Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1863-02-27
Vol. VIII.---No. 90.

| " AZ tuliituIY COuTJS Shall
be ordered to sit may be taken, in cases
not capital, by either party, and read in
evidence, provided the same shall be TAX
en- upon reasonable notice to the opposite
party, and duly authenticated
Sec. %. And lie 1t further enacted,
That the Judge Advocate shall have pow
err to appoint reporter, whose duty il
shall be to record the proceedings of and
testimony taken before military courts in
stead of the Judge Advocate, and such
reporter may take down such proceedings
and testimony in the first instance in
shorthand. The reporter shall be sworn
or affirmed faithfully to perform his duty
before entering upon it.
Sec. 20. Aad be IL further enacted,
That the court shall, for reasonable cause,
grant continuance to either party for
such time and as often as shall appear to
be just ProUided, That if the prisoner
be in close confinement the trial shall not
be delayed for a period longer than sixty
days.
Sec 30. And be It further enacted,
That in time of war. insurrection, or re-
bellion, murder, assault and battery with
intent to kill, manslaughter, mayhem,
wounding by shooting or stabbing with
an intent to commit murder, robbery, ar
son, burglary, rape, assault and battery
with intent to commit rape, and larceny,
shall be punishable by the sentence of
general court-martial of military COM
mission, when committed by persons who
are in the military service of the United
States, and 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 Il further enacted,
That any officer absent from duty with
out leave, except for sickness or wounds,
shall, during his absence, receive half of
the pay and allowance prescribed by law.
and no more and any officer absent with
out leave shall, in addition to the penal
ties prescribed by law or court martial.
forfeit all pay or allowances during such
! absence.
Sec. 80, And be Il further enacted,
That the commanders Of regiments and
: Of batteries in the field are hereby au-
, thorized and empowered to grant fur
loughs for a period not exceeding thirty
! days at any one time, to five per centum
, of the nom commissioned officers and pri-
Yates, for good conduct in the line of
duty.
Sec. 33. and be IL further enacted.
That the President'of the United States
is hereby authorized and empowered, du-
ring the present rebellion, to call forth
the national forces by draft, in the man
ner provided by this act
Sec. "a. And be IL further enacted,
That all persons drafted under the pro.
visions of this act shall be assigned by
the President to military duty in such
corps, regiments, or other branches Of
the service as the exigencies of the SER
vice may require.
Sec. 35. and be IL further enacted,
That hereafter details to special service
shall only be made with the consent Of
:, the commanding officer of forces in tho
field; and enlisted men, now or hereaf,
ter detailed to special service shall not
receive any extra pay for such services
beyond that allowed to other enlisted
men.
! Sec. 30. And be 10 further enacted,
That general orders Of the War Depart
ment, numbered one hundred and fifty
four and one hundred and sixty-two, in
reference TO enlistments from the volun-
teers into the regular service DO, and the
same are hereby rescnded. And here
after no such enlistments shall be allowed.
Sec. 81. and be u further enacted,
That the grades created in the cavalry
forces OF the United States by section
eleven Of the act approved seventeenth
July, eighteen hundred and sixty-two,
and for which no rate Of compensation
has been provided, shall be paid as fol-
lows, to wit: regimental commissary tho
same as regimental quartermaster chief
trumpeter the same as chief bugler sad
dler sergeant the same as rcgimental COM
mlssary sergeant; company commlssary
sergeant the same as company quarter
masters sergeant. Pr0Utded That tho
grade Of supernumerary second lieute-
uuub uuu LWO LcdulbbcIS iOi '"Sh Company
, and one chief farrier and blacksmith for
r each regiment, as allowed by said section
Of that act, be and they are hereby abo-
lished and each cavalry company may
have two trumpeters. to be paid as bu-
I, glors; and each regiment shall have ono
: veterinary surgeon, with the rank Of a
:. rcgimental sergeant-major, whose com
pensation shall be seventy five dollars per
month
E1- A little boy asked his mother
= what blood relations meant. She ex-
planned TO him that it signifed near re-
latives, etc. After thinking moment
he said: "Then, mother, you must be
the bloodiest relation Two got"
. ES- An exchange speaks Of Loyejoy