The Articles of War Approved June 4, 19201920 - 44 pages |
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Page 23 - Who, having charge, possession, custody, or control of any money or other property of the United States, furnished or intended for the military service thereof...
Page 18 - At such investigation full opportunity shall be given to the accused to cross-examine witnesses against him if they are available and to present anything he may desire in his own behalf, either in defense or mitigation, and the investigating officer shall examine available witnesses requested by the accused. If the charges are forwarded after such investigation, they shall be accompanied by a statement of the substance of the testimony taken on both sides and a copy thereof shall be given to the...
Page 6 - ... willfully neglects or refuses to appear, or refuses to qualify as a. witness, or to testify, or produce documentary evidence which such person may have been legally subpoenaed to produce, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, for which such person shall be punished •on information in the district court of the United States...
Page 1 - ... (d^ All retainers to the camp and all persons accompanying or serving with thg armies of the United States without the territorial jurisdiction of the United States, and in time of war all such retainers and persons accompanying or serving with the armies of the United States in the field...
Page 21 - Any person subject to military law who abuses, intimidates, does violence to, or wrongfully interferes with any person bringing provisions, supplies, or other necessaries to the...
Page 4 - The trial counsel of a general or special court-martial shall prosecute in the name of the United States, and shall, under the direction of the court, prepare the record of the proceedings.
Page 3 - States, the commanding officer of each garrison, fort, post, camp, or other place, brigade, regiment, detached battalion, or other detached command, may appoint special courts-martial for his command; but such special courts-martial may in any case be appointed by superior authority when by the latter deemed desirable.
Page 26 - ... shall be discharged from said service before his term of service has expired, except by order of the President, the Secretary of War, the commanding officer of a department, or by sentence of a general court-martial.
Page 24 - Members of a court-martial may be challenged by a prisoner, but only for cause stated to the court. The court shall determine the relevancy and validity thereof, and shall not receive a challenge to more than one member at a time.
Page 6 - An Act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States " (volume 35, United States Statutes at Large, page 1088), or any amendment thereof, shall be punished as therein provided.