Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-04-02

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Icourt-martial against any person con
victed as spy or deserter, VI of mu
!. tiny or murder /; and hereafter sen
tences in punishment of these offenc
es may be carried into execution up
on the approval Of the commanding
general 10 the field.
SEC. % And be IL further enacted, That
courts-martial shall have power to
sentence officers who shall absent
themselves from their commands with
out leave, to be reduced to the ranks
to serve three years or during the war
SEC. o. And be IL further enacted, That the
clothes, arms, military outfits, and ac.
coutrements furnished by the United
States TO any soldier shall not be sold,
bartered, exchanged, pledged, loaned,
or given away; and no person not a
soldier, or duly authorized officer OF
the United States, who has possession
Of any such clothes, arms, military
outfits, or accoutrements, furnished as
aforesaid, and which have been the
subjects of any such sale, barter, ex
change, pledge, loan or gifs, shall
have any right, title, or interest there
in; but the same may be seized and
taken wherever found by any officer
of the United States, civil or military,
and shall thereupon be delivered to
any quartermastcr, or other officer au-
thorized to receive the same and the
possession Of any such clothes, arms,
military outfits, or accoutrementss by
any person not a soldier or officer ct
the United States, shall be prima facie
evidence of such sale, barter, ex-
change, pledge, loan, or gift as afore.
said.
/ SEC. "a. And Be Il further enacted, That eve
ry person not subject to the rules and
articles Of war who shall procure or
entice, or attempt to procure or en-
tice,a soldier 10 the service of the
United States to desert or who shall
harbor, conceal, or give employment
to q deserter, or carry him away, or
aid in carrying him away, knowing
him to be such or who shall purchase
from any soldier his arms, equipments,
ammunition, uniform, clothing, or any
part thereof and any captain or com
manding officer OF any ship or vessel,
or any superintendent or conductor Of
any railroad, or any other public con-
veyance, carrying away any such sol
dicr as one of his crew or otherwise !,
knowing him to have deserted, or shall
refuse to deliver him up to the orders
Of his commanding officer, shall, upon
legal conviction, be fined, at the dis
cretion of any court having cogni-
zance Of the same, in any sum not ex-
ceeding five hundred dollars. and he
shall be imprisoned not exceeding two
years nor less than six months. f-
SM. 25. lind be u further enacted That il
any person shall resist any draft OF
men enrolled under this act into the
service of the United States, or shall
counsel or aid any person to resist any
| such draft or shall assault or OBJ
struct any officer in making such
draft, or in the performance OF any
service in relation thereto; or shall
counsel any person to assault or OBJ
struct any such officer, or shall coun-
sci any drafted men not to appear at
the place of rendezvous, or wilfully
dissuade them from the performance
of military duty as required by law,
such person shall be subject to sum-
mary arrest by the provost marshal,
and he shall be forthwith delivered To
the civil authorities. aud upon con-
viction thereof, be punished by "A fine
J not exceeding five hundred dollars, or
by imprisonment not exceeding two
years, or by both of said punishments,
\ SEC 26 And Be further enacted, That, inn
mediateiys after the passage OF this
act, the President shall issue his pro-
clamation declaring that all soldiers
now absent from their regiments with
out leave may return within time
specified to such place or places as he
may indicate in his proclamation, and
DO restored to their respective regi.
ments without punishment except the
! forfeiture of their pay and allowances
during their absence and all deser-
ters who shall not return within the
time specified by the President, shall
upon being arrested, be punished ss
the law provides. , 5la gaio 5taf !
SEC. "a. And BE- IL further enacted, That depo-
sitions Of witnesses residing beyond
the limits of the State, Territory, or
district in which military courts shall
be ordered to sit, may be taken in
cases not capital by either party and
read in evidence /; provided the same
shall be taken upon reasonable notice
to the opposite party, and duly au-
thenticated.
SIC. 2S. And bea further enacted, That the
Judge advocate shall have power to
appoint reporter, whose duty it shall
be to record the proceedings and tes-
timony taken before military courts
instead Of the judge advocate and
such reporter may take down such
proceedings and testimony in the first
instance in short hand. The reporter
shall be sworn or affirmed faithfully to
perform his duty before entering upon
t.
SIC. %. Anibs Il further enacted, That the
court shall, for reasonable cause, grant
Ia continuance to either party for such
ttime and as often as shall appear to
be just Prorided, That il the pris-
.oncr be in close confinement, the trial
shall not be delayed for period
longer than sixty days. -,
sEc. 80 And be Il further enacted, That in
time Of war, insurrection. or rebellion,
murder, assault and battery with in
tent to kill, manslaughter, mayhem,
wounding by shooting or stabbing
with an intent to commit murder, rob
berry, arson, burglary, rape. assault
and battery with an intent to commit
rape. and larceny. shall be punishable
by the sentence of general court
martial or military commission, when
committed by persons who are in the
military service Of the United States,
aud subject to the articles OF war !;
and the punishments for such offences
shall never be less than those inhict-
ed by the laws of the State Terrific
nv, or district in which they may have