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Friday, May 29, 2009

Concerning Army Correspondents

OFFICIAL WAR BULLETIN,
WAR DEP’T, April 12, 1862

Col. Anson Stager is hereby authorized to grant passes to the editors, correspondents, and reporters of newspapers, to enter the lines of the United States army upon receiving satisfactory proof that the person applying for such pass is loyal, and his written parole not to publish any information in regard to military operations that would give aid and comfort to the enemy. Persons holding such passes to be subject to such rules and regulations as the General commanding my prescribe.

(Signed:) EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.

– Published in the Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, April 19, 1862

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