I do therefore hereby require of the military officers in the said State that the privileges of the writ of habeas corpus be effectually suspended within the said State, according to the aforesaid proclamation, and that martial law be established therein, to take effect from the date of this proclamation
Proclamation 113 —Declaring Martial Law and a Further Suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus in Kentucky
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