Instructions for Making Muster-rolls, Mustering Into Service, Periodical Payments, and Discharging from Service Volunteers Or MilitiaU.S. Government Printing Office, 1863 - 55 pages |
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... payments , and for discharge from service , of volunteers or militia , " having been duly examined , are approved , and will be carried into effect . EDWIN M. STANTON , Secretary of War . ABSENTEES . NOTE . The figures refer to the number.
... payments , and for discharge from service , of volunteers or militia , " having been duly examined , are approved , and will be carried into effect . EDWIN M. STANTON , Secretary of War . ABSENTEES . NOTE . The figures refer to the number.
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... carrying any papers with them , are to be searched , and sent to the Commanding Officer , with a written statement of their case . Half an hour before daylight , the morning Patrols will be sent out on the roads in front , and as soon ...
... carrying any papers with them , are to be searched , and sent to the Commanding Officer , with a written statement of their case . Half an hour before daylight , the morning Patrols will be sent out on the roads in front , and as soon ...
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... carry out the object for which it was sent . A Patrol must never enter a village or wood , which has not been examined ; but this is to be so managed as not to delay the Patrol . For , it must be borne in mind , that the officer who ...
... carry out the object for which it was sent . A Patrol must never enter a village or wood , which has not been examined ; but this is to be so managed as not to delay the Patrol . For , it must be borne in mind , that the officer who ...
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... carry despatches only in special and urgent cases .-- ( See Despatches . ) The precise time when the despatch is sent off , and the rate at which it is to be conveyed , are to be written clearly on the covers of all letters transmitted ...
... carry despatches only in special and urgent cases .-- ( See Despatches . ) The precise time when the despatch is sent off , and the rate at which it is to be conveyed , are to be written clearly on the covers of all letters transmitted ...
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... carried to the tent of the Colonel . The terms front , flank , right , left , file , and rank , have the same mean- ing when applied to camps as to the order of battle . The front of the camp is usually equal to the front of the troops ...
... carried to the tent of the Colonel . The terms front , flank , right , left , file , and rank , have the same mean- ing when applied to camps as to the order of battle . The front of the camp is usually equal to the front of the troops ...
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Instructions for Making Muster-Rolls, Mustering Into Service Periodical ... United States War Department No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 21 - States,' without partiality, favor, or affection; and if any doubt should arise, not explained by said Articles, according to your conscience, the best of your understanding, and the custom of war in like cases ; and you do further swear that you will not divulge the sentence of the court until it shall be published by the proper authority...
Page 22 - ... disclose or discover the vote or opinion of any particular member of the court martial, unless required to give evidence thereof, as a witness, by a court of justice in due course of law. So help you God.
Page 36 - I have neither sought, nor accepted, nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever, under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States; that I have not yielded a voluntary support to any pretended government, authority, power, or constitution within the United States, hostile or inimical thereto.
Page 28 - After which the president of the court shall administer to the recorder the following oath: " You, AB, do swear that you will, according to your best abilities, accurately and impartially record the proceedings of the court and the evidence to be given in the case in hearing. So help you God.
Page 12 - Every officer commanding in quarters, garrisons, or on the march, shall keep good order, and, to the utmost of his power, redress all abuses or disorders which may be committed by any officer or soldier under his command...
Page 13 - 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 10 - Modern times are distinguished from earlier ages by the existence, at one and the same time, of many nations and great governments related to one another in close intercourse. Peace is their normal condition ; war is the exception. The ultimate object of all modern war is a renewed state of peace.
Page 36 - 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 34 - Treating captured rebels as prisoners of war, exchanging them, concluding of cartels, capitulations or other warlike agreements with them ; addressing officers of a rebel army by the rank they may have in the same; accepting flags of truce, or, on the other hand, proclaiming...
Page 19 - If upon marches, guards, or in quarters, different corps of the army shall happen to join, or do duty together, the officer highest in rank of the line of the army, marine corps, or militia, by commission, there on duty or in quarters, shall command the whole, and give orders for what is needful to the service, unless otherwise specially directed by the President of the United States, according to the nature of the case.