AUTHORITY FOR THE EXISTENCE OF THE ARMY. The Army exists by authority of the Constitution of the United States. [Const. U. S., Art. I, sec. 8, ¶ 12.] The Congress shall have power to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces.-[Const. U. S., Art. I, sec. 8, ¶ 14.] XI CODIFIED REGULATIONS OF THE ARMY. ARTICLE I. MILITARY DISCIPLINE. 1. All inferiors are required to obey strictly, and to execute with alacrity and good faith, the lawful orders of the superiors appointed over them.-[Regs. 1863, ¶ 1.] 2. Military authority is to be exercised with firmness, but with kindness and justice to inferiors. Punishments shall be strictly conformable to military law.-[Regs. 1863, ¶ 2.] 3. Superiors of every grade are forbidden to injure those under them by tyrannical or capricious conduct, or by abusive language. -[Regs. 1863, ¶ 3.] 4. Courtesy among military men is indispensable to discipline; respect to superiors will not be confined to obedience on duty, but will be extended on all occasions.-[Inf. Tactics, ¶ 783.] 5. Deliberations or discussions among any class of military men having the object of conveying praise or censure, or any mark of approbation, toward their superiors or others in the military service, and all publications relative to transactions between officers of a private or personal nature, whether newspaper, pamphlet, or handbill, are strictly prohibited.-[ Regs. 1863, ¶ 220.1 ARTICLE II. SUBORDINATION TO CIVIL AUTHORITY. 6. Respect for the civil authorities is the duty of all citizens, and especially of those in the military service. 7. As the objects of the military service are of national interest, it is very desirable that kindly relations exist between soldiers and other citizens. 8. A civil officer charged with the execution of process will receive proper facilities for its service on making known his character to the commanding officer.- [Arts. of War, 54 to 59.] |