i Th .t attention is hereby called to an
] act of Congress entitled, “An act to make
I additional articles of war,” approved March ’
j Id, 1862, and which act is in the words
and figures following:
’ “Be it enacted by the Senate and House
i of Representatives of the United States in
; Congress assembled, That hereafter the
following shall be promulgated as an a,i
---! ditiotial article of war for the government
of the United States, and shall be adopted >
and observed as such :
“ ‘Article —. All officers or persons in
the military or naval service of the United
States, are prohibited from employing any
oi* the force under their respective com
mands for the purpose of restoring fugi
tives from service or labor who may have
escaped from any person to whom such
labor is claimed to be due, and any officer
who shall be found guilty by a court-mar
tial of v iolating this article shall be dis
missed from the service.’
“Sec. 2 And le it furthe- enacted,
That this act shall take eficCt from and af
ter its passage.”
Also the 9th and lOth sections of an
act,entitled, “An act. to suppress insrrrec
ti.it!, to punish tr aon and rel<elioti, to
seize and cotifi-cate prdjrerty, and for other
par,. <es,’approved July 18, 1862. and
which sections are in these words and fig
ur<. following:
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted. That
all slaves of persons who shall hereafter be
engaged in rebellion agaiust the Govern
ment of the United States, or who sh ill
in any way give aid and comfort thereto,
escaping from such persons and tak tig
refuge within the lines of the army, and
all slaves captuied from such persons, or
deserti J by them and coming under the
control of the Government of the United
' S ales, and al slaws of such pers ns being
within anv place occupied >»y r«b<l forces
and afienvards occupied by the forces of
He United States, shall be deemed cap
tives of war, and shall be forever free of
their servitude, and net again held as
slaves.
