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SIXTY -FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 418. 1916. 669 "The rovisions of this article shall be a licable to inm ¤¤¤di¤’ Hm in- United Sizates Soldiers’ Home who die in zig? United Statgsmriiilitdii; %3¤ih§ii posp1talt;1>pts;de of the District of Columbia where sent from the home °'i°'°'°°*“‘““‘· or rea en . "An·r. 113. INQU'ESTS.—Wh6H at an ost, fort, cam or other ‘“‘¤°°““· place garrisoned by the mihtary forces ogtllie United Stategand imder the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, any person shall have been_found dead under circumstances which appear to require investigation, the commanding officer will designate and direct a summary court-martial to investigate the circumstances attending the death; and, for this purpose, such summary court··martial shall have power to summon witnesses and examine them upon oath or affirmation. He promptly transmit to the post or other commander a re ort of his investigation and of his Endings as to the cause of the déatg. "An·r. 114. Aurnomrr TO Anmmrsrnn 0A·rrrs.-Any judge advo- ,,,°,*§,,°"“,,,,S,,°“,, "’°'*'°'* cate or acting judge advocate, the president of a general or special mn"` court-martial, any summary court-martial, the judge advocate or any assistant judgp advocate of a general or special court-martial, the president or the recorder of a court of inquiry or of a military board, any officer designated to take a deposition, any officer detailed to conduct an. investigation, and the adjutant of an command shall hayxolpower to administer oaths for the purposes of the administration of 'tary justice and for other urposes of military administration; and m foreign places where the Krmy may be shall have the 5oneral powers of a notary public or of a consul of the United States in e administration of oaths, the execution and acknowledgment of l?al instruments, the attestation of documents, and all other forms 0 notarial acts to be executed by persons subject to military law. "Am·. 115. Ar1>o1Nrm·:m· or Rmronmas aim 1’NTERPRETERS.—· B"°'°'”· Under such regulations as the Secretary of War may from time to time prescribe, the president of a court—martial or commission, or a court of inquiry shall have dpower to appoint a reporter, who shall record the proceedings of an testimony taken before such court or commission and may set down the same, in the first instance, umrpmm in shorthand. Under like regulations the president of a court-martial ` or military commission, or court of inquiry, or a summary court, may appoint an interpreter, who shall interpret for the court or commission. ‘Anr. 116. Pownas or Assrsram Jeroen ADVOCATES.—··—AIl assist- v0g;;;*¤¤* 1¤dz¤ ¤d· ant judge advocate of a general court-martial shall be competent to ` perform any duty devolved by law, regulation, or the custom of the service upon the judge advocate of the court. "ARr. 117. Remover or crvn. sUrrs.——When any civil suit or crimi· rm}i¤°°ia'iiii°i$iYaiis€¤usi°i nal prosecution is commenced any court of a State agoinst any mumoflicer, soldier, or other person m the military service of the United States on account of any act done under color of his office or status, or in respect to which he claims any right, title, or authority under any law o the United States respecting the military forces thereof, or under the law of war, such suit or prosecution may at any time before the trial or final hearing thereof be removed for trial into the district court of the United States in the district where the same is pending in the manner prescribed in section thirty-three of the Act entitled ‘An V°'·*’°· P- *°°"· Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary} a proved March third, nineteen hundred and eleven, and the cause shall thereupon be entered on the docket of said district court and shall procee therein as if the cause had been originally commenced in said district court and the same proceedings ad been taken in such suit or prosecution in said district court as shall have been had therein in said State court prior to its removal, and said district court shall have full power to hear and determine said cause. "An·r. 118. OFFICERS—SEPARATION mom smnvrcn.-No officer s_}’_$,*3'°§§3f" d*S""“‘ shall be discharged or dismissed from the service except by order of