Manual for Non-commissioned Officers and Privates of Field Artillery of the Army of the United States, Corrected to Dec. 31, 1917 |
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Page 249 - And if any person, being guilty of any of the offenses aforesaid while in the military service of the United States, receives his discharge or is dismissed from the service, he shall continue to be liable to be arrested and held for trial and sentence by a court-martial in the same manner and to the same extent as If he had not received such discharge nor been dismissed. - CONDUCT UNBECOMING AN OFFICER AND GENTLEMAN. ART. 95. Any officer or cadet who is convicted of conduct unbecoming an officer...
Page 272 - Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said John Alden, 2nd, as and for his last will and testament, in the presence of us, who, at his request, and in his presence, and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses the day and year above written.
Page 246 - Interferes with any person bringing provisions, supplies, or other necessaries to the camp, garrison, or quarters of the forces of the United States shall suffer such punishment as a court-martial may direct "ART.
Page 245 - Any sentinel who is found sleeping upon his post, or who leaves it before he is regularly relieved, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as a courtmartial may direct.
Page 239 - ART. 64. Assaulting or Willfully Disobeying Superior Officer. Any person subject to military law who, on any pretense whatsoever, strikes his superior officer or draws or lifts up any weapon or offers any violence against him, being In the execution of his office, or willfully disobeys any lawful command of his superior officer, shall suffer death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
Page 251 - It shall be lawful for any civil officer having authority under the laws of the United States, or of any State, Territory, District, or possession of the United States, to arrest offenders, summarily to arrest a deserter from the military service of the United States and deliver him Into the custody of the military authorities of the United States.
Page 245 - Art. 87. Personal interest in sale of provisions. Any officer commanding in any garrison, fort, barracks, camp, or other place where troops of the United States may be serving who, for his private advantage, lays any duty or imposition upon or is interested in the sale of any victuals or other necessaries of life brought into such garrison, fort, barracks, camp, or other place for the use of the troops, shall be dismissed from the service and suffer such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
Page 241 - When an officer is put in arrest for the purpose of trial, except at remote military posts or stations, the officer by whose order he is arrested shall see that a copy of the charges on which he is to be tried is served upon him within...
Page 244 - All persons who, in time of war, or of rebellion against the supreme authority of the United States, shall be found lurking or acting as spies, in or about any of the fortifications, posts, quarters, or encampments of any of the armies of the United States, or elsewhere, shall be triable by a general court-martial, or by a military commission, and shall, on conviction thereof, suffer death.
Page 236 - Any officer who knowingly enlists or musters Into the military service any person whose enlistment or muster In Is prohibited by law, regulations, or orders shall be dismissed from the service or suffer such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.