By the President:
SIMON CAMERON,
_Secretary of War_.
STATE DEPARTMENT, _June 20, 1861_.
The LIEUTENANT-GENERAL COMMANDING THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES:
You or any officer you may designate will, in your discretion, suspend
the writ of _habeas corpus_ so far as may relate to Major Chase, lately
of the Engineer Corps of the Army of the United States, now alleged to
be guilty of treasonable practices against this Government.