Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 44 Part 1.djvu/1173

This page needs to be proofread.

tin, Ufank of emsign, as membcm, and of s recorder. The com- · m;m(:€¤· of a ship may 01'd€1‘ RB! Dflkrqr under hfs comuymd tg _ Exc: as such recvrder. ·(R. ·S. { 1824, att.  » _ _ Article 28. Oath of membgrs md tcwrde1·.——·Beforq‘ pr0ceedig: {Q mal the members of 9. summary ccuibmartial shall Lake ~· mt. fougwing ogth or ,a@rm¤ti¢m, whiqh shall be gdmmjsmrgd Y iw me remrder: “I, B; dcsyvgar g(`br a$rm) tha@ I will well @{1 u·u}y try, w"ith0¤t Dtejudkre Ovnrtiality, fhg gage upw. m~;¤·n¤iia¤g, according to the evideqce which shall ba` adduccdi mp zgiws for the gcvemment Q!. the Navy,-and my ownjcon- SQg(lm·g·." After which Q1eg_re€01‘dcr_0f the court shan takethe f~·&smx·i::g oath or gHirmdtion; which shall beadministered by ml signiur member of the court: “I, A B. do swear (or aitirm) mm I will kesp a true record of thejevidencc whiph shall be _;;m·:z before this cpuxft and of tbe1»1=<>?ediugs*theg1fe0t." (R; S.· §1ii2·}.21$(. 28I) · · _ _~ . U Aéticle_ 29. Testimbny;-Except as provided in mjticles .60 1:1:11.68, all testimony before an summarj· comirt-i11ar1gii1rshal1 be given ora1Iy,)up<m` oath-#0: a&rm¤tik>n, administered by the mm»r member of—the°¢0m·t.` (R. S. 5 1624, art. 29.) ‘ _ A rticle ‘ 38. Punishmenté by summary ‘wurtb-h1£nihl.—gSummm-3; vuxirtsémartfal may Sentence petty_gmce1*s ami pehsons of i¤f4·r;¤»;— ratings to either a part ·0r_ the whole, as may be appmwiate, of `auy one ot the following punishments, ugmclyi ' I·`ix·st.‘ Discharge from the {service with conduct din- 1 cmmxe; but the aénténée shallhdt be carried into effect in_ a fmdgu ('0HIltl‘y.' . » . ‘ 1 ‘ ~ - . · révmml. Solitary CQ!1HI1€lH€Rt,‘D0t'€XCé€diBg thirty dgys, on hmm audwater, or <m»dixi1i¤ishad_ rations. __ “ . ¥ Thiréd. Soiimry cunmzement not exccedini thirty days. · , 1·%;azm1.. Ciominegxxeixt not. exceeding two months. ‘ » 1~`?Eli;>%ie<luctic¤ tc_ next inferior réting. . · , smh. Deprivation cj! liberty on shore oulomign station. - &<w.·enzh. Extra' poliée duties, amlloss of iuy, not `to exceed three .1rmi1ths,_¤iay be added to' may of the 8b0Ye·m¢q,tioned

_xmM
m·nts. (R. S. { -1624, art; 30; F¢b.°16Q.1909,_c. 131,% 8,

35 Smt. 621.) `~ . . » 1 . . Article 31. Disratiixg (or h,a¢qmpete;1cy.—·—-A summary courtmmial may glisrate any rated person fo: incompetency. (R.- S. § 1624. art4.` 31§) R . , " · ‘ __ ~ Article ,32 .~ Execution ci inenieme of summary courts-—·-No s4·m_¢:¤=e· qt g summary cém·t·ma;·tia1 shall be carriediuto exe- (‘l¥`£i43l!·i}¥iY{1 the proceedings géd bcntenm. have been approved mj mp miiker ordering tlge court, or his sx1cc%£ in émce, and M his migmediaw supmior in command :· Rrovidcd, That it the {·¥§§¢·¢=r`¢1r¢1@;ji!1;; the court; or his successor in ¤@ce,‘ be the ¥<M:§<»r 0§ice:·. pmggmj meh séntence Abc carried into €X&· 4-us im; upoq his apprbval there¢>t,` subjeqt tq the provisions qt m·:i<·1¢»454‘ (b_). (R. 8,5 1624;»art.`32; Feb. 18, 1909, tz. 131, § 11*,35 Stat. 623; Aug. M, 1916, c. 417; 39 Stat. 586.) ~ · ` Articlé 33. Rcmissfén at sentcixce.-——-—The omcer »qrdering za Summary csurt-mm-·t ia1 shall have power to ·remit,` in part OF usmgzber, but_` mt_ to mmmute, the sente¤®.ot the court. And __i1' mail be his ckgty either to m&it. any part up the whole or

  1. 515* wrxtezxice, qw 4;·xageu1:1¢¤ ot whigh would, in the vpinicn O!

gm surgeon mr seniér medical 0&cex·.0¤ board, given in writ- $m;;i·pz=¢x1uge serious injury to the health of the person sen; t{~zage<1,‘cr to sutimit the again, .with<mt_dels.y, to the same or to another summmjy C0¤!'C·ID&1’tiB], which shall lmve Iwwfr, qpsma gba mtimqny glmgdy mliemfté remit the fmmef ¥?l1Ri8}2l1ifB(` and ’t0 éssign stmt G! the authorized pulm- . Maxnefits in me pigqg thejpgqf, _ »(—R. S. 6 l&24, afi. 53-) ‘ · — Amgle 34. Proceedings and mmrd af s¤ mmu·y ¢¤¤rt.·—Q·The p;im—;=e»c;1n;s.¤. pi gamma; mnrwmufhl {hail be conducted w%th as much C£¥¤¢i$Q11&S ,l§d pimisiqa as my be ccusistenb smh the ends `o( justice; mud toms and rules as may be prescribed by m Secretary at the Nsvy, with the appgcval of the . Prmigdént, and all such rshall be transmitted in the umn.! tc the Navy Department, ( where

4.,1-_N4v*Y _ § 1200` they shall be kept on me for a period of two years from date of trial, after which time they may be destroyed in the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy. (Feb. 16, 1909, c. 131, § 14, 35 Stat. 622.} I — · GENERAL COURTS-MARTIAL. . Article 35. Authority td indict summary courbmartial ‘pm1-· i8hm¢ntS.———Ai1y °pu¤isi1ment which a auminary.c<>tirt-rnartial is authorized `tc inflict may be indicted by a general court-mar-' tia1._· (R; S. 5 1624, art. 35.) ‘ . · ~ ` ·Article 36. Dismissal of officers.--No office}- shall be dis- ·missed from `themaval service except by the dxjder bi! the President mi by séntenee. oi" in general cbm·t·ma,rtial; and in time of peace no officer shall be dismissed except in ’pursuaace` of the sentence of a general couitmartial or in mitigation thereof: Prqvided, That ° the .President isi authorized ‘t0 drop from the rolls of the Navy.01: Marine Corps any etllcer thereof who is absent from duty ·with•;mt· leave for a period at three 1 months or more, or wh0,`_having been found guilty [by the civil authorities of any bffenae, ia dually eenteaeed to cen- Hnement ln. a State ·0r-`Eederal, penitedtiary:-Prmkded fer··_ ther, That noniiicer sddmpped shall beeligitale fer i·eapp0int= ment. (R. XS. 55 1229, 1624, art. ,36; Apt. 2, 1918, c. 39,* ,40 Stat. 501.) - `_ H . -- ,· `__Article 37, -0§¢er` dismissed by President may demand trial.--When any ofHi·e'x·, dismisaed. by order of the President, makes, in writing, an application for trial, setting forth, pnder oath that he has been wrongfullygdiamissed. the President shall, is soon as the necessities of the service mgypermlt, eerivcne an court-martial to tr? such cmeer on theehatges .0:1 which he shall have beén`diamissed. And if auch court-martial ehall not be convened within six months frem the p:reaentation.0f esnch application fof trial, or lf suéh court, being convened, ehall not award dismissal `or death as the punishment of such ofdeer, the order of dismissal by the President shall be mid`: "Providcd, That the accounting dtlicers of the Treasury arte Zpmhlhited from making any allowance to any officer at the Navy who has beengor may hereafter be, dieiniased frem the service and restdred td the same nnder the provislemalet the twelfth section of the act of March 3, 1865, entitled "An act to amend the several aets heretofore to provide for the enrolling and calling out the national forces and for other pui·p0s·ea"* td exceed, more than my ae on leave fdr si; months from the date of dismissal, nnleas it shall appear that the emeer demanded in writing, adclressed to the · Secretary . of the Navdy, and eentlaned td demand aa, often aslemcc ln six rnmxtha, a trial as provided for in said act. (R._S. § 1624,_art. 37; ]tmej22, 1874, c. 392, S 2, 1SfStat, 192.) 2 _ ° ’ · ‘ __ W t Article 38; Cenvening zmtherity.~—(lene§·al C‘illll;‘f8·lll&1‘fl%tl may .bee0nvened:[ ~ `. _‘ Q · » » I a ` First. By the Pxesident, thé`Seeretary df the Navy, the commander in chief of a fleet or` squadron,. and the ,(‘<)!'ll!ll§IldlBg` ` 01§eer of a naval station beyond the eentim·ntal limits of the United States; and . " J __ { , Second. Wllien erapowered by the Seeretaryef the _NaYy, by the cemnxanding edleexi of a ,aquadr0n,— division, Hetjlla, or larger naval force adtmt, and et? a brigade er. larger furee of the naval at·rvice‘01rah0:e beyond the centlnental limite of the United States; and · N - . . _ Third. In tlmehf war, `if »then`a0 empowered by the Se<i·retar}? of the N`avy,Vby the eommandant of .anyTnae§ yard er naval atatiea and by the `eemmandiag edlcer-eta. brigade er largextferce def the`, Navy er Marine `Corph. on shore imt a_t· — taehw to anavy yard QI naval station. (R. ‘S. §_ 1624, art. 38: .Feb, 16, 1909,,e._131, 5. 10, 35_°Stat. 621; Aug. 29, 1916, c. 417, ·

%suz.`ase.>~ aj · _ " ` ‘

Article 39. Cemitutien of general ceart·mu·tial.———-lk general ceurpmartlal shall eexiaist Qi apt more than thirteen qos less _ than dye cemmiaaieaed 0$cera~¤s members; and as many edig