Revised Regulations for the Army of the United States, 1861: With a Full Index

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G.W. Childs, 1862 - 559 pages

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Page 511 - ... 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 a due course of law. So help you God.
Page 501 - I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America, and 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 518 - an act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers...
Page 510 - The judge advocate, or some person deputed by him, or by the general, or officer commanding the army, detachment, or garrison, shall prosecute in the name of the United States, but...
Page 499 - ... of a dollar, to be deducted out of his next pay; for the second offence, he shall not only forfeit a like sum, but be confined...
Page 500 - Any officer, non-commissioned officer, or soldier, who, being present at any mutiny or sedition, does not use his utmost endeavor to suppress the same, or...
Page 509 - 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.
Page 502 - ... and shall be thereby utterly disabled to have or hold any office or employment in the service of the United States. ART.
Page 502 - Every officer who knowingly makes a false return to the Department of War, or to any of his superior officers, authorized to call for such returns, of the state of the regiment, troop or company, or garrison under his command; or of the arms, ammunition, clothing, or other stores thereunto belonging, shall, on conviction thereof before a court-martial, be cashiered.
Page 504 - States, he, the said commander, who shall refuse or omit to see justice done to the offender or offenders, and reparation made to the party or parties injured, as far as part of the offender's pay shall enable him or them, shall, upon proof thereof, be cashiered, or otherwise punished, as a general court-martial shall direct. * G. 0. No. 2, War Department. March 16th, 1868. " Art. 33. When any commissioned officer or soldier...

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