Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army of the United States. 1917. To be Also Used by Engineer Companies (mounted) for Cavalry Instruction and TrainingU.S. Government Printing Office, 1917 - 397 pages |
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adjutant advance Army attack bayonet blank cartridges blanket body camp captain carry cartridge cavalry column of fours commanding officer contours corporal countersign court-martial may direct detail dismounted distance duty elements enemy enlisted executed feet field music fingers flag flank folded foragers forefinger formation forward front gait grasp ground guard mounting guardhouse guy ropes habitually halt horse inches indicated inspection instruction instructor interval leader left hand loaded magazine magazine mand McClellan saddle military law mounted move movement noncommissioned officer old guard order arms outguard parry pars pass patrol person subject platoon position prescribed prisoners proper punishment raise pistol rank rear reins relief resume reveille rifle right hand right left saber saddle salute scabbard Section semaphore sentinel sergeant side sight signal soldier squad stirrup strap subject to military target tent thumb tion train trench trigger troop troopers turn United weapon yards
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Page 372 - I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America ; that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever ; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States, and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the Rules and Articles of War.
Page 368 - Who, for the purpose of obtaining, or aiding others to obtarin, the approval, allowance, or payment of any claim against the United States or against any officer thereof, makes or uses, or procures or advises the making...
Page 369 - 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 and...
Page 369 - ... may be guilty, shall be taken cognizance of by a general or special or summary court-martial, according to the nature and degree of the offense, and punished at the discretion of such court.
Page 356 - All retainers to the camp and all persons accompanying or serving with the 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 369 - ... receives in pledge for any obligation or indebtedness from any soldier, officer, or other person who is a part of or employed in said forces or service, any ordnance, arms...
Page 366 - 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 369 - Who, being authorized to make or deliver any paper certifying the receipt of any property of the United States furnished or intended for the military service thereof, makes or delivers to any person such writing, without having full knowledge of the truth of the statements therein contained and with intent to defraud the United States; or...
Page 361 - ... same, until their proper superior officer is acquainted therewith. And whosoever, being so ordered, refuses to obey such officer or noncommissioned officer, or draws a weapon upon him, shall be punished as a courtmartial may direct.
Page 367 - ... offense committed within the geographical limits of the States of the Union and the District of Columbia, and punishable by the laws of the land, the commanding officer is required, except in time of war...