The two following news items appeared in the Bedford Gazette on Friday, June 12th, 1863:

Proclamation of the Governor
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Fifty Thousand Pennsylvania Called
for to Repel Invasion

Colored Troops to be Raised in Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, June 15

The following order has been issued.

HEADQUARTERS PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA
HARRISBURG, JUNE 13, 1863
GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 43.

Whereas information has been received from the War Department that the State will receive credit for all enlistments of colored men who may be mustered into the United States service as Pennsylvania Troops under the authority of the War Department and that no credit can be allowed for individuals who leave the State and are mustered into organizations elsewhere it is ordered-

First: All persons are prohibited from raising colored volunteers in Pennsylvania otherwise than under the authority of the War Department to recruit in Pennsylvania.

Second: The people of color in Pennsylvania are forbidden to enlist in or attach themselves to any organization of color volunters to be furnished from other States.

Third: All magistrates, district attorneys and officers of the Commonwealth are required to arrest and prosecute all persons who shall disobey this general order, and particularly all persons, their aiders and abettors who, under any pretended authority, shall enlist colored volunteers for any brigade, regiment, battery, or company to be furnished from other States, or who shall advertise and open, or keep recruiting station is for such enlistments, excepting under the authority of the War Department to recruit in Pennsylvania, so that such offenders may be brought to Justice.

By order:       A.G. Curtain      

Governor and Commander-in-Chief