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ART. 20. All officers and soldiers who have received pay, or have been duly enlisted in the service of the United States, and shall be convicted of having deserted the same, shall suf- fer death, or such other punishment as, by sentence of a court- martial, shall be inflicted.
ART. 21. Any non-commissioned officer or soldier who shall, without leave from his commanding officer, absent. himself from his troop, company, or detachment, shall, upon being convicted thereof, be punished according to the nature of his offense, at the discretion of a court-martial.
ART. 22. No non-commissioned officer or soldier shall en- list himself in any other regiment, troop, or company, with- out a regular discharge from the regiment, troop, or company in which he last served, on the penalty of being reputed a deserter, and suffering accordingly. And in case any officer shall knowingly receive and entertain such non-commissoned officer or soldier, or shall not, after his being discovered to be a deserter, immediately confine him, and give notice thereof to the corps in which he last served, the said officer shall, by a court-martial, be cashiered.
ART. 23. Any officer or soldier who shall be convicted of having advised or persuaded any other officer or soldier to de- sert the service of the United States, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall be inflicted upon him by the sentence of a court-martial.
ART. 24. No officer or soldier shall use any reproachful or provoking speeches or gestures to another, upon pain, if an officer, of being put in arrest; if a soldier, confined, and of
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asking pardon of the party offended, in the presence of his - commanding officer.
ART. 25. No officer or soldier shall send a challenge to another officer or soldier, to fight a duel, or accept a chal- lenge if sent, upon pain, if a commissioned officer, of being cashiered ; if a non-commissioned officer or soldier, of suffer- ing corporeal punishment, at the discretion of a court-mar- tial.
ART. 26. If any commissioned or non-commissioned officer commanding a guard shall knowingly or willingly suffer any person whatsoever to go forth to fight a duel, he shall be punished as a challenger; and all seconds, promoters, and carriers of challenges, in order to duels, shall be deemed prin- cipals, and be punished accordingly. And it shall be the duty of every officer commanding an army, regiment, com- pany, post, or detachment, who is knowing to a challenge be- ing given or accepted by any officer, non-commissioned offi- cer, or soldier, under his command, or has reason to believe the same to be the case, immediately to arrest and bring to trial such offenders. 1
ART. 27. All officers, of what condition soever, have pow- er to part and quell all quarrels, frays, and disorders, though the persons concerned should belong to another regiment, troop, or company ; and either to order officers into arrest, or nen-commissioned officers or soldiers into confinement, until their proper superior officers shall be acquainted therewith ; and whosoever shall refuse to obey such officer (though of an inferior rank), or shall draw his sword upon him, shall be punished at the discretion of a general court-martial.
ART. 28. Any officer er soldier who shall upraid another for refusing a challenge, shall himself be punished as a chal- lenger ; and all officers and soldiers are hereby discharged from any disgrace or opinion of disadvantage which might arise from their having refused to accept of challenges, as they will only have acted in obedience to the laws, and done their duty as good soldiers who subject themselves to disci- pline.
ART. 35. If any inferior officer or soldier shall think him- self wronged by his Captain or other officer, he is to complain thereof to the commanding officer of the regiment, who is hereby required to summon a regimental court-martial, for the doing justice to the complainant ; from which regimental court-martial either party may, if he thinks himself still ag- grieved, appeal to a general court-martial. But if, upon a second hearing, the appeal shall appear vexations and ground- less, the person so appealing shall be punished at the discre- tion of the said court-martial. 3
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ART. 36. Any commissioned officer, store-keeper, or com- missary, who shall be convicted at a general court-martial of having sold, without a proper order for that purpose, embez- zled, misapplied, or willfully, or through neglect, suffered any of the provisions, forage, arms, clothing, ammunition, or other military stores belonging to the United States to be spoiled or damaged, shall, at his own expense, make good the loss or damage, and shall, moreover, forfeit all his pay, and be dismised from the service.
ART. 37. Any non-commissioned officer or soldier who shall be convicted at a regimental court-martial of having sold, or designedly or through neglect, wasted the ammuni- tion delivered out to him, to be employed in the service of the United States, shall be punished at the discretion of such court.
ART. 38. Every non-commissioned officer or soldier who · shall be convicted before a court-martial of having sold, lost, or spoiled, through neglect, his horse, arms, clothes, or ac- coutrements, shall undergo such weekly stoppages (not ex- ceeding the half of his pay) as such court-martial shall judge sufficient, for repairing the loss or damage ; and shall suffer confinement, or such other corporeal punishment as his crime shall deserve.
ART. 39. Every officer who shall be convicted before a court-martial of having embezzled or misapplied any money with which he may have been intrusted, for the payment of themen under his command, or for enlisting men intothe ser- vice, or for other purposes, if a commissioned officer, shall be cashiered, and compelled to refund the money ; if a non-com- missioned officer, shall be reduced to the ranks, be put under stoppages until the money be made good, and suffer such corporeal punishment as such court-martial shall direct.
ART. 41. All non-commissioned officers and soldiers who shall be found one mile from the camp without leave, in writing, from their commanding officer, shall suffier such punishment as shall be inflicted upon them by the sentence of a court-martial.
ART. 42. No officer or soldier shall lie out of his quarters, garrison, or camp without leave from his superior officer, upon penalty of being punished according to the nature of his offense, by the sentence of a court-martial.
ART. 43. Every non-commissioned officer and soldier shall retire to his quarters or tent at the beating of the retreat ; in default of which he shall be punished according to the nature of his offense.
ART. 44. No officer, non-commissioned officer, or soldier shall fail in repairing, at the time fixed, to the place of pa-
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rade, of exercise, or other rendezvous appointed by his com- manding officer, if not prevented by sickness or some other evident necessity, or shall go from the said place of rendez- vous without leave from his commanding officer, before he shall be regularly dismissed or relieved, on the penalty of being punished, according to the nature of his offense, by the sentence of a court-martial.
ART. 45. Any commissioned officer who shall be found drunk on his guard, party, or other duty, shall be cashiered. Any non-commissioned officer or soldier so offending shall suffer such corporeal punishment as shall be inflicted by the sentence of a court-martial.
ART. 46. Any sentinel who shall be found sleeping upon his post, or shall leave it before he shall be regularly re- lieved, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall be inflicted by the sentence of a court-martial.
ART. 47. No soldier belonging to any regiment, troop, or company shall hire another to do his duty for him, or be ex- cused from duty but in cases of sickness, disability, or leave of absence; and every such soldier found guilty of hiring his duty, as also the party so hired to do another's duty, shall be punished at the discretion of a regimental court-martial.
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ART. 48. And every non-commissioned officer conniving at such hiring of duty aforesaid, shall be reduced ; and every commissioned officer knowing and allowing such ill practices in the service, shall be punished by the judgment of a general court.martial.
-. ART. 50. Any officer or soldier who shall, without urgent necessity, or without the leave of his superior officer, quit his guard, platoon, or division, shall be punished, according to the nature of his offense, by the sentence of a court-martial.
ART. 51. No officer or soldier shall do violence to any per- son who brings provision or other necessaries to the camp, garrison, or quarters of the forces of the United States, em- ployed in any parts out of the said States, upon pain of death, or such other punishment as a court-martial shall direct.
ART. 52. Any officer or soldier who shall misbehave him- self before the enemy, run away, or shamefully abandon any fort, post, or guard which he or they may be commanded to defend, or speak words inducing others to do the like, or shall cast away his arms and ammunition, or who shall quit his post or colors to plunder and pillage, every such offender, be- ing duly convicted thereof, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a general court-martial.
ART. 53. Any person belonging to the armies of the United
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States who shall make known the watchword to any person who is not entitled to receive it according to the rules and discipline of war, or shall presume to give a parole or watch- word different from what he received, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a general court-martial.
ART. 54. All officers and soldiers are to behave themselves orderly in quarters and on their march ; and whoever shall commit any waste or spoil, either in walks of trees, parks warrens, fish-ponds, houses, or gardens, corn-fields, inclosure, of meadows, or shall maliciously destroy any property what- soever belonging to the inhabitants of the United States, un- less by order of the then commander-in-chief of the armies of the said States, shall (besides such penalties as they are liable to by law), be punished according to the nature and degree of the offense, by the judgment of a regimental or general · court-martial. .
. 7 ART. 55. Whosoever, belonging to the armies of the United States in foreign parts, shall force a safeguard, shall suffer death.
L'ART. 56. Whosoever shall relieve the enemy with money, victuals, or ammunition, or shall knowingly harbor or protect an enemy, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a court-martial.
៛' ART. 57. Whosoever shall be convicted of holding corres- pondence with, or giving intelligence to, the enemy, either directly or indirectly, shall suffer death, or such other pun- ishment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a court-mar- tial. 1
"i ART. 59. If any commander of any garrison, fortress, or post shall be compelled, by the officers and soldiers under his command, to give up to the enemy, or to abandon it, the commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers, or soldiers who shall be convicted of having so offended, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall be inflicted upon them by the sentence of a court-martial.
ART. 60. All sutlers and retainers to the camp, and all persons whatsoever, serving with the armies of the United States in the field, though not enlisted soldiers, are to be 'subject to orders, according to the rules and discipline of war. " ART. 76. No person whatsoever shall use any menacing words, signs, or gestures, in presence of a court-martial, or "shall cause any disorder or riot, or disturd their proceedings, on the penalty of being punished at the discretion of the said court-martial.
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ART. 97. The officers and soldiers of any troops, whether militia or others, being mustered and in pay of the United States, shall, at all times and in all places, when joined, or acting in conjunction with the regular forces of the United States, be governed by these rulss and articles of war, and shall be subject to be tried by courts-martial, in like manner with the officers and soldiers in the regular forces ; save only that such courts-martial shall be composed entirely of militia officers.
ART. 99. All crimes not capital, and all disorders and neg- lects which officers and soldiers may be guilty of, to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, though not mentioned in the foregoing articles of war, are to be taken cognizance of by a general or regimental court-martial, ac- cording to the nature and degree of the offense, and be pun- ished at their discretion.
APPENDIX.
As much of the sickness incident to Camp life, is due to improperly cooked food, the following admirable directions for cooking Soldiers' Rations, taken from "Vielle's Hand- book for Active Service," are particularly recommended to the attention of both non-commissioned officers and soldiers.
RECEIPTS.
Ist .- Soldier's Soup for 25 men.
15 quarts of water to 25 pounds of meat, 2 small table- spoonsful of salt, half a one of pepper, about 2 pounds of rice put in while boiling, and what vegetables, fresh or pre- served, that can be procured-say 3 pounds.
2nd .- Pork Soup for 25 men.
In 6 gallons of cold water put 12 pounds of pork, 3 quarts of beans, 2 pounds of rice, season to suit ; let boil one hour and a half. Soak the beans over night.
3d .-- Irish Stew for 25 men.
25 pounds of mutton, veal, beef or pork, cut into pieces six inches square, four pounds of onions, 8 pounds potatoes, 4 table-spoonsful of salt, 1 of pepper ; add S quarts of water. Cook it from one to two hours slowly, thicken the gravy with flour mixed into a smooth paste with water, or potatoes mashed fine.
4th .- Tea for 25 men.
Allow 12 quarts of water ; put the rations of tea-a large teaspoonful to each-in a cloth tied up very loosely, throw it into the boiler while it is boiling hard for a moment. Then
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take off the boile", cover it and let it stand full ten minutes, when it will be ready to use ; first add sugar and milk, if to be had, at the rate of 3 pints or 2 quarts of milk and a pound or a pound and a half of sugar.
5th .- Pork with Peas or Beans for 25 men.
To 14 pounds of pork add 6 pounds of peas or beans, put them in a cloth to boil, tying it very loosely, place them both in the boiler ; let them boil about two hours. Then take out the pork, add some flour to the gravy, and put the peas or beans in it with two or three onions cut up fine; let it boil a little longer, mash up the vegetables very finely and serve them round the dish with the meat.
6th .- Plain stewed Meat for 25 men.
Take 14 pounds of mutton, beef, veal, or pork, cut it into chunks and put it in the boiler. Add 4 quarts of water, 2 quarts to a teaspoonful of salt, and half a teaspoonful of pep- per, 8 or 10 onions cut in pieces ; let it boil half an hour, then let it stew slowly from half an hour to an hour longer, adding 1 pound of rice, potatoes or any vegetable that can be obtained ; thicken the gravy with flour mixed to a smooth paste in cold water.
7th .- Stewed Salt Pork or Beef for 25 men.
Wash the meat well, let it soak all night, wash out the salt as much as possible ; 8 pounds of salt Beef, 5 pounds of salt Pork, § of a pound of sugar, two pounds of sliced onions, 6 quarts of water and a pound of rice ; let it simmer gently for two or three hours.
8th .- Salt Pork, with Potatoes and Cabbage for 25 men.
Take 15 pounds of pork, extract the bones, 3 pounds of potatoes, 2 winter cabbages, 10 quarts of water, let it boil for two hours. Serve the meat with vegetables round it. The gravy will make a good broth with peas, beans or rico added, also a little onion. Ship biscuit broken into the broth makes a very nutritious soup.
9th .- Coffee for 25 men.
Take 12 quarts of water, when it boils add 20 ounces of cof- fee, mix it well and leave it on the fire till it commences to boil ; then take it off and pour into it a little more than a quart of cold water ; let it stand in a warm place full ten minutes ; the dregs will settle at the bottom and the coffee be perfectly clear ; pour it then into another vessel leaving the dregs in the first : add sugar 4 teaspoonfuls to the quart. If
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you can get milk, leave out five quarts of water in the above receipt, and put milk in its place.
10th .- Peas or Bean Soup for 25 men. . 1
Take 14 pounds of pork, S quarts of peas or beans, 20 quarts .of water, 25 teaspoonfuls of sugar, 12 of pepper, and several large onions, boil gently till the vegetables are soft, from four to five hours.
lith .- Receipt for a small quantity of mashed meat.
.Gut the meat in very small pieces ; heat the frying pan, put into it half a pint of water, halfa tea spoonful of salt, and a teaspoonful of flour, and let it cook fifteen minutes. Salt meat can be cooked in the same way, omiting the salt ; in its place put a small spoonful of sugar, spices or pickles, chop- ped fine, dish it on to some ship biscuit. Steaks, chops, saus- .sages, bacon, or slices of any kind of meat can be cooked in a frying pan, with a little melted fat at the bottom. Salt meat should always be soaked.
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