HQ Eastern Defense Command Proclamation #2
Headquarters Eastern Defense Command and First Army GOVERNORS ISLAND, NEW YORK • Public Proclamation No. 2 ' September 7, 1942 / HEADQUARTERS EASTERN DEFENSE COMMAND AND FIRST ARMY Governors Island, New York ., PUBLIC PROCLAMATION No. 2 . TO: The people within the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Ver mont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, part of the State of Florida and the District of Columbia . Whereas,,.the Eastern Military Area was prescribed by Public Proclamation No. 1, this Headquarters, dated May 16, 1942; and Whereas the present situation requires as a military necessity the promulgation of additional restrictions and the designation of certain Prohibited and Restricted Zones within the Eastern Military Area under authority contained in Executive Order of the President of the United States, No. 9066, dated.February 19, 1942; · Now, Therefore, I, Hugh A. Drum, Lieutenant Gener::il, U. S. Army, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the President of. the United States and by the Secretary of War and my powers and pre rogatives as Commanding General of the Eastern Defense Command and First Army, charged with the defense of the Eastern Seaboard, do hereby declare and proclaim that : 1. All persons entering or remaining in any zone or any part of the Eastern Military Area are enjoined to refrain from acts of hostility, from giving information, aid, or comfort to the enemies of the United States; from interfering, by· word or deed, with the military effort of the United States, or the processes thereof; and to comply strictly with the restrictions and orders which are herein or may hereafter be issued by the Commanding General, Eastern Defense Command and First Army.
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