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DECLARATION OF MARTIAL LAW. 545
" The commanding general gives assurance that this suspension of the civil government within the limits defined shall not extend beyond the necessities of the occasion.
"All the civil courts, tribunals and political functionaries of the State, county or city
authority, are to continue in the discharge of their duties as in times of peace; only in no
way interfering with the exercise of the predominant power assumed and asserted by the
military authority.
" All peaceful citizens are requested to remain quietly at their homes, and in the pursuit of their ordinary vocations, except as they may be, possibly, subject to calls for personal services, or other necessary requisitions for military purposes or uses hereafter.
" All seditious language or mischievous practices, tending to the encouragement of
rebellion, are especially prohibited, and will promptly be matle the subject of observation
and treatment.
" Traitorous and dangerous persons must expect to be dealt with as the public safety
may seem to require. ' To save the country is paramount to all other considerations.'
"When the occasion for this proclamation passes by, no one will be more rejoiced
than the commanding general, that he can revoke his order and return to the normal
condition of a country at peace, and a government sustained by a united and loyal
people. « EOBT. C. SCHENCK, Major General Commanding."
The following orders were also issued under this declaration of martial
law:
"Headquarters, Middle Department, Eighth Army Corps, }
Baltimore, Md., June 30th. 1863. \
" Orders.
" Until further orders, no arms or ammunition shall be sold by any dealer or other
person within the City and County of Baltimore without a permit from the general commanding the military department, or from such officer as shall be duly authorized to grant
the same. Any violation of this order shall subject the party offending to arrest and
punishment.
" Until further orders, no person will be permitted to leave the City of Baltimore
without a pass properly signed by the provost marshal, and any one attempting to violate
this order shall be promptly arrested and brought before the provost-marshal for examination.
" Until further orders, no one will be permitted to pass the barricades or into or out
of the city between the hours of 10 P. M. and 4 A. M., without giving the proper countersign to the guard in charge.
"Until further orders, no club-house or other place of like resort shall remain open,
without a permission given by the general commanding. Any attempt to violate this
order will subject the club-house and property to seizure and occupation by the military,
and the frequenters who engage in or encourage such violation, to arrest.
" Until further orders, all bars, coffee-houses, drinking saloons and other places of like
resort shall be closed between the hours of 8 P. M. and 8 A. M. Any liquor-dealer, or
keeper of a drinking saloon, or other person selling intoxicating drinks who violates this
order shall be put under arrest, his premises seized and his liquors confiscated for the
benefit of the hospitals.
" Until further orders, the general commanding directs that the stores, shops, manufactories and other places of business other than apothecary shops and printing offices of
daily journals be closed at five o'clock, P. M., for the purpose of giving patriotic citizens
an opportunity to drill and make themselves expert in the use of arms.
" By order, " MAJOR GENERAL SCHENCK.
"Donn Piatt, Lieutenant Colonel and Chief of Staff."
35—v. iii.
| Title | History of Maryland - 3 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000580 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | DECLARATION OF MARTIAL LAW. 545 " The commanding general gives assurance that this suspension of the civil government within the limits defined shall not extend beyond the necessities of the occasion. "All the civil courts, tribunals and political functionaries of the State, county or city authority, are to continue in the discharge of their duties as in times of peace; only in no way interfering with the exercise of the predominant power assumed and asserted by the military authority. " All peaceful citizens are requested to remain quietly at their homes, and in the pursuit of their ordinary vocations, except as they may be, possibly, subject to calls for personal services, or other necessary requisitions for military purposes or uses hereafter. " All seditious language or mischievous practices, tending to the encouragement of rebellion, are especially prohibited, and will promptly be matle the subject of observation and treatment. " Traitorous and dangerous persons must expect to be dealt with as the public safety may seem to require. ' To save the country is paramount to all other considerations.' "When the occasion for this proclamation passes by, no one will be more rejoiced than the commanding general, that he can revoke his order and return to the normal condition of a country at peace, and a government sustained by a united and loyal people. « EOBT. C. SCHENCK, Major General Commanding." The following orders were also issued under this declaration of martial law: "Headquarters, Middle Department, Eighth Army Corps, } Baltimore, Md., June 30th. 1863. \ " Orders. " Until further orders, no arms or ammunition shall be sold by any dealer or other person within the City and County of Baltimore without a permit from the general commanding the military department, or from such officer as shall be duly authorized to grant the same. Any violation of this order shall subject the party offending to arrest and punishment. " Until further orders, no person will be permitted to leave the City of Baltimore without a pass properly signed by the provost marshal, and any one attempting to violate this order shall be promptly arrested and brought before the provost-marshal for examination. " Until further orders, no one will be permitted to pass the barricades or into or out of the city between the hours of 10 P. M. and 4 A. M., without giving the proper countersign to the guard in charge. "Until further orders, no club-house or other place of like resort shall remain open, without a permission given by the general commanding. Any attempt to violate this order will subject the club-house and property to seizure and occupation by the military, and the frequenters who engage in or encourage such violation, to arrest. " Until further orders, all bars, coffee-houses, drinking saloons and other places of like resort shall be closed between the hours of 8 P. M. and 8 A. M. Any liquor-dealer, or keeper of a drinking saloon, or other person selling intoxicating drinks who violates this order shall be put under arrest, his premises seized and his liquors confiscated for the benefit of the hospitals. " Until further orders, the general commanding directs that the stores, shops, manufactories and other places of business other than apothecary shops and printing offices of daily journals be closed at five o'clock, P. M., for the purpose of giving patriotic citizens an opportunity to drill and make themselves expert in the use of arms. " By order, " MAJOR GENERAL SCHENCK. "Donn Piatt, Lieutenant Colonel and Chief of Staff." 35—v. iii. |
