Military Dictionary: Comprising Technical Definitions: Information on Raising and Keeping Troops; Actual Service, Including Makeshifts and Improved Materiel; |
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abatis Act March ammunition angle appointed arms army Articles of War artillery attack authority battalion battery battle body boil bore breech brevet camp Captain carriage casemates cavalry charge colonel columbiads column commanding officer commissioned commissioned officer Congress corps counterscarp court court-martial cover defence Department detachment diameter direction distance ditch duty elevation enemy execution feet field fire flank forage force fortifications French front gabions garrison ground guard horses howitzers inches infantry judge-advocate length Lieutenant Marshal Bugeaud means ment military militia mortars musket necessary non-commissioned officer offence officer or soldier ordnance parapet party paymaster-general person piece pint President prisoner projectile punishment range rank ravelin rear regiment regulation rifle rifle musket screw Secretary of War sergeant shell shot side siege staff tion trial troops United wagons weight yards
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Page 210 - The proceedings of a court of inquiry must be authenticated by the signature of the recorder and the president, and delivered to the commanding officer, and the said proceedings may be admitted as evidence by a court-martial, in cases not capital, or extending to the dismission of an officer, provided that the circumstances are such that oral testimony cannot be obtained.
Page 238 - ... no discharge shall be given to any enlisted man before his term of service has expired, except by order of the President, the Secretary of War, the commanding officer of a department, or by sentence of a general court-martial.
Page 234 - The Secretary of War is the regular constitutional organ of the President for the administration of the military establishment of the nation, and rules and orders publicly promulgated through him must be received as the acts of the Executive, and, as such, be binding upon all, within the sphere of his legal and constitutional authority.
Page 58 - That the Subjects which are Protestants may have Arms for their Defence suitable to their Condition, and as allowed by Law.
Page 409 - Where a statute directs the doing of a thing for the sake of justice or the public good, the word 'may' is the same as the word 'shall;
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