The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-03-14

any person convicted as a spy or deserter,
or of mutiny or murder and hereafter
sentences in punishment Of these offences
may be carried into execution upon the
approval of the Commanding General in
the field.
SEC. %. And be 1t further enacted, That
courts martial shall have power to sentence
officers who shall absent themselves from
their commands without leave to be re-
duced to the ranks to serve three years or
during the war.
SrC. %. And be it further enacted That
all persons in times of war or rebellion
found lurking or acting as spies about the
fortifications or camps of the army shall
be tried by general court martial or mill
tary commission, aud on conviction shall
suffer death
SEC. "a. And be it further enacted That
the clothes, arms, military outfits and ac
ceutrements furnished by the United States
to any soldier shall not be sold battered
exch changed, pledged, loaned or given away;
and no person not a soldier or duly au-
thorized officer of the United States, who
has possession of any such clothes, arms,
military outfits or accoutrsments, Furnish
ed as aforesaid, and which have been the
subjects of any such sale, barter, exchange,
pledge, loan or gift, shall have any tight
title or interest therein; but the same
may be seized and taken whenever found
by any officer Of the United States, civil
or military, and shall thersupou be deliv-
cred to any Quartermaster or other officer
authorized to receive the same; and the
possession of any such clothes, arms, mill
tary outfits or accoutrements by any per
son not a soldier or officer of the United
States shall be prin,a facie evidence Of such
sale, barter, exchange, pledge, loan or gift
as aforesaid
SEC. %. And be it further enacted, That
every person not subject to the rules and
articles Of war who shall procure or entice,
or attempt to procure or entics, soldier
in the service of the United States TO de-
sert, or who shall harbor, conceal, or give
employment to i deserter, or carry hlm
away, or AID in Carrying him away. know
ing him to be such, or who shall purchase
from any soldier his army equipments,
ammunition, uniform, clothing, or aay
part thereof; and any Captain, or com
lnanins officer of any ship or vessel, or
any Superintendent or Conductor of any
railroad or any other public conveyance,
carrying away any such soldier as one of
his crew or otherwise. knowing him to
have deserted, or shall refuse 10 deliver
him up TO the order. of his commanding
officer, shall, upon legal conviction, be
fined, at the discretion OF any court hav
ing cognIzance of the same, IN any sum
not exceeding five hundred dollars and he
shall be imprisoned not exceeding two
years nor less than six months.
SIC. 26 And be it further enacted,
That if any person shall resist any draft
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service of the United States, or shall couu-
sci or aid any such person to resist any
such draft, or shall assault or obstruct any
officer in making such draft, or Ia the per
tormance of any service In relation there
TO, or shall counsel any person 10 assault
or obstruct auy such officers, or shall con
Sc! any drafted men not 10 appear at the
place OF rendezvous, or wIliuliy dlssuade
them from the performance OF military
duty, a. required 10y law, such person
shall be subject to summary arrest by the
Provost Marshal, and shall forthwith be
delivered to the civil authorities, aud upon
conviction thereof, bs punished by tine
not exceeding five hundred dollare, or Oy
imprisonment not exceeding two years, or
by both of said punishments
SIC. -. And be It further enacted, That.
Immediately after tie passage of this act,
the President shall issue his proclamation
declaring that all soldiers now absent from
their regiments without leave MAJ return
within time specified 10 such places he
may indicate in his proclamation, and be
restored 10 Their respective regiments
without punishment, except the forfeiture
of their pay aud allowance during their
absence and all deserters who shall not
return within the time specified by the
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punished as the law provides.
SEC IS. And be il further enacted. That
depositions of witnesses residing beyond
the limits of the State, Territory or dis
irIct in which military courts shall be
ordered to sit may be taken in cases not
capital by either party, and read in evi-
dence, provided the same shall be taken
upon reasonable notice 10 the opposite
party and duly authenticated.
SEC 20 And be il further enacted That
the Judge Advocate shall have power to
appoint reporter, whose duty II shall be
to report the proceedings OF, and testimony
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 faith
fully to perform his duty before entering
upon it.
SEC 80 And be it further enacted, That
the court shall for reasonable cause, grant
a continuance to either party for such
time and often as shall appear to be
just: Protided, That if the prisoner be in
close confinement the trial shall not be
delayed for a period longer than sixty
days
SEC 81 And be it further enacted, That
in time of war; insurrectlon Oh rebellion.
murder, assault and battery with an intent
to kill, man slaughter, mayhem, wounding
by shooting or stabbing with an intent 10
commit murder. robbery. arsou, burglary
rape, assault and battery with an intent
to commit rape, and larceny, shall be pun
ishable by the sentence of general court
martial or military commission when COM
mitted by persons who are III the military
service Of the United States aud subject to
the articles of war; and the punishment
for such offences shall never be less than.
those inflicted by the laws of the State,
Territory or district in which they may
have been committed
Sec 81 And be it further enacted, That
any officer absent from duty with leave,
except for sickness or wounds, shall, during
his absence, receive half OF the pay and
allowances prescribed by law, and no more;
and any officer absent without leave shall,
in addition to the penalties prescribed by
law or a court martial, forfeit all pay or
allowances during such absence.
SEC 33. And be it further enacted, That
the commanders OF regiments and bat
teries in the field are hereby authorised
and empowered to grant furloughs for a
period not exceeding thirty days at any
one time to five per centum Of the non.
officers and privates, for
good conduct in the line of duty.
SEc. 81. And be it further enacted, That
the President of the United States is
hereby authorized and empowered, during
the present rebellion, to call forth the |