General Orders Affecting the Volunteer ForceU.S. Government Printing Office, 1864 |
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... districts within the United States , approved March 12 , 1863 ... ADJUTANTS . ... [ XVI 73 Regimental , in the field allowed candles at the rate of ten pounds per month ...... 102 Of volunteer cavalry and infantry regiments to be extra ...
... districts within the United States , approved March 12 , 1863 ... ADJUTANTS . ... [ XVI 73 Regimental , in the field allowed candles at the rate of ten pounds per month ...... 102 Of volunteer cavalry and infantry regiments to be extra ...
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... district to which they belong .......... 259 October 5 Members and recorder of a , to retire officers and witnesses called before it allowed same extra pay and travelling allowances as in the case of a general court - martial Enumerates ...
... district to which they belong .......... 259 October 5 Members and recorder of a , to retire officers and witnesses called before it allowed same extra pay and travelling allowances as in the case of a general court - martial Enumerates ...
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... DISTRICT COURTS , STATE COURTS ) ; suits against civil or military officers for acts done by order of the President after final judgment in , may be removed by writ of error to the Supreme Court .............. [ XI ] 73 CIVILIANS . Not ...
... DISTRICT COURTS , STATE COURTS ) ; suits against civil or military officers for acts done by order of the President after final judgment in , may be removed by writ of error to the Supreme Court .............. [ XI ] 73 CIVILIANS . Not ...
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... districts in which Mili- tary Courts shall be ordered to sit may be taken in cases not capital ; to be authenticated and taken after reasonable notice to the other party .. [ VI ] 73 DEPOTS . To be established for the reception and ...
... districts in which Mili- tary Courts shall be ordered to sit may be taken in cases not capital ; to be authenticated and taken after reasonable notice to the other party .. [ VI ] 73 DEPOTS . To be established for the reception and ...
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... DISTRICT ATTORNEYS . .. [ [ V ] 73 Within their respective districts to prosecute all violations of the law to ... District Courts ( See PRISONERS , DISTRICT COURTS ) ...... [ XI ] 73 DISTRICT COURTS . Secretaries of War and State to ...
... DISTRICT ATTORNEYS . .. [ [ V ] 73 Within their respective districts to prosecute all violations of the law to ... District Courts ( See PRISONERS , DISTRICT COURTS ) ...... [ XI ] 73 DISTRICT COURTS . Secretaries of War and State to ...
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ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE aforesaid agent allowed America in Congress appointed Approved March arms Artillery Assistant Adjutant Assistant Commissary authority belligerent Board captured case-shot Cavalry certificate charge Colonel commanding officer Commissary of Musters commissioned officers Congress assembled court descriptive roll deserters detached disbursing officer discharged district draft duty E. D. TOWNSEND enemy enrolling entitled examination expiration field furnished further enacted guns hereafter hereby horses hospitals hostile Invalid Corps law of war Lieutenant loss Medical Inspectors Medical Officer ment military service muster-in rolls mustering officer non-commissioned officers officers and enlisted ORDER Ordnance organization paid paragraph parole Paymaster payment person prescribed President prisoners prisoners of war Provost Marshal punished Quartermaster Quartermaster's Department re-enlistment re-muster rebellion receive regiments Regulations SECRETARY SECRETARY OF WAR Senate and House Sergeant Signal Officer soldiers thereof tion transportation Treasury troops United Veteran Volunteers vouchers WAR DEPARTMENT Washington
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Page 2 - States are and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
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Page 32 - An alien enemy shall not write, print or publish any attack or threats against the Government or Congress of the United States, or either branch thereof, or against the measures or policy of the United States, or against the person or property of any person in the military, naval or civil service of the United States or of the States or territories, or of the District of Columbia, or of the municipal governments therein.
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Page 174 - Congress assembled, that during the present insurrection the President of the United States, whenever in his judgment the public safety may require it, is authorized to suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in any case throughout the United States, or any part thereof...