General order, no. 4. Navy department, January 14, 1863. The following Proclamation of the President is published for the information and government of the officers and others of the Naval Service. Gideon Welles, secretary of the Navy. By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation. Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty two United States President of

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