Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-07-23
ARMoRY Co. GA" 9th Regt. n. G. Pa.
TowANDA, Pa, July 10th, 1881.
GENERAL ORDER No. Z.

ARMoRY Co. GA" 9th Rcgt. n. G.. Pa. !
TowANDA, PA, July 10th, 1881.
GENERAL ORDER Mo-
The Legislature at its last session passed furth-
cr supplement the Militery Code of Pennsy lvania,
which has been promulgated by General Orders
No. O. from headquarters National Guard OF Penn
sylvania.
The following are among the provisions of the
said Act, approved June Sth, 1881
/. That there shall be held once in every year an
cncampment of the National Guard, not to exceed
eight days duration at such time and place as the
commander in Chief shall direct; the annual in
spcction by the Adiutant General, shall he made
during said encampmcnt; the troops shall be en-
titled to transportation, and subsistence and be
paid for five days only, follows 1st Sergt, So 90;
Sergts. 50 90; Corporals 81 IS; musicians and
priyates, 81 30 per day. Companies shall be m
spected duling the month of April or May, of each
year, at their company rendezvous, for which no
pay is allowed.
Sections I, 9, 10, II, II, Is, IA and To- OF sald
Act reads as follows:
That any soldier falling to appear upon any Soc-
cason of duty to which he shall be ordered, by ms
proper commanding officer shall be subject to tl1al
hy such Court Martial as the Brigade Commander
may direct and upon conviction, falling to render
good and sufficient cause therefor, shall be sentcnc-
ed f. pay a fine not exceeding twenty five dallars,
or upon his failure to pay such fine within twenty
DAYS to term Of Imprisonment not exceeding
tlii ~ DAYS, as such Court MG ltial may direct.
SECTION 9. That when the fines or dues imposed
by the Company BYLAWS, shall amount in The a9-
gegate to five dolla :, the person delinquent may
he prosecuted before a rcgimcntal battalion
present sat sfactory excuse he shall be sentenced
70 pay the same, on his failure so to do, within
twenty days after such sentence, to undergo an i'm
prisonmcnt not exceeding five days.
SECTION 10. Every arm. uniform and equipment
issued bv the State, shall he used only in the dis
Charge of military duty, and any non-c commissioned
officer or private, who shall willfully or wantonly,
iniure or destroy any Uni sorm, arm, equipment or
other property belonging to the State, or the regi
nient or battalion, or company, and refuse to make
good such injury or loss, or who shall SELL dispose
Of secrete or remove the same with intent to sell
or dispose thereof who shall fail within six days
after being notified o return the same to the Sta e
or commanding officer, shall be tried by Court
Martial and sentenced t0 pay Il line OF not more
lan fifty dollars, undergo an imprisonment IN
the county Jail of not more than sixty days, ana all
clothing camp and garrison equipments, ordnance
ordinance stores and quartermaser stores issued by
the State or fabrcatcs from material issuedby the
State, and charged against the company allowance,
or for which commulaton has been paid, shall be
the property of the State of Pennsylvania.
SECTION II. If any person shall knowingly and
Willfully purchase receive in pawn or pledge,
aLy arm accoutrement article of military clothing,
or equipment tent or fly or any quartermaster or
ordinance store, the property OF the state OF Penn
syVania he shall be guilty OF misdcmcanor and
being convicted thereof in any Court of Quarter
Sessions of the proper counties shall be sentenced to
an Imprisonment not exceeding one year and hne
nor exceeding three hundred dollars.
SECTION II. The publication according to militia
ry usage of the printed or written ordets, from or
through regiment or battalion headquarters, by the
company commander, or plcSci lOcd IN thc oE-lawS,
announcing the duty to he cltotmed, shall be sui
fl lent warning to the officer soldier directed to
perform such duty.
~ECTIoN Is. That military duty shall require the
attendance of commissioned officers, non-commiS
stoned officers, musicians and prvates ON al occa
siOns of drills, parades, cncampmentS and active
scrvic, ordered by the commanding officer OF the
company, regiment battalion, brigade, division of
the commanders -in-chcf or provided tor by the com
pany bylaws, unless excused thcrefrom by the Of
iicrr having authority to graut such excuses; anG
that while such duty, or going to or returhlnd
from the same, ob, dicncA shall be rendered to all
rules, regulations usagcs. customs and requirements
fo the army of the United states and OF the code
and regulations of the State of Pennsylvania.
SECTION II. All fines and penalties imposed and
collected through the sentence OF court martial shall
be paid TO the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
SECTION -. That the keepers and wardcns OF all
county iails required to receive and coniinc all
military offenders when delivered under the proper
certificate of commitment OF general or rcgnncnta
court-martial or Il field officers court.
II. Attendance at drills, parades cncampments
and such duty as is required by company bylaws
is now deDlanded of all who members of the
service will be dealt with as provided in above sec
tons.
III. For the benefit ofthe command, it is announ'-
ed that the Annual Encampmcnt for 1881 will proba
hlV be held Wilkes Barre or l'anVie and contin-
ue for about seven days between the 10Th and Zoth
of August. All members of the company should
make the necessary and proper arrangements to be
able to render such service, since none can now be
excused unless for sickness The captain Is requir
ed to account for all men on the rolls under oath
and all men not present at the coming encampment
and inspection. will be reported absent pthtOW
ieuUe unless excused on account ot sickness or ABB
scnce from the State.
w Each man in the company shares in the cred
it Of receiving good report for the company at the