Rights of the citizen declared to be- privileges of citizens of the several States........ freedom of speech and of the press (2d amendment) to be exempt from the quartering of soldiers (3d to be secure from unreasonable searches and seizures ...... to be free from answering for a crime, unless on pre- not to be compelled to be a witness against himself not to be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without in criminal prosecutions, shall enjoy the right of a in civil cases, trial to be by a jury, and shall only be excessive bail shall not be required, excessive fines im- enumeration of certain rights shall not operate against Rules, each house shall determine its own... S Seat of government, exclusive legislation....... Searches and seizures, security against (4th amendment).................... Senate, how chosen, classed, and terms of service........ qualifications of senators....... Vice-President to be President of the..... shall choose their officers.......... shall be the judge of the elections and qualifications of its members........ what number shall be a quorum... Senate, any number may adjourn and compel attendance of absentees.............. may determine its rules......... may punish or expel a member.. shall keep a journal, and publish the same, except shall not adjourn for more than three days, nor to any effect of their judgment on impeachment... not questioned for any speech or debate...... senator shall not be elector...... Senators and representatives, elections of, how prescribed....... 1 5 3 36 1 7 1 36 1 3 6 35 1 3 7 35 1 entering into treaty, alliance, or confederation.......... 1 10 making any thing a tender but gold and silver coin.... 88888 keeping troops or ships of war in time of peace......... State or a foreign power.. States, new, may be admitted into the Union.......... may be formed within the jurisdiction of others, or by .......... ................. 1 10 2 39 1 10 2 39 1 10 2 39 Supreme Court. (See Court and Judiciary.) Art. Sec. Par. Page .. 50 Territory or public property, Congress may make rules con- two witnesses, or confession, necessary for convic- punishment of, may be prescribed by Congress....... 3 Treasury, money drawn from, only by appropriation........ the supreme law.......... States cannot make.. V 8 1 3 46 13 3 ∞ ∞ 1261 3 1 43 2 43 1 10 1 39 2 44 3 46 7 39 1 43 Vacancies happening during the recess may be filled tempo- in representation in Congress, how filled.......... Veto of the President, effect of, and proceedings on....... Vote of one house requiring concurrence of the other.......... W War, Congress to declare....... 1 8 10 38 Warrants for searches and seizures, when and how they shall Witness, in criminal cases, no one compelled to be, against himself, (5th amendment)... Weights and measures, standard of... 1 : : 00 8 5 37 50 Y 1 5 3 36 Yeas and Nays entered on journal......... ORIGINAL RULES AND ARTICLES OF WAR. IN CONGRESS-September 20, 1776. Resolved, That from and after the publication of the following articles, in the respective armies of the United States, the rules and articles by which the said armies have heretofore been governed,' shall be, and they are hereby repealed. SECTION 1.2 ARTICLE 1. That every officer who shall be retained in the army of the United States, shall, at the time of his acceptance of his commission, subscribe these rules and regulations. ART. 2. It is earnestly recommended to all officers and soldiers diligently to attend divine service: and all officers and soldiers who shall behave indecently, or irreverently, at any place of divine worship, shall, if commissioned officers, be brought before a general court-martial, there to be publicly and severely reprimanded by the president; if non-commissioned officers or soldiers, every person so offending shall, for his first offence, forfeit one-sixth of a dollar, to be deducted out of his next pay; for the second offence, he shall not only forfeit a like sum, but be confined for twenty-four hours; and, for every like offence, shall suffer and pay in like manner; which money, so forfeited, shall be applied to the use of the sick soldiers of the troop or company to which the offender belongs. ART. 3. Whatsoever non-commissioned officer or soldier shall use any profane oath or execration, shall incur the penalties expressed in the foregoing article; and if a commissioned officer be thus guilty of profane cursing or swearing, he shall forfeit and pay, for each and every such offence, two-thirds of a dollar. ART. 4. Every chaplain who is commissioned to a regiment, company, troop, or garrison, and shall absent himself from the said regiment, company, troop, or garrison, (excepting in case of sickness or leave of absence) shall be brought to a court-martial, and be fined not exceeding one month's pay, besides the loss of his pay, during his absence, or be discharged, as the said court-martial shall judge most proper. SECTION II. ART. 1. Whatsoever officer or soldier shall presume to use traitorous or disrespectful words against the authority of the United States in Congress 1 See Resolutions of 30th June and 7th November, 1775. 2 These rules and articles, with their supplements, were adopted for the army of the United States, under the constitution, and remained in force till 1806, when they were repealed and supplied by sec. 3, chap. 20, April 10, 1806. assembled, or the legislature of any of the United States in which he may be quartered, if a commissioned officer, he shall be cashiered; if a noncommissioned officer or soldier, he shall suffer such punishment as shall be inflicted upon him by the sentence of a court-martial. ART. 2. Any officer or soldier who shall behave himself with contempt or disrespect towards the general, or other commander-in-chief of the forces of the United States, or shall speak words tending to his hurt or dishonor, shall be punished according to the nature of his offence, by the judgment of a court-martial. ART. 3. Any officer or soldier who shall begin, excite, cause or join in any mutiny or sedition, in the troop, company, or regiment to which he belongs, or in any other troop or company in the service of the United States, or in any part, post, detachment, or guard, on any pretence whatsoever, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as by a court-martial shall be inflicted. ART. 4. Any officer, non-commissioned officer, or soldier, who, being present at any mutiny or sedition, does not use his utmost endeavor to suppress the same, or coming to the knowledge of any intended mutiny, does not, without delay, give information thereof to his commanding officer, shall be punished by a court-martial with death, or otherwise, according to the nature of the offence. ART. 5. Any officer or soldier who shall strike his superior officer, or draw, or shall lift up any weapon, or offer any violence against him, being in the execution of his office, on any pretence whatsoever, or shall disobey any lawful command of his superior officer, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall, according to the nature of his offence, be inflicted upon him by the sentence of a court-martial. SECTION III. ART. 1. Every non-commissioned officer and soldier, who shall enlist himself in the service of the United States, shall at the time of his so enlisting, or within six days afterwards, have the articles for the government of the forces of the United States read to him, and shall, by the officer who enlisted him, or by the commanding officer of the troop or company into which he was enlisted, be taken before the next justice of the peace, or chief magistrate of any city or town corporate, not being an officer of the army, or, where recourse cannot be had to the civil magistrate, before the judge advocate, and in his presence, shall take the following oath, or affirmation, if conscientiously scrupulous about taking an oath: I swear, or affirm, (as the case may be,) to be true to the United States of America, and to serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies or opposers whatsoever; and to observe and obey the orders of the Continental Congress, and the orders of the generals and officers set over me by them. Which justice or magistrate is to give the officer a certificate, signifying that the man enlisted, did take the said oath or affirmation. ART. 2. After a non-commissioned officer or soldier shall have been duly enlisted and sworn, he shall not be dismissed the service without a discharge in writing; and no discharge granted to him, shall be allowed of as sufficient, which is not signed by a field officer of the regiment into which he was enlisted, or commanding officer, where no field officer of the regiment is in the same state. |