Headquarters.
Department of
Washington,
Washington, D. C, April 15, 1865.
Pass C. E. Fuller, on Seventh street, near the toll gate,
and return.
Reason. To go
home and business.
This pass will expire April 23, 1865.
By command of Major General Augur.
J. A. Slipper,
Capt. and A. A. G.
On the back side of the same was the following:
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.
In availing myself of the benefits of this Pass, I do
solemnly affirm that I will support, protect and defend the Constitution and
Government of the United States against all enemies, whether domestic or
foreign; that I will bear true faith, allegiance and loyalty to the same, any
ordinance, resolution or law of any State Convention or Legislature to the
contrary notwithstanding; that I will not give aid, comfort or information to
its enemies; and further, that I do this with a full determination, pledge and
purpose, without any mental reservation or evasion whatsoever: So help me God.
C. E. Fuller.
SOURCE: Corydon Eustathius Fuller, Reminiscences of
James A. Garfield: With Notes Preliminary and Collateral, p. 384-5
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