Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-30

Ia court-martial, shall be examined on
oath or affirmation, and all officers COM
posing a court-martial, shall be in full
uniform.
SEC. 81. The party tried by a court
martial shall be entitled to a copy of the
sentence, and proceeding of such court
martial after the decision, where demand
thereofby him or any p~ersonsin his be-
half; the commanding officer for the
time being shall have full power of par
doning OF mitigatinga any penalty ordered
to be inflicted on any non-commissioned
officer, musician or private, for a breach
of the provisions of this act, by court
martial; and every officer, convicted as
aforesaid, by any court-martial, may be
p~ardoned, or have penalty mitigated by
the officer ordering said court-martiai.
Sec. 81. The rules and articles of
war, and the rules and customs which
govern a court-martial, composed of off
GERS of the army of the United States,
shall in all respects govern all court
martials held under the provisins of this
act, and the comander-in chief major
generals, shall have power to order a
court-martih to be held at such time
and place as they think proper when the
same may be necessary to carry into
effect any of the provision of this act
not herein expressly provided for, and
in all cases, the officer ordering the court
martial may confirm or disapprove the
sentence thereof.
SEC. 63. Any superior may, imme-
diatly after he has arrested any officer,
appoint no less han three nor over
FIVE officers, as near the rank of the off :
GERS arrested, as he can conveniently get
for the purpose, and shall summon them
to meet at a certain time and place, and
when met, shall constitute a court of in
quiry, whose duty it shall be to inquire
into the charges on which such officer
was arrested, and if a majority of said
court are satisfied that such charges are
not sufficient to cause a court-martial to
assembly in said case, or if they are sat
isfed the charges are sufficient, they
shall, in either case, forthwith reportthe
same under seal to the officer who order
ed the arrest, and such officer ordering
the arrest shall Immediately after re-
ceiving the report of the said court, Ell
Their discharge the officer arrested or sum
l4OH court ludI Illi 1OIGhN I'LL ~ IEJ nIll.
The officer ordering the arrest shall be
governed by the court ofinquiry and the
members and witnesses attending a court
of inquiry shall be paid as the members
and witnesses of a court martial are paid.
and officers who orders the arrest shall
designate what officers is to preside over
the court Of inquiry, which court shall
have the same power to compel the at
tendance of witnesses as cour martials,
and either party may serve any process
allowed by court-martial, and all officers
composing a court of inquiry shall be
in full uniform.
Sec. CT. There shall be allowed to
the officers composing any division, brig
AIDE, r~cgimential, squadron,or battalion
court martial, and to the judge advocate
thereof, one dollar and fifty cents for
each day they may be necessarily en-.
4x6eedin Observation-Disclosures -at'
tending at such; the provost marshal
such compensation as is allowed to sher,
iii, for similar services in civil cases, and
to each witness twenty-five cents for
each day he may attend under a sum
mons, and for each day in travelling to
and from the same, which compensation
shall be paid out of the state treasury
on the order ofthe president ofthe court
martial, which order the auditor of state
shall endorse.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Sec. 65. The commander in-chief,
whenever, in his opinion, it becomes
necessary, may Organize a subsistence
or commissary department by appoint
ing a commissary general, or a general
of a subsistence department., with the
rank of briSadier general, and such 9th
er assistant commissaries as hemay think
necessary, or the good of the service may
require, with such rank as is conferred
on officers of the same station in the
army of the United States and may also
appointsuch number ofstorekeapers and
other officers as the good oil the service
may require, and may order any or all
such officers in actual service when their
services becomes necessary.
SEC. 66. The commander in-chicf,
when in his opinion, it becomes neces-
sary, may complete the organization of
the medical department by appointing a
surgeon general, with the rank of colonel
and for each division a hospital surgeon
with the rank of lieutenant colonel, and
for each brigade, a hospital surgeon,
with the rank of major, and may call
any or all ofsaid officers into actual ser
vice, when their services may be found
necessary.
SEC. 81. The adjutants ofregimcnts,
squadrons and battalions, shall attend
to, and record all returns from the com
mandant of regiments, squadrons, and
b%attalions, and record the same in a
book to be provided for that purpose,
and shall perform such other duties as
may from time to time be required of
them by the commandant of their regi-
ments, squadrons and battalions, Pro-
vided, that when any adjutant shall be
absent in command, the commanding
officer shall appoint a suitable person to
do the duty of the adjutant.
Sec. 68. That the acknowledgement
of the State shall furnish to the comman-
dant of divisions for the use of their
and brigadcs, blank forms of rolls, bonds,
of the different returns that may be re-
quired from time to time by this act, and
explain the principles on which they
should be made.
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