Year: 1861

respect general officer be carried execun until after the whole proceedings shall have been the secretary be laid before the President of the Confederate States for his disapprova and orders in the All other sentences be confirmed and executed by the ordering the assemble the commanding officer for the time being the be-

 ART 66 Every officer commanding regiments appoint for s own regiment to consist o three com missoned officers for the trial and punishment of offences not capital and decide upon their For the all officers commanding any o the galsons forts barracks or other places where the troops consist of different corps assemble naa tc consist of three commissioned decide upon their

 ART 6 Nogarron or reSinena court martial shall nave the power to try capital commissioned officers neither shall they ln fine exceeding months pay mprison put to hard labor any non-conmoned officer soldier for longer tune than oh month

 ART 6S Whenever may convenient and tho public service the officers shall be associated with the officers the land forces for the purpose of holding martial and trying offenders belonging either and i'll such the orders the senior officer either corps who and duly author ized, shall be received and obeyed.

 ART 69 The judge advocate dpued by him. y the general officer commanding the detachment garrison shall the of the Confederate States but shall M consider himself counsel for the prisoner after the said a have made h pa object to leading question the witnesses question the prisoner the which mig tend to minae hmse and administer each member of the before they proceed trial the following o winch shall a be taken by all members of the regmena

 lou A. B. do that will well and truly and deter mine according evidence the matter now before between the Confederate States of Americas and the to be tried and t you will duly administer according to the provisions of An establishing rules and articles for the of the armies of the Confederate States without paaity, favor aecion and arse explained by according your the best of understanding and the custom war in k and do further that will not divuge the sentence the until shall published by the proper authority neither vii you disclose discover the opinion of particular memle the martial unless required to give evidence thereof wit by of justice, in due of law So help od' And the said oath shall have been administered the peve members the president of shall admntero the judge advocate person officiating such, oath the following words

 You A. B. do that you will not disclose discover tho opinion of particular member of the court martial nns required give evidence thereof witness by court of justice dvulg the the but h proper authority until it shall be duly disclosed by the same So hell l you Cod'

 ART TO- When prisoner aagned before general martial shall obnacy and deliberate design stand mute for esn to the the court proceed to trial and judgment the prisoner had regularly pleaded not guilty.

 ART IT, When member shall be challenged by prisoner he mus his of challenge which the court shall after due dba the relevancy validity and decide accong and challenge than member at tme shall be received ny the court.

 72 All the members of martial behave witt ecency and and giving their votes begin with the youngest in commission.

 73 All persons who give evidence before martial be examined oath affirmation, in the following form

 You am Gas the may be the evidence you ha in the cause now in hearing shall be the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth. So hep you God.'

 the trials of capital before martial tn deposition of witnesses, the line staff of the army taken before justice of the and read evidence provided prosecutor and accused the taking the duly notified thereof.

 ART 75 No by general by of inferior rank if be avoided Nor shall pro ceedngs excepting morning, and three the afternoon excepting which il the opinion of the officer appointing the martial require mme ART person shall any mnacng words signs gestures presence of ourtmaltial shall dsoe riot disturb their proceedings the penalty of being punished at the discretion of the said court-martial

 Anr Whenever any officer shall be charged with crime, h shall be arrested and confined his barracks quarters or tent nc deprived his sword by the commanding officer And any office who shall his confinement before he shall be liberty his commanding officer a superior officer shall be slcnd

 ARr soldiers shall be confined until tried by martial released by ope

 Ahr 9 shall pnt in arrest, shall tnu confinement tEan eight days, until such time martial can be assembled.

 ART commanding guard provost marshal al keep prisoner committed to his charge by officer belonging the the Confederate provided committing sha the time deliver writing signed by himself of the crime with which the said prisoner charged ART No commanding guard or.provost marshall shal

 

 authority doing shall he suffer any person escape, M penalty being punished for by the of

 ART Every provost marshal whose charge prisoners committed, shall within four hours after such men or as as guard make report writing commanding officer otheir names their crimes the officers who committed then the penalty being punished by dsobeence neglect the a martial ART Any commissioned convicted general conduct unbeconng officer and gentleman shall be dis missed the service.

 ART S4 where mara may think proper sen officer be supen led from have power suspend command they power also

 snend his pay and emouments for the same tme according to tb nature and heinousne of the offence.

 AnT s5 In all cases where commissioned officer cashecl fo cowace or fraud shall be added the sentence crime name place abode and punishment of the delinquent published in the newspapers camp the particular state from which offender where he usually resides which shall be anaous for officer associate with him.

 ART The commanding officer of any post detachment court martial ha in which require the cognizance order assembled the post detachment and the with be transported the where the said court shall be assembled ART S person shall be sentenced to suffer dea but by the thirds of the members of general nor except herein expressly menoned more a fy ashes be inflicted denr discretion o couraoq and no officer commissioned officer soldier follower the army shall be tried a second time for the offence.

 ART person shall be liable to be tried and punished gen era court martial any offence which shall appear com md years before the issuing the order trial person. by having abened himself other manifest impedmen shall have been amenabe justice within that period

 ART 89 Every officer authorized order general martial shall pardon mitigate punishment ordered by the of death of caseng officer; which authority by article 66 carry exc cution suspend until the pleasure of the President

 States be known which suspension together with copies proceedings the martial the said immediately transmit his And the colonel o commanding officer of the regiment garrison where garrison martial shall be hed pardon or nioate any punishment ordered by such court to be inflicted

 ART Every person officiating as such at any