United States; United States -- History -- Sources; United States -- Politics and government
_Ordered_, That in all cases of sentences by military tribunals of
imprisonment during the war the sentence be remitted and that the
prisoners be discharged. The Adjutant-General will issue immediately the
necessary instructions to carry this order into effect.
By order of the President of the United States:
EDWIN M. STANTON,
_Secretary of War_.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
_Washington, D.C., May 31, 1865_.
To-morrow, the 1st of June, being the day appointed for special
humiliation and prayer in consequence of the assassination of Abraham
Lincoln, late President of the United States, the Executive Office and
the various Departments will be closed during the day.
ANDREW JOHNSON,
_President of the United States_.
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 107.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
_Washington, June 2, 1865_.
_Ordered_, That all military restrictions upon trade in any of the
States or Territories of the United States, except in articles
contraband of war--to wit, arms, ammunition, gray cloth, and all
articles from which ammunition is manufactured; locomotives, cars,
railroad iron, and machinery for operating railroads; telegraph wires,
insulators, and instruments for operating telegraphic lines--shall cease
from and after the present date.
By order of the President of the United States:
E.D. TOWNSEND,
_Assistant Adjutant-General_.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
_Washington, June 2, 1865_.
Whereas, pursuant to the order of the President and as a means required
by the public safety, directions were issued from this Department, under
date of the 17th of December, 1864, requiring passports from all
travelers entering the United States, except immigrant passengers
directly entering an American port from a foreign country; and
Whereas the necessities which required the adoption of that measure are
believed no longer to exist:
Now, therefore, the President directs that from and after this date the
order above referred to shall be, and the same is hereby, rescinded.
Nothing in this regulation, however, will be construed to relieve from
due accountability any enemies of the United States or offenders against
their peace and dignity who may hereafter seek to enter the country or
at any time be found within its lawful jurisdiction.
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
_Washington, D.C., June 2, 1865_.
Whereas by an act of Congress approved March 3, 1865, there was
established in the War Department a Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and
Abandoned Lands, and to which, in accordance with the said act of
Congress, is committed the supervision and management of all abandoned
lands and the control of all subjects relating to refugees and freedmen
from rebel States, or from any district of country within the territory
embraced in the operations of the Army, under such rules and regulations
as may be prescribed by the head of the Bureau and approved by the
President; and
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