The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-11-16
Select Articles of War.

(IaEen from tie Revised Regulations for tie
A,mH published by the Var Department.,
1861, for tie government Of the military
SERVICE aoHh tie injunction Of the Secretary
of Var that they be strictly 0bseved.)
ART. 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; If, upon
complaint made to 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 TO 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 a general court martial may
direct.
ART 50. When any commissioned Off
Ger or soldier shall be accused of CAPT
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
handing 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 utmost endeavours
to deliver over such accused person or
persons TO the civil magistrate, and like
wise to be aiding and assisting the off,
GERS of justice in apprehending and Sc
curing the persons so accused, in order 10
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 Gathered.
ART 50. 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 pIimSer
and pill0ge, 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. "a. All officers ard 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, orn-Gelds,
Enclosures Of meadows, or shall nlGlioiotIsly
destroy Gay property whatsoever belonging to
the inhabitants OF the United States, IN
less by order of the then CommaRder-in-
Chief of the armies of the said States,
shall, (besides such penalties as they are
liable 10 by law be punished according
TO the nature and degree of the ofense,
by the judgment of a regimental or gem
eral court-martial.
OF ART. Sc. HhOeUer shall relieve the
enemy with money, Victuals, or Ammuni-
ton, or shall knowingly barber or pro-
tect an enemy, shall suffer death or such
other punishment as shall be ordered by
| the sentence of a court martial.
or ART. 81. Whoever shall be con-
yicted of holding correspondence with or
giving intelligence 10 the enemy, either
directly or indirectly, shall suffer death,
or such other punishment as shall be
ordered by the sentence of a court