The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-11-02
select Articles Of war.

( Taken from he Revised Regulations yor tls
Agniu p,lbisbad ~ ne We~ 1rpaffaresit.
lS6liJor tie government Of The military
service i0iA tie iginaction Of he Secretary
Of Var that hey be strictly o5ss'Ved)
Ar, 80. Every officer commanding in
quarters, garrisons, or on the march, shall
keep good order, and TO the utmost of his
power redress all abuses and disorders
which may be committed by any officer
or soldier under his command; II, upon
complaint made 30 him Of officers or sol
diers beating or otherwise ill-treating
any person, or disturbing fairs or markets,
or of committing any kind of riots, TO
the disquieting of the citizens of the
United States. he, the said commander,
who shall omit or refuse 10 see justice
done to the offender or offenders, and
reparation made to the parties injured,
as far as part of the offenders pay shall
enable him or them, shall, upon proof
thereof, be cashiered, or otherwise pun
ished, as general court martial may
direct
ART. 80, When any commissioned off,
Ger or soldier shall be accused of capi-
tai crime, or of having used violence, OF
committed any offence against the person
or property of any citizen of any of the
United States, such as is punishable by
the known laws of the land, the COM
msnding officer and officers of any regi-
ment, troop or company, to which the
person or persons accused shall belong,
are hereby required, upon application
duly made by, or in behalf Of, the party
injured, to use their ut,nost endeavours
to deliver over such accused person or
persons TO the civil magistrate, and like
wise to be aiding and assisting the OIL
GERS of justice in apprehendiDg and Sc
curing the persons so accused, in order to
bring them to trial. If any commanding
officer or officers shall wilfully neglect,
or shall refuse to deliver over such per-
sons, the officer or officers
so offending, shall be cashiered.
ART 81. Any officer or soldier who
shall misbehave himself 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 or ammunition
or who shall gut his post or oolors 10 pItndey
and Pillage, every such offender, being
duly convicted thereof, shall suffer death,
or such other punishment as shall be or
dered by the sentence Of general court
martial,
ART, 81. 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-felds
| Enclosures Of meadows, on shall malicioush
destroy agy property whatsoever belonging t
the inhabitants of the United States, IN.
less by order of the then COMMANDMENT.
Chief of the armies of the said States
shall, (besides such penalties as they arr
liable to by law,) be punished according
TO the nature and degree Of the oifense
| by the judgment of a regimental or gen
eral court-martial.
~ ART. Sc. Whoeuer shall relieve tn
enemy with money, victuals, or ammuni
ton, or shall knowingly barber or pro
tect an enemy, shall suffer death or sucl
other punishment as shall be ordered b,
the sentence of court martial.
or ART. 81. Whoever shall be con
yicted of holding correspondence with 0
giving intelligence 10 the enemy eithe
directly or indirectly, shall suffer deati
or such other punishment as shall
ordered by the sentence Of court
martial.