Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-09-19


shall be appointed in such regiment beyond
those necessary for the command of such re-
duced number.
Sec. 81. And be it further enacted, That
so much Of the fifth section of the act ap.
proved seventeenth July, eighteen hundred
and sixty-two, entitled An act to amend
an act calling forth the militia to execute the
laws Of the Union," and so forth, as requires
the approval of the President to carry into
execution the sentence of court-martial,
be. .Sd the same is hereby, repealed, as far
as relates to carrying into execution the SEN
tence Of any court-martial against any per-
son convicted as a spy or deserter, or of mu
tiny or murder; and hereafter sentences in
punishment Of these offenses may be carried
into execution upon the approval of the COM
manding- general in the field.
Sec. %. And be 1t further enacted, That
courts-martial shall have the power to sem
tence officers who shall absent themselves
from their commands without leave, to be
reduced to the ranks to serve three years or
during the war.
Sec. %. And be 1t further enacted. That
That the clothes, arms, military outfits, and
acoutrements 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 author
lied officer Of the United States, who has
possession of any such clothes, arms, mill
tary outfits, or accoutrements, furnished as
aforesaid, and which have been the subjects
of any such sale, barter, exchange, pledge,
loan, or gift, shall have any right, title, or in
tcrcst therein; but the same may be seized,
taken wherever found by any officer of the
United States, civil or military, and shall
thereupon be delivered to any quartermastcr
or other officer authorized to receive the
same; and the possession of any clothes,
arms, military outfits, or accoutrements, by
any person not soldier or officer of the
United States, shall be prima .fac;e evidence
of such sale, barter, exchange, pledge, loan
or gift, as aforesaid.
| Sec. "a. and be It .turthrr enacted, That
every person not subject to the rules and art
iclcs Of war who shall procure or entice, or
attempt to procure or entice, soldier in the
service of the United States to desert or
who shall harbor, conceal, or give employ
mcnt to a deserter, or carry him away,
knowing him to be such or who shall pur-
chase from any soldier his arms, equipments,
ammunition, uniform, clothing, or any part
thereof; and any captain or commanding Of
ticcr of any ship or vessel, or any supcrin-
tcndcnt 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
to deliver him up to the orders of his COM
manding 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.
Sec 25. And be 1t further enacted. That
if 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 as
sault or obstruct any officer in making such
draft, or in the performance Of any service
in relation thereto; or shall counsel any per-
son to assault or obstruct any such officer,
or shall counsel any drafted men not to ap-
pear at the place of rendezvous, or wilfully
dissuadc them from the performance Of mill
tary duty as required by law, such person
shall be subject to summary arrest by the
provost marshal, and shall be forthwith de-
| iivcrcd to the civil authorities, and, upon
conviction thereof, be punished by fine not
exceeding five bundled dollars or by impris-
onmcnt not exceeding two years, or BY both
of said punishments.
Sec. 26. And be it further enacted, That
Immediately after the passage of this act, the
President shall issue his proclamation declar-
ing that all soldiers now absent from their
regiments without leave may return within a
time specified to such place or places as he
may indicate in his proclamation. and be re-
stored to their respective regiments without
punishment, except the forfeiture Of their
pay and allowances during their absence; |;
and all deserters who shall not return within
the time so specified by the President shall.
upon being arrested, be punished as the law
provides.
Sec. 81. and be it further enacted, That
dispositions 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 authentica-
ted.
Sec. %. And be IL further enaxted, Tha'
the Judge advocate shall have power to ap-
point reporter, whose duty it shall be to
record the proceedings Of and testimony TAX
en- 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 it.
Sec. 20. Axd be it further enacted, That
the court shall, for reasonable cause. grant
continuance to either party for such time and