Abraham Lincoln said...

To the Senate of the United States: I transmit to the Senate, for consideration with a view to ratification, a treaty of...

But that proclamation falls far short of what the amendment will be when fully consummated.

All officers and persons in the military, naval, and revenue services, or in any branch of the public service under the ...

The Provost-Marshal-General is ordered to make the draft in the respective districts as speedily as the same can be done...