Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10


stoned officers of like grade of the regular
army. Each mounted officer below the
grade of major and enlisted man shall be
paid reasonable per diem compensation
| for each horse actually furnished and
| used by him: Provided that when the Ma
| tional Guard of the District of Columbia
is called into the actual service of the
United States the officers and enlisted men
shall. during their time of service, be en-
| titled to the same pay and allowances as
are or may be provided by law for the
regular army.
| Strike out the whole of section 80 and
| insert in lieu thereof the following sec
| tons:
Sec. so. That the military courts of
| the District of Columbia shall be: Cen
eral courts-martial, garrison courts-mar-
| tial. the summary court. courts of in
quiry and battalion courts, now pro-
vided by law.
Sec. sea- That courts of inquiry, to
| consist of not more than three officers,
| may be ordered by the commanding gen
eral for the purpose of investigating
! the conduct of any officer, either at his
own request or on complaint or charge
| of conduct unbecoming officer. Such
court of inquiry shall report the evidence
adduced, statement of facts. and an
| opinion thereon, when required, to the
1
discretion. thereupon order a court-mar-
| tial for the trial of the officer whose
conduct has been inquired into"
Following section 81 insert the fol-
| lowing additional sections:
Sec. 54a- That the constitution and
| jurisdiction Of courts-martial, the form
and manner in which the proceedings
| of military courts shall be conducted
and reported, and the forms of oaths
and affirmations taken in the admins
| tration of military law by such courts,
| the limits of punishment and the pro-
ceedings in revisions shall be governed
by the articles Of war and the law and
procedure of the courts-martial of the
United States.
Sec. SAB. That no action or pro-,
ceeding shall be prosecuted or maintain
ed against a member of a military court,
or officer or person acting under it's au-
thority or reviewing its proceedings on
account of the approval or imposition
or execution of any sentence, or the i'm
position or collection of fine or penalty
or the execution of any warrant, writ,
execution. process, or mandate of a mill
tary court.
Sec. 51c. That the jurisdiction of the
courts and boards established by this act
shall be presumed, and the burden of
proof shall rest on any person asking to
Gust such courts or boards of Jurisdiction
in any action or proceedings.
Sec. odd. That every person not be-
longing to the National Guard of the
District of Columbia who. being duly sub
poenaed to appear as witness before
the military courts herein provided for
willfully neglects or refuses to appear or
refuses to quality as witness or to tes-
tify or produce documentary evidence
which such person may have been legally
subpoenaed to produce shall be guilty of
a mlSdpmpanDT VI
shall be punished on information In the
criminal courts of the District of Column
bia. and it shall be the duty of the United
States attorney for the District of CO.
lumbia. on certification of the facts to
him by any military court herein pro-
vided for, to file an Information against
and prosecute the person SO offending
and the punishment Of such person on
conviction shall be by fine of not more
than 500 or imprisonment not exceeding
thirty days, or both, at the discretion of
the court: Provided That this section
shall not apply to persons residing be-
yond the limits of the District of Column
Dla, and that the fees of such witness
and his mileage at the rate provided for
witnesses in the United States district
court in said District shall be duly paid
or rendered said witness: And provided,
That no witness shall be compelled to in
eliminate himself or to answer any
questions which may tend to eliminate or
degrade him.
Sec. ole. That the sentences of said
courts, whether of fine or Imprisonment,
shall be executed by the United States
marshal for the District of Columbia in
the same manner as are sentences of the
criminal courts of said District.
Sec. 54f. That whenever 1t shall ap-
pear to a regularly constituted court
martial convened under the provisions
of this act that the accused, having been
duly ordered or summoned to appear
before such court-martial for trial, has
refused or neglected SO to apear, such
court-martial shall issue a warrant or
attachment for the arrest of the accused
directed to the United States marshal for
the District of Columbia, who shall forth
with execute said warrant or attachment,
make proper return thereof to such
court-martial, and produce to such court
martial the body of the accused. If with
in the District of Columbia, and to retain
the custody thereof and continue so to
produce said body during the sessions of
such court-martial until the conclusion OF
the trial, unless sooner discharged by
said court-martial."
Following section 63 insert the follow
ing additional sections:
Sec. 81. That reserve corps Of the
National Guard of the District of
Columbia is hereby organized, to consist
of honorably discharged officers and men
of the army, the navy and the Marine
Corps of the United States, honorably
discharged officers and men of the organ
lied militia of any state or territory who
are residents of the District of Columbia
and honorably discharged members of the
National Guard of the District of
Columbia whose military training and
physical condition shall conform to the
standard determined by regulations to be
promulgated by the President of the Unit
ed States: Provided, That the term Of
enlistment in the reserve and the military
duties and obligations required of re-
servists shall be determined by regula-
tons to be promulgated by the President
OF the United States: Provided further
That when called out for military duty
reservists shall receive the same pay and
grade on the active list of the National
Guard of the District of Columbia
"Sec. GA. That all officers and enlisted
men of the National Guard Of the Dis
trict CT Columbia. both active and re-
tired, shall be exempt from jury duty.
Sec. 65 That whenever the words
state or territory are used in the act
to promote the efficiency of the militia
and for other purposes approval Janu-
airy p, 1903, they shall be held to apply
to and include the District Of Columbia
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