ating Commit-
tee, (which shall be composed of the Grand Cy-
clops, the Grand Magi, and the Grand Monk,)
and who shall have investigated his antecedents
and his past and present standing and connec-
tions; and after such investigation, shall have
pronounced him competent and worthy to become
a member. _Provided_, no one shall be presented
for admission into, or become a member of, this
Order who shall not have attained the age of
eighteen years.

SEC. 2. No one shall become a member of this
Order unless he shall _voluntarily_ take the follow-
ing oaths or obligations, and shall _satisfactorily_
answer the following interrogatories, while kneel-

[Header: _Cave quid dicis, quando, et cui._ 19]

ing, with his right hand raised to heaven, and
his left hand resting on the Bible:

PRELIMINARY OBLIGATION.

"I ---- solemnly swear or affirm that I will
never reveal any thing that I may this day (or
night) learn concerning the Order of the * * *,
and that I will true answer make to such interrog-
atories as may be put to me touching my com-
petency for admission into the same. So help
me God."

INTERROGATORIES TO BE ASKED:

1st. Have you ever been rejected, upon appli-
cation for membership in the * * *, or have you
ever been expelled from the same?

2d. Are you now, or have you ever been, a
member of the Radical Republican party, or
either of the organizations known as the "Loyal
League" and the "Grand Army of the Re-
public?".

3d. Are you opposed to the principles and
policy of the Radical party, and to the Loyal
League, and the Grand Army of the Republic,
so far as you are informed of the character and
purposes of those organizations?

4th. Did you belong to the Federal army
during the late war, and fight against the South
during the existence of the same?

5th. Are you opposed to negro equality, both
social and political?

6th. Are you in favor of a white man's gov-
ernment in this country?

[Header: _Nemo tenetur seipsum accusare._ 20]

7th. Are you in favor of Constitutional liberty,
and a Government of equitable laws instead of a
Government of violence and oppression?

8th. Are you in favor of maintaining the Con-
stitutional rights of the South?

9th. Are you in favor of the re-en