PREPARFD BY I)IEECTION UF ‘IHI:

ADtllJTdNT
GENERAL
OPTIIE ARMY,
BY

WASHINGTON :

GOVE’RNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. .

 HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARfiiY,
08~~~8. ADJUTANT GF+NERAL’SOFFICE,

I...The following order, received from the War

for the information and guidance of the Army :
WAR DEPARTMENT,June 20,188,$.
The “Soldier’s Hand-Book,” prepared under direction of Brigadier Gen-
eral R. C. Drum, Adjutant General of the Army, is approved and adopted
for issue to the enlisted men of the Army.
ROBERT T. LINCOLN,
Secretary of tpap.

II...Company commanders will see that all articles of clothing and the
price thereof are entered in the Soldier’s Hand-Book as soon as the issue
has been made to the soldier, and will also cause the soldier’s classification
in marksmanship to be noted therein, certifying to the correctness of the
entries with their signatures; and any of these books left by deserters, or
others, will be forwarded, by mati, to the Adjutant General of the Army.

III...The books will be issued to soldiers after their arrival at the General
Depots of the Regruiting Service, and to those now in the service who have
one year or more to serve, and they will not be replaced by the issue of new
copies until those furnished the men are worn out by fair wear and tear.
New leaves properly ruled for the clothing account should be inserted when
necessary, as on the re-enlistment of soldiers, etc.
When-lost or destroyed the cost of the book (45 cents) will be charged
to the men on the muster and pay rolls.

BY COMMANDOF LIEUTENANT GENERAI. SHERIDAN:

R. C. DRUM,
Adjutant General.

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THE SOLDIER’S HAND-BOOK.

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EXTRACTSFROMTHEARMYREGULATIONSOF1881.

MILITARY DISCIPLINE.

1. All inferiors are required to obey strictly, and to execute

with alacrity and good faith, the lawful orders of the superiors
appointed over them,
2. Military authority is to be exercised with firmness, but
’ with kindness and justice to inferiors. Punishments shall be
conformable to military law.
3. Superiors of every grade are forbidden to injure those.
under them by tyrannical or capricious conduct, or by abusive
. . langn age.
4. Courtesy among military men is indispensable to disci-
pline; respect to superiors will not be confined to obedience on
dnt,y, but will be extended on all occasions.

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5. Deliberations or discussions among any class of military
men having the objeat of conveying praise or censure, or any
mark of approbation, toward their superiora or others in the
military service, an& all publications relative to transactions
between officers of a private or personal nature, whether news-

Q paper, pamphlet, or handbill, are strictly prohibited.

BUBORDINATION TO
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CIVIL AUTHORITY.

6. Respect for the civil authorities is the duty of all citizens,

and especially of those in the military service.
. 7. As the objects of the military service are of national inter-
est, it is very desirable that kindly relations exist between sol-
diers and other citizens.
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DUTIES OF GUARDS AND SENTINELS. 372. When a fire break6 out, or any alarm is raised in a gar-
rison, all guards are to be immediately under arms.

[ RULING ON PARAGRAPH 375.-The sentinel ou No. 1 post

having challenged any person approaching his po&t at night and
received the reply, should command-“Halt,” and call-“Car-
poral of tRe guard, friend,” or “friend with the countersign,”
according to the answer of the person challenged. The corp&al
of the guard should then order the person to advance, receiving
the countersign, if the person has it. If the person challengel!
be the officer in charge, or any person entitled to inspect tlrcl
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guard, the corporal, after receiving the countersign, should say, COMPLIIdENTS FROM GUARDS AND SENTINELS.

“The countersign is right,” and call - (‘Turn out the gwvrcE,”

announcing the tit.le of the officer challenged. The guard being 580. The sentinel at any post of the guard, when he sees any
paraded, the officer of the guard will say, “Advame, s$eer an body of troops, or an officer entitled to compliment, approach,
charge” (or “of the day”), adding, “with the counter&g&’ (OF will call-“ Turn out the guard. 1” and announce who approaches.
“parole”), should he deem it necessary.-Letter, Apr. 10,84- 381. All guards will turn out and present arms to the officer;
1274 A. G. O., 1884.1 entitled to the compliment as often as they pass them, except
the personal guards of general officers, which turn out only to
GRAND ROUNDS.
the general whose guards they are, aud to officers his superiors
376. Any general officer, or the commander of a post or gar-
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in rank.
rison, may visit the guard; of his command, and go the grand %?i?.when general officers, or personsentitled to a salute, pass
rounds, and be received in the same manner as prescribed for guards while in the act of relieving, both guards are to salute,
the officer of the day. receiving the word of comrhand from the senior officer of the
377. The officer of the day, wishing to make the rounds, will whole.
take an escom of a ‘non-commiasipned officer and two men. 383. When general officers, or officers eititled to a salute, pass
When the rounds are challenged by a sentinel, the sergeant will in rear of a guard, it does not salube, but stands at a carry, facing
answer- “Grand rounds ! ” and the sentinel will repl&“HaZt, to the front.
grand roun& ! Advance, sergeant, with the countersign ! ” Upon 384. All guards turn out under arms when armed parties ap-
which the sergeant advances and gives the countersign. The proach their posts, and to parties commanded by commissioned
sentinel will then cry-“Advance, rounds ! ” and stand at a carry officers they present arms, the officers saluting.
till they have passed. 385. The national or r’egimental colors passing a guard are
378. When the sentinel before the guard challenges, and is an- saluted, the trumpets or field-music sounding a ma.rch.
swered-“ Grand rounds,” he will reply--“Hal{, grand rozunds! 336 In the day-time, when the sentinel before the guard sees
Turn out the guard; grand rounds ! ” IJpon which the guard will the officer of the day approach, he will call--“Turn OUEtheguard!
be drawn up with arms at a carry. The oflicer commanding the ojker of the day.” The guard will be paraded, aud salute with
guard will then order a sergeant and two men to advance; when presented arms.
within ten paces, the sergeant challenges. The sergeant of the 387. The guard of a camp or garrison turns out and presents
grand rounds answers-“Grand rounds ! ” The sergeant of the arms to the commander of the camp or garrison whenever he
guard replies-“Advance, sergeant, with the countersign ! ” The
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approaches its post.
sergeant of the rounds advances alotie, gives the countersign, 383. All guards and seutinel& will pay the same compliments
and returns to his round- The sergeant of the guard calls to to the officers of the Kavy, Marines; Volunteers, and Militia, in
his o%lcer-LLThe countersign is &ht ! ” on which the oEcer of the service of the United States, as are directed to be paid to the
the guard calls--“Advance rounds!” The guard being at a officers of the Army, according to their relative ranks.
carry, the o%?cer of the rounds advances alone to the officer of 389. Between reveille and retreat, sentinels (not in sentry-
the guard, who keeps his post and gives to him the parole. He boxes), armed with the Raber, will salute all officers by present-
then examiues the guard, orders back his escort, and, taking a ing saber; if armed with the rifle or carbine, they will, under
new one, proceeds in the same manner to other guards. similar conditions, present arms to general and field officers, to
379. All material instructions giv‘en to a sentinel on post by the commandingofficer of the post, and to the officer of the day,
persons entitled to make grand rounds will be promptly reported and will give all other officers the sergeants’ salute prescribed in
to the commander of the guard. tactics.
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390. When a sentry in a sentry-box sees an officer approach-
ing, he will stand at attention, except during the time of chal-
lenging at night, and, if armed with a rifle or carbine, will salute
as the oficer passes, by bringing tbe left hand briskly to his piece
as high as the right shoulder.
391, Guards do not turn out as a matter of compliment after
sunset, nor will any compliments be paid by the guard except as
prescribed for grand rounds between retreat and reveille.
392. Between retreat and reveille, except when challenging, a until the officer leaves the room. Soldiers at meals do nqt rise.
sentinel (not in a sentry-box) will, when an officer approaches,
face outward from his post, and stand steadily at a carry until
the officer has passed.
SALUTES.
600. A non-commissioned oficer or private in eommand of a
detachment without arms salutes all officers with the hand. If
the detachment be on foot, and armed with the rife or carbine,
he brings the piece to a carry, and he salutes as prescribed for a
sergeant. ’ If the detachment be armed with the saber, he salutes
with the saber, if drawn ; otherwise as if be were unarmed.
601. An enlisted man armed with the saber, when out of the
ranks, and not a file-closer, salutes all officers with the saber, if
drawn ; if not, he salutes with the hand. If on foot, and armed
tiith a rifle or carbine, he salutes as prescri&d for a sergeant.
608. Whenever a non-commissioned officer or soldier without
arms passes an officer, he salutes-him, ysing ihe hand farthest
from the officer. If mounted, he salutes with the right hand.
603. A non-commissioned officer or soldier being seated, and
without particular occupation, rises on the approach of an officer,
faces toward him, and salutes. If standing, he faces toward the
oflicer for the same purpose. . If the parties remain in the same
place or on the same ground, such compliments need not be re-
peated. Soldiers actuallg at work do not cease it to salute an
officer unless addressed by him.
604. An enlisted man makes the prescribed salute with the
weapon he may be armed with, or (if unarmed) with the hand,
before addressing an officer. He also makes the same salute
after receiving a reply.
695: Indoors, a non-commissioned officer or soldier, when un-
armed, uncovers and stands at attentiou, but does not salute; in
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all other cases he salutes as heretofore prescribed, without un-
covering.
606. A mounted soldier, in passing an otficer, salutes with the
sgber, if drawn ; otherwise, with his hand. He dismounts be-
f&e addressing an officer not mounted.
607. When an officer enters the room where there are soldiers,
. the word (‘ Attention ” is given by some one who perceives him,
when all rise and remain standing in the position of a soldier
Officers in citizens’ dress are saluted in. the same manner as
when in uniform.
608. Soldiers, at all times and in all &dons, pay the same
compliments to officers of the Army, Navy, and Marines, and to
all officers of the Volunteers and Militia in the sservice of the
United States, a# to officers of their own particular regiments
. and corps.
CARE OF PUBLIC ANIMALS.
300. After an animal has been assigned, his rider or driver
shall not exchange or surrender him to the use of any other per-
son without the written permission of the captain of his company
or of the otlicer responsit$e for him.
301. Evenly horse should be reshod at least ohce a month.
302. Every toldier must examine his animal’s feet after every
day’s work, to ascertain that his shoes arein good order, and be
. held responsible that his animal is at all.times fit for immediate
service. This duty is by no means to be omitted on the march.
303. The farrier must examine every animal’s feet systemat-
ically twice a week, to replace broken nails, fasten loose shoes,
and reduce projecting clinches. The appearance of thrush, or
any unhealthy condition of the feet, must be, without delay, re-
ported to the vet,erinary surgeon.
304. A horse’s fret should be stuffed with wet clay or cow ,
manure at least once a week.
305. Horses should be groomed at least au hour and a half to
two hours each day. They are to be rubbed dry after being used,
and not allowed to stand without rubbing when heated. The
nostrils should occasionally be sponged with a weak mixture of
vinegar and water. The sheath must be washed once a monih
with castile soap and then greased.
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306. A horse should never while heated be wet by use of a on the first evidence of fright, and speak to them, they ii11 in
hose or stream of water, and never with cold water. * most cases be quieted. *After animals have been stampeded,
307. Feed must be prepared with great care, kept free,froe if t&y are new to the service, men should mount the fastest
dust, foreign substances, and bad odors. Frequent feeding in animals within reach, place themselves in front of those running,
small quantities is best. When practicable, bran-mash is to b! and lead them back to camp. With old horses, the sound of the
given once a week; never,oftener than twice a week, except to ’ stable call will often prevent stampeding, or stop them when
purge. _ Salt should be given at least once a week. running.
308. Watering before fredin g is not objectionable; drinking 315. In marching, the walk should be the habitual giit, and
while warm, or after eating until an hour has elapsed, is to be should not, under ordinary circumstances, be exceeded when
avoided, if possible. On the march frequent watering is prefer- grazing only is relied on. When forage car; be obtained, horses
able, but should only be done by order of the commanding officer may occasionally trot, say a mile in every hour’s march. Unless
present. An animal will rarely drink enough very early in the the march be a forced one, horses must always be allowed to
morning. walk at iut,ervalx.
309. Stables and their vicinity are to be kept thoroughLy po- l 316. The gallop very soon breaks down horses, and is strictly
liced, free from smells, and well whitewashed; feed-boxes clean prohibited on marches, escorts, express, and all other duties,
and washed with vinegar and water once a week. ’ Due care except when absolutely nedessary.
must be given to ventilation, according to the weather, avoiding -317. On marches, under whatever circumstances, a halt should
both injudicious exposure to draughts and cold, and exclusion be made at the end 04 an hour after starting, and the saddles,
of air to prevent cold. saddle-kits, bridles, &c., readjusted, and girths tightened.
310. An animal with glanderti or threatening discharge from , SOLDIEHS’ UNIFORM.
the nostrils is immediately to be isolated and kept, tied to pre-
vent infection, of which ihere is danger to both m’an and beast. 183. Soldiers will wear the prescribed uniform in camp or
311. The rack, manger, and every part of the wood and irou garrison, and will not be permitted to keepin their‘ possession
work of the stall wheke an animal with glanders or farcy has any other clothing. When on fatigue parties, they will wear
stood, HS also the vessels used in watering or feeding him, must the proper fatigue dress.
be thoroughly cleansed with hot water and soap. They are then ARMS.

to be covered with wash of quicklime, fresh mixed, which mnst 185, Arms will not be taken to pieces by soldiers &less by
be scraped off and reyewed after an interval of two days. permission of a commissioned officer. nor ,under any circum-
312. After Ohe disease in any animal has become infectious, stances will attempts be permitted to beautify or change the
such equipments which may have been used with him as are finish of the exterior by altering the metallic or wooden parts.
liable to become infected, and all horse-cloths, saddle-cloths, and Arms shall not be left loaded in quarters or tents, or when the
blankets used with glandered animals, must be deatroyed. men are off duty, except under special orders. The use of
313. On the plains, where forage cannot be obtained, graziug tompions in small-arms is prohibited. The surface of the bore
should be allowed at every spare moment. For this purpose will be protected&om rust by occasional use of an oiled rag.
bits should always be removed and g’irths loosened. When
CERTIFICATES OF MERIT.
picketed for grazing, the places should be frequently changed.
Grazing should always be allowed as long as possible, early in 248. The certificates authorized by be&ion 1216, Revised
the morning, when dew is on the grass. Statutes, will be awarded only for acts of extraordinary gal-
314. To prevent stampeding in camp on the plains, if the men lantry in presence of the enemy, which acts must be specific
of rhe command go among the animals quietly, but promptly, and certified to by an eye-witness, preferably the ,immediate

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commanding of&er of the soldier. Good standing and undoubted SOLDIERS’ HOME.
cuurage in a soldier will also be required to entitle him to a cer- 242. An honest and faithful service of twenty years in the
tificate of merit. Army entitles a soldier to admission to the Soldiers’ Home; but
250. The extra pay granted on certificate of merit commences applicat.ions for discharge by reason of twenty years’ service
at the date of the act of gallantry for which the certificate is will not be entertained unless the soldier is a fit subject for dis-
granted, This extra pay is two dollars per month while the charge on certificate of disability, or upon condition thatshe shall
soldier remains continhously in service. enter the Soldiers’ Home.
251. Certificates of merit will not be granted to persons not 837. When a soldier, by reason of old aie and long service,
in the military service of tke United States at the date of appli- or of disability contracted in the line of duty, becomes a candi-
cation for them. date for admission to the Soldiers’ Home, his company com-
252. Should a soldier die before receiving a certificate con- mander will so report, through proper military channels, to the
ferred upon him, it will be deposited in the office of the Second Adjutant General of the Army, giving all details that. may be
Auditor of the Treasury for the benefit of his heirs, needed for a full understanding of the case, including the date
253. In case the soldier is discharged before the certificate is of enlistment, with cox%npany and regimrnt, for each term of his
issued, it will be retained in the office of the Adjutant GenmI service, and a statement of the origin or cause and of the nature
until called for, whe& proof of the identity of the applicant will of any disability which may exist. The certificate of a medical
be required. ’ officer will be forwarded with the papers. This rbpott will be
POST SCHOOLS. referred t,o the board of commissioners of the .Home, and if, in
their opinion, th? soldier be entitled to become an inmate, the
559. The teachers and schools will be under the control of the
necessary authority will be given for his discharge, which will
post commauder, or such officer as the post commander may
be made at the place where he may be serving. Afterwards he
designate. . ,
map proceed to Washington and report to the board of commis-
560. School teachers will be detailed from the enlisted men‘ sioners for admission to the Home.
of the Army. The number of teachers detailed will not exceed
PAYMENT OF ENLISTED MEN.
one for each company serving at the post.
562. A soldier while serving as school teacher will receive 2448. When a company is paraded for payment, the officer in
extra-duty pay as overseer (35 cents per day) from the Quar- command shall attend the pay-table, witness the payment, and
termaster’s Department, not deducting for Saturdays and Sun- certify at the foot of the muster and pay-rolis that payment of
days. * the company was witnessed by him. All enlisted men present
563. Soldiers while detailed as school teachers will attend such for payment with their companies or detachments shall receipt
parades, inspections, and drills as, in the judgment of the post upon the pay-roll for amount due them thereon. When soldiers
commander, are necessary to keep them well instructed in their cannot write, but sign by mark, each case must be witnessed by
company duties. a commissioned officer. Paymasters are not authorized to make
564. While it is left optional with soldiers whether to at‘tend payment to any other than the soldier in person, and any pay
school or not, yet they are advised to avail themselveshof the of a soldier intrusted to a third party will be at the risk of the.
means afforded to improve themselves, and commanding officers paymaster making the payment.
will not Only give them all possible opportunities, but advise 2449. The paymaster will deduct from the pay of all enlisted
and encourage them to use t&em. men twelve and a half cents per month for the support of the
Soldiers’ Home, and also the amount of the authorized stop-
* The extra pay allowed echool teachers is not bY vacation. He
pages entered on the muster-roll, descriptive-list, or certificate
is allo‘wed extra p&y for the ‘whole month.
of discharge.
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DEPOSITS. ’ Should he claim to have lost the deposit-book, the officer will
cause the soldier’s a%davit to the facts to be made (before \ a
2456. The following are the regulations established under jddge advocate or post adjutant) in duplicate and attachid to.
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section 1307, Revised Statutes :
. the statements.
, soldiers may deposit wibh the paymaster any portion of their The affidavit should clearly set forth the facts and cilcum-
savings, in sums not less than five dollars, the same to remain stances of loss of the’book, and that the soldier has not sdld or
so deposited until final payment on discharge. assigned it.
The .paymaster will furqish each depositor, with, a deposit- Upon this evidence the paymaster may pay without the deposit-
book, in which each deposit made will be entered in the form‘ of book, and the responsibility for the correctness of the amounts
a certificate, signed by the paymaster and the company com- credited on the statements will rest wholly with the officer certi-
mander, setting forth the date, place, and amount (in words and fying them.
figures) of deposit, and the name of soldier making same. Paymasters will make no.payment of depos,$s excepting on
The company commander shall keep in the ‘company record- &al statements. 0
book an account of every deposit made by the soldier; and When repayment is not made on final statements; the soldier
after each regular payment he, and all officers having charge of should forward the depssit-book, or the evidence above described,
distinct detachments of; enlisted men at date of deposit, *shall to the Paymaster General’s Office, where alone such claims will
transmit direct to the P%ymaster General a list of names of de- be settled.
positors, showing in each case the date, place, and amount .of The attention of enlisted men should be called to the import-.
deposit, and name .of paymaster receiving the same. ante of preserving deposit-books as the only certain means of
In case a soldier who has made a former deposit has been insuring absolutely correct repayment. without delay.
t.ransferred to anothe; company or regiment, or is made ordnance On the death of,a soldi&, account shall be made of each deposit
sergeant, or commis8ary sergeant, or hospital steward, the fact in the inventory of his effects, and on the accompanying final
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of such transfer shall be noted in the list sent to the Paymaster
. statements, with which his deposit-book will be filed. The
General, so that the identity of the depositor may be matter of separate and accurate statement, by date and amount, of each
record in the otlice of the Paymaster Getieral. deposit is absolutely essential to the correct’calcalation of interest.
In case of the transfer of a soldier, his descriptive roll will be For any sums not less than five dollars deposited for the
made to exhibit the date and amount of each separate deposit. period of six months or longer, the soldier, on his final discharge,
On the discharge of a soldier, the date and amount (in words alla11 be paid interest at the rate of four per cent. per annum.
and figures) of each deposit will be entered upon his final state- Deposits and interest thereon are forfeited by desertion, but
ments; and his deposit-book will be taken up by the paymaster are wholly exempt from forfeiture by sentence of court.-martial
who makes final payment, and filed with his voucher. In case and from liability for the soldier’s debts.
the deposits of a soldier are forfeited by desertion, the amounts Paymasterswill forward with each account an abstract of sol-
of the same should not be entered under the head of “Due sol- diers’ deposits, if any, received by them during the time embraced
dier” on the final statements, but should, with the facts and therein. The abstract will set. forth the name, company, and
authority for such forfeiture, be entered in the ” Remarks:” ’ regiment of each depositor, with the date and amount of his
Before delivering to discharged soldiers final statements upon deposit. The gross amount of the abstract will be carried to
which deposits are credited, the officer signing the statements the account current under the appropriation of “Pay of the
will ascertain if the soldier has the deposit-book in his possession. Army” for the fiscal year in which the deposits were received.
If so, he should be instructed to present it, with his final state- The amount may be disbursed by the paymaster under the same
ments, to the ‘paymaster. appropriation.
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The amounts of deposits aud interest thereon paid’on final 409. Soldiers employed as scouts are not to be paid extra-duty
statements will be charged by the paymaster to “Pay of the pay, it being a military duty to which they are liable.
Army” for the fiscal year in ‘which the soldier,is discharged. ; 410. A prisoner undergoing sentence is not to receive extra-
,The Paymaster General will keep in his office such record as duty pay.
may be hecessary to show the deposits made by the enlisted men 411. Enlisted men being liable to perform guard and other
of the Army. military duty are entitled to extra pay when employed on extra
EXTRA-DUTY PAY. I duty ,more than ten days in a month, though the employment
ir may not have been continuous.
399. Non-commissioned officers and soldiers employed under
section 1287, Revised Statutes, are to be mustered as extra-duty i 412. Eight hours constitutes a day’s work for all persons who
men. Commanding officers wilL see that no man is paid as an Y are employed and paid by the day, by or on behalf of the Govern-
overseer or mechanic who is not actually employed as such, and ment of the United States. This does not extend to persons
i who are paid regular salaries.
no soldier shall be rated at the higher pay except by their order. Watchmen, clerks, messengers,
Non-commissioned officers of the line of th Army shall not be and others, whose time may be necessary at any or all hours,
allowed and paid extra-duty pay except as “ overseers” (when are not considered to be embraced within the terms of the law.
‘the working force is large enough to warrant an ‘I overseer “); 413. Men on extra-duty pay will be held to such hours as
but non-commissioned officers of the Signal Corps and of the may be expedient and necessa?y; but except in case of urgent
General Service Detachments on duty in the War Department public necessity, as in military operations, when they must work
and its bureaus, or at army, division, department, and district regardless of hours, not more than ten hours’ labor should be
headquarters, and at snperintendencies of the recruiting service, required. But when more than eight hours’ work is required
shall be allowed and paid extra-duty pay as prescribed by the in any one civil day, the soldier rendering the service will be
Regulations.
L’ paid for more than a day’s labor, in proportion to the time
- 403 Enlisted men of the Ordnance Department are not entitled actually employed.
to extra-duty pay when employed as artificers or laborers in the 2299. Enlisted men employed continuously in hospitals 6s
construction of permanent military works, public roads, or other cooks and nurses, under existing regulations, for a period of not
con&ant labor; but when employed continuondly in hospitals as less than ten days, will be paid twenty cents per day as extra-
cooks and nurses, for a period of not less than ten days, they duty pay by the Paymaster General on the hospital tiuster-
are entitled to the benefits of paragraph 2299 of the Regulations. rolls, when the men so employed are properly mustered as
Hospital stewards and ordnance and commissary sergeants will entitled to it.
RE-ENLISTMENT PAY.
not receive extra-duty pay unless under special authority of the
Secretary of War. 2451. The rate of pay prescribed in section 1282, Revised
404. Company farriers, blacksmiths, andwagonersshall receive Statutes, is payable to the following classes of men :
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no extra pay except when detailed on extra duty in the Quarter- 1. Those who are entitled to longevity pay for re-enlistment
,master’s Department wholly disconnected with their companibs; nbder the provisions of the act of August 4, 1854.
nor shall the detail cf artificers on extra dutp in the Quarter- 2. Those who have at any time re-enlisted under the terms
master’s or Subsistence Departments be permitted. of that act, though not enbitled to longevity pay thereunder
405. Soldiers detailed as acting superintendents of national because of failure to remain continuously in service.
cemeteries while so acting are entitled to extra pay as overseers. Men of class 1 will be indicated on the muster-rolls by the
408. No extra-duty pay will be paid to any enlisted men remarks prescribed in paragraph 2453.
employed as clerks except in the manner authorized by the Those of class 2 will be indicated by the remark: “&titled
Regulations. to re-enlistment pay.” Lack of sufficient evidence to establish
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a claim to re-enlistment pay will be supplied by application to

the Adjutant General. LAWS RELATINGTO THE MILITARYSERVICE,
2452. Men serving under a second, third, fourth, &c., enliet-
meht, but who never “re-enlisted” under the act of August 4, (FROM THE REVISED STATUTES.)

1854, will only be entitled to the pay provided in sections 1280

and 1281, Revised Statutes.
PAY OF ENLISTED MEN.
LONGEVITY PAY OF ENLJSTXD MEN.
$ SECTION 1280. The monthly pay of the following enlisted
‘2453. Under section l284, Revised Statutes, a soldier who men of the Army shall, during their first term of enlistment, be
completes a term of five years’ continuous service, and re-enlists as follows, with the contingent [conditions] [additions] thereio,
*thin thirty days thereafter, is entitled to an additional allow- hereinafter provided :
ance of $2 per month ; and for each successive and continuous Sergeant-majors of cavalry, artillery, and infantry, twenty-
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re-enlistment under the same conditions he is entitled to a three dollars.
further addition of $1 per month. The rate of allowance is Quartermaster-sergeants of cavalry, artillery, and infantry,
indicated on the rolls by the remark : “$2 per mo. for five. .years’ twenty-three dollars.
continuous service ; ” “$3 per mo. for ten years’ contmuous Chief trumpeters of cavalry, twenty-two dollars.
service;” “$4 p er mo. for fifteen years’ continuous service,” &c. Principal musicians of artillery and infantry, twenty-two
dollars.
RETAlNED PAY.
Saddler-sergeants of cavalry, twenty-two dollars.
2454. The retained pay provided for the discharged soldier, First sergeants of cavalry, artillery, and_ infantry, tmenty-
k two dollars.
(‘but to be forfeited unless he shall have served honestly and
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faithfully to the date of discharge,” by sections 1281 and 1282, Sergeants of cavalry, artillery, and infantry, seventeen dol-
Revised Statutes, shall be withheld for the following causes, lars.
either of which shall be noted on the final statements: . Corporals of cavalry and light artillery, fifteen dollars.
1. Desertion during the period of enlistment. Corporala of artillery and infantry, fifteen dollars.
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2. When discharged (by way of punishment for an offense) Saddlers of cavalry, fifteen dollars
before expiration of term of service by sentence of court-martial, / Blacksmiths and farriers of cavalry, fifteen dollars.
or by order from the War Department specifying that such for- j , Trumpeters of cavalry, thirteen dollars.
feiture shall be made. Musicians of artillery and infantry, thirteen dolIars.
3. Conviction and imprisonment by the civil authorities. Privates of cavalry, artil ery, and infantry, thirteen dollars.
4. When discharged as a minor, or for other cause involving Hospital-stewards, first class, thirty dollars.
fraud on his part in the enlistment. Hospital-stewards, second class, twenty-two dollars.
5. Repeated trials by court-martial and punishmenm for mis- Hospital-stewards, third class, twenty dollars.
conduct, of which timely report shall be made to the War Ordnauce-sergeants of posts, thirty-four dollars.
Department and approved as basis of forfeiture. In which case Sergeant-majors of engineers, thirty-six dollars.
the soldier shall be discharged without character, and shall not Quartermaster-sergeants of engineers, thirty-six dollars.
be re-enlisted. Sergeants of engineers and ordnance, thirty-four dollars.
Corporals of engineers and ordnance, twenty dollars.
Musicians of engineers, thirteen dollars.
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Privates (first class) of engineers and ordnance, seventeen to receive, for the period of five years next thereafter, two dol-
dollars. lars per month in addition to the ordinary pay of his grade ; and
Privates (second class) of engineers and ordnance, thirteen fdr each successive perio,d of five years of service, so long as he
doll&s. shall remain continuously in the Army, a further sum of one
ADDITIONAL PAY.
dollar per month. The past continuous service, of soldiers now
in the Army, shall be taken into account, and shall entitle such
SEC. 1281. To the rates of pay stated in the preceding sec- soldier to additional pay according t,o this rule; but services
tion one dol,lar per month shall be added for the third year of rendered prior to August fourth, eighteen hundred and’tifty-
enlistment, one dollar more per m6nth for the fourth year, and four, shall In no case be accounted as more than one enlistment.
one dollar more per month for the fifth year, making in all three
dollars’ increase per month *for the last year of the first enlist- ON CERTIFICATE OF MERIT.
.
ment of each enlisted man named in said section. But this Sec. 1285. A certificate of merit granted to a private soldier
,increase shall be considered as retained pay, and shall not be by the President for distinguished services shall entitle him to
paid to the soldier until his discharge from the service, and additional pay at the rate of two dollars per month, while he
shall be forfeited unless he serves honestly and faithfully to the remains continuously in the service; and such certificate of
date of discharge. merit granted t,o a private soldier who served in the war with
RE-ENLISTMENT PAY. Mexico shall entitle him to such additioual pay, although he
may not have remained continuously in the service.
SEC. 1282. All enlisted men mentioned in section twelve hun-
dred and eighty, who, having been honorably discharged, have NON-COMMiSSIONED OFFICERS OF MEXICAN WAR.
re-enlisted or shall re-enlist within one month thereafter, shall,
SEC. 1286. Non-commissioned officers who served in the war
after five years’ service, including their first enlistment, be paid
with Mexico, and have been recommended by the commanding
at the rate allowed in said section to those serving in the fifth
officers of their regiments for promotion by brevet to the lowest
year of their first enlistment : Provided, That one dollar per
grade of commissioned officer, but have not received’such rec-
month shall be retained from the pay of the re-en&ted men, of
ommended promotion, shall be entitled to additional pay at the
whatever grade, named in section twelve hundred and eighty-
rate of two dollars per month, although they may not have
one during the whole period of their re-enlistment, to be paid
remained continuously in the service.
to the soldier on his discharge, but to be forfeited ut~less he
shall have served honestly and faithfully to the date of dis- EXTRA DUTY.
charge.
SEC. 1287. When soldiers are detailed for employment as
SERVICE PAY OF MEN ALREADY IN SERVICE. artificers or laborers in the construction of permaneut military
works, public roads, or other constant labor of not less than ten
SEC. 1283. Enlisted men, now in the service, shall receive
days’ duration, they shall receive, in addition to their regular
the rates of pay established .in this chapter according to the
pay, the following compensation : Privates working as artificers,
length of their service.
and non-commissioned officers employed as overseers of such
ON RE-ENLISTMENT. work, not exceeding one overseer for twenty men, thirty-five
SEC. 1284. Every soldier who, having been honorably dis- cents per day, and privates employed as laborers, twenty cents
charged, re-enlists within one month thereafter, shall be further per day. This allowance of extra pay shall not apply to the
entitled, after five years’ service, including his first enlistment, troops of the Ordnance Department.
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TRAVRL-PAY TO SOLDIERS. FOR DAMAGE TO ARMS.

SEC. 1290. When a soldier is honorably discharged from the SEC. 1303. The cost of repairs or damages done to arms9 equip-
service, [except by way of punishment for an.offense,] he shall ments, or implements, shall be’ deducted from the pay of any
beallowed traneportation and subsistence from the place of his officer or soldier in whose care or use the same were when such
discharge to the place of his enlistment, enrollment, or original damages occurred, if said damages were occasioned by the abuse
muster iuto the service. The Government mayfurnish,the same or negligence of said officer or soldier.
in kind, but in case it shall not do so, he shall be allowed travel-
pay and commutation of subsistence for such time as may be F. (
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sufllcient for him to travel from the place of discharge to the
place of his enlistment, enrollment, or original muster into the 1%
service, computed at, the rate of one day for every tweuty miles. h
SOLDIERS’ PAY NOT ASSIGKABLE.

SRC. 1291. No assignment of pay by a non-commissioned

‘officer or private, previous to his discharge, shall be valid

_ FOR ARTICLES PURCHASED.

~EC. 1300. The amouut due from any enlisted man for articles
designated by the inspectors-general of the Army, and sold to
him on credit by commissaries of subsistence, shall be deducted I

from the payment made to him next after such sale shall have
been reported to the Paymaster-General.
FOR TOBACCO PURCHASED.

SEC. 1301. The amount due from any enlisted man for tobacco
<old to him at cost prices by the United States shall be deducted
from his pay in the manner provided for the setcement of cloth-
ing accoutM.
CLOTHTSG ALLOWANCES AND DEDVCTIONS.

SEC. 1302. The money value of all clothing overdrawn by

the soldier beyond his allowance shall be charged against him,
every six mouths, on the muster-roll of his company, or on his . .
fiual statements if sooner discharged, and he shall receive pay
for such articles of clothing as have not been issued to him in
any year, or which may be due to him at the time of his dis-
charge, according to the annual estimated value thereof. The
amount due him for clothing, when he draws less than hia allow-
ance, shall uot be paid to him until his fiual dischatge from the
service.
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 EYTRACTSFROM THE ARTICLESOF WAR.
(RELATING TO ENLISTED MEN.)

SECTION 1342. The armies of the United States shall be gov-

erned by the following rules and articles. The word officer, as
us&d therein, shall be understood to designate commissione4
officers; the.word soldier shall be understood to idclude non-com-
missioned officers, musicians, artificers, and privates, and other
enlisted men, and the convictions mentioned therein shall be
understood to be convictions by court-martial.

ARTICLES TO BE READ TO RECRUITS.

ART. 2. These rules and articles shall be read to every en-
listed man at the time of, or within six days after, his enlistment,
and he shall thereupon take an oath or affirmation in the follow-
ing form: “I, A. B , do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will
bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America;
that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their
enemies whomsoever; and that I will obey the orders of the
President of the United States, and the orders of the o-fficers ap-
pointed over me, according to the r&s and articles of war.”
This oath may be taken before any commissioned officer of the
Army.
DISCHARGES.
ART. 4. No enlisted man, duly sworn, shall be discharged
from the service without a discharge in writing, signed by a
field-officer of the regiment to which he belongs, or by the com-
manding officer, when no field-officer is present; and no discharge
shall begiven to any enlisted man before his term of service has
expired, except by order of the President., the Secretary of War,
. 1 the commanding officer of a department, or by sent.qnce of a gen-
eral court-martial.
FCRLOUGHS.
ART. 11. Every officer commanding a regiment or an inde-
pendent. troop, battery, pr company, not in the field, may, when
actually quartered with such command, grant furloughs to the
enlisted men, in such numbers and for such time as he shall deem
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consistent with the good of the service. Every officer command- weapon, or offers any violence against him, being in the execn-
ing a regiment, or an indepeudent troop, battery, or company? tion of his office, or disobeys any lawful command of his superior
in the field, may grant furloughs not exceeding thirty days at dfficer, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as a court-
one time, to five per centum of the enlisted men, for good con- martial may direct.
duct in the liue of duty, but subject to the approval of the com- MUTINY.
mander of the forces of which said enlisted men form a part. ART. 22. Any officer or soldier who begins, excites, causes, or
Every company officer of a regiment, commanding any troop,
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joins in any mutiny or sedition, in ?ny troop, battery, company,
battery, or company not in the field, or commanding in any g&r-r ai-- party, post, detachment, or guard, shall suffer death, or such
rison, fort, post, or barrack, may, in the absence .of his field- other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
officer, grant furloughs to the enlisted men, for a time not ex-
QUARRELS AND FRAYS.
ceeding twenty days in six months, and not to more than two
persons to be absent at the same time. ART. 24. All officers, of whb condition soever, have power to
part and quell all quarrels, frays, and disorders, whether among
WASTISG AMMUNITION.
persons belonging to his own or to another corps, regiment, troop,
ART. 16. Any enlisted man who sells, or willfully or through battery, or company, and to order officers into arrest, and non-
neglect wastes the at.nmunition delivered out to him, shall be pun- commissioned officers and soldiers into confinement, who take
ished as a court-martial may direct. part in the same, until their proper superior officer is acquainted
LOSING OR SPOILING ACCOUTERMENTS, tiTC. therewith. And whosoever, being so ordered, refuses tq obey
,ART. 17. Any soldier who sells or, through neglect, loses or such officer or non-commissioned officer, or draws a weapon upon
spoils his horse, arms, clothing, or accouterments, shall suffer him, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
such stoppages, not exceeding one-half of his current pay, as a 4r
REPROACHFUL OR PROVOKING SPERCHES.
court-martial may deem sufficient for repairing the loss or damage,
ART. 25. No otlicer or soldier shall use ally reproachful or
and shall be punished by confinement or such other corporal
provoking speeches or gestures to another. Any officer who so _
punishment as the court may direct.
offends shall be put in arrest. Any soldier who so offends shall
DISRESPIECTFUL WORDS AGAIN& THE PRESIDENT, ETC. be co&led, and required to ask pardon of the party offended, in
ART. 19. Any officer who uses contemptuous or disrespectful tbe presence of his commanding officer.
words against, the President, the Vice-President, the Congress
CHALLENGES TO FIGHT D,UELS.
of the United States, or the chief magistrate or legislature of any
of the United States in which he is quartered, shall be dismissed ART. 26. No‘officer or soldier shall send a challenge to another
from the service, or otherwise punished, as a court-martial may officer or soldier to fight a duel, or accept a challenge so sent.
direct. Any soldier who so offends shall be punished as a court- Any officer who so offends shall be dismissed from the service.
martial may direct. Any soldier who so offends shall suffer such corporal punishment
as a court-martial may direct.
DISRESPECT TOWARD COMMANDING OFFICER.
ART. 20. Any officer or soldier who behaves himself with dis- ‘ALLOWING PERSONS TO GO OUT AND SECONDS AND
PROMOTERS.
respect toward his commanding officer shall be punished as a
court-martial may direct. ART. 27. Any officer or non-commissioned officer, command-
ing a guard, who, knowingly and willingly, suffers any person
STRIKING A SUPERIOR OFFICER.
to go forth to fight a duel, shall be punished as a challenger;
ART. 21. Any officer or soldier who, on any pretense what- and all seconds or promoters of duels, and carriers of challenges
soever, strikes his superior officer, or draws or lifts up any
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to fight duel8, shall be deemed principals, and punished accord- out leave from his commanding officer, before he is dismiseed or
iugly. It shall be the duty of any o5cer commanding an army, ._ relieved, shall be duniehed a8 a court-martial may direct.
regiment, troop, battery, company, post, or detachment, who : ONE MILE FROM CAMP WITHOUT LEAVE.
know8 or ha8 rea8on to believe that a challenge ha8 been give?
ART. 34. Any soldier who is fouud one mile from camp, with-
or accepted by any officer or enlisted man under hi8 cpmmand,
out leave in writing from his commanding o5cer, shall be pun-
immediately to arrest the offender and bring him to trial.
ished a8 a court-martial may direct.
UPBRAIDING ANOTHER FOR RRFUSIXG CHALLENGE.
FAILING TO RETIRE AT RETREAT.

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ART. 28. Any officer or soldier who upbraids auot,her o5cer
ART. 35. Any soldier who fail8 to retire to his quarters or
’ or soldier for refusing a challenge shall himself be punished a8
tent at the beating of retreat, shall be punished-according to the
a challenger; altd all o5cers and soldiers are hereby discharged
nature of his offense.
frorp any disgrace or opinion of disadvantage which might arise
HIRING DUTY.
from their having refused to accept challenges, a8 they will only
ART. 36. No soldier, belonging to an:- regiment, troop, battery,
have acted in obedience to the law, and have done their duty a8
or company shall hire another to do hi8 duty for him, or be ex-
good soldiers, who subject themselves to discipline.
cused from duty, except in case8 of 8iCkne88, disability, or leave

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WRONGS TO SOLDIERS ; REDRESS OF. of absence. Every such soldier found guilty of hiring hi8 duty,

ART. 30. Any soldier who thinks himself wronged by any and the person 80 hired to do another’8 duty, shall be punished

officer may complain to the commaklding officer of hi8 regiment, as a court-martial may direct.

who shall summon a regimental court-martial for the doing of CONNIVING AT HIRING DUTY.
justice to the complainant. Either party may appeal from such
regimental court-martial to a general court-martial; but if. upon
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ART.
hiring
37. Every
of duty
non-commissioned
shall be reduced.
officer
Every
who
officer who
connive8
knows
at

such second hearing, the appeal appear8 to be groundle88 and

and allows such practices shall be punished as a court-martial
vexatious, the party appealing shall be punished at the discre-,. may direct.
tion of said general court-martial.
DRUNK ON DUTY.

LYING OUT OF QUARTERS. ART. 38. Any officer who i8 found drunk on his guard, party,

ART. 31. Any officer or soldier who lie8 out of hi8 quarters, or other duty, shall be dismissed from the service. Any soldier

gmrison, or camp, without leave from his superior officer, shall who 80 offend8 shall suffer such punishment as a court-martial

be punished as a court-martial may direct. may direct,. [N .

o court-martial shall sentence any soldier to be
branded, marked, or tattooed.] I
SOLDIER ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE.
SEhTINEL SLEEPING ON P_OST.
ART. 32. Any soldier who absent8 himself from his troop, bat-
ART. 39. Any sentinel who is found sleeping upon hi8 po8t,
tery, company, or detachment, without leave from his command-
or who leaves it before he ie regularly relieved, shall suffer death,
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ing officer, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct,
ABSENCE FROM PARADE WITHOUT LEAVE.
QUITTING GUARD, ETC., WITHOUT LEAVE.
ART. 33. Any o5cer or soldier who fails, except when pre- ART. 40. Any officer or soldier who quits hi8 guard, platoon,
vented by sickness or. other necessity, to repair, at the fixed or division, without leave from hi8 superior officer, except in a
time, to the place of parade, exercise, or other rendezvous ap- case of urgent necessity, shall be punished as a court-martial
pointed by his commanding officer, or goes from the same, with- may direct.

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MISBEHAVIOR BEFORE THE ENEIMY, COWARDICE, ETC.
ART. 42. Any officer or soldier who misbehaves himself be-
fore the enemy, runs away, or shamefully abandons any fort,
post, or guard, which he is commanded to defend, or speaks
words inducing others to do the like, or casts away his arms or
ammunition, or quits his post or colors to plunder or pillage,
shall suffer death, or such other punishment as a court-martial
may direct.
COMPELLING A SURRENDER.
ART. 43. If auy commander of any garrison, fortress, or post
is compelled, by the officers and soldiers under his command, to
give up to the enemy or to abandon it, the OffiCerS or soldiers SO
oflending shall suffer death, or such other punishment as a
court-martial may direct.
DISCLOSING WATCHWORD.
ART. 44. Any person belonging to the armies of the United
States who makes known the watchword to any person not en-
titled to receive it, according to the rules and discipline of war;
or presumes to give a parole or watchword different from that
which he received, shall suffer death, or such oGber punishment aa
a court-martial may direct.
RELIEVING THE ENEMY.
ART. 45. Whoeoeber relieves the enemy with money, victuals,
or ammunition, or kuowingly harbors or protects an enemy,
shall suffer death, or such other punishment as a court-martial
may direct.
CORRESPONDING WITH THE ENEMY.
ART. 46. Whosoever holds oorreepondence with, or gives in-
telligence to, the enemy, either directly or indirectly, shall suffer
death, or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
DESERVION.
ART.. 47. Any officer or soldier who, having received pay, or
having been duly enlisted in the service of the United States,
deserts the same, shall, in time of war, suffer death, or such
other punishment as a court-martial may direct; and in time of
peace, any punishment, excepting death, which a court-martial
may direct.
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DESERTER SHALL SERVE BULL TERM.
ART. 48. Every soldier who deserts the service of the United
States shall be liable to serve for such period as shall, with the
time he may have served previous to his desertion, amount to
the full term of his enlistment; and such soldier shall be tried
by a court-martial and punished, although the term of his en-
listment may have elapsed previous to his being apprehended
and tried.
ENLISTING IN OTHER REGIMENT WITHOUT DISCHARGE.
ART. 50. No non-commissioned otllcer or soldier shall enlist
himself in any other regiment, troop, or company, without a
regular discharge from the regiment, troop, or company in which
he last served, on a penalty of being reputed a deserter, and
suffering accordingly. And in case any officer shall knowingly
receive and entertain such non-commissioned omcer or soldier,
or shall not, after his being discovered to be a deserter, imme-
diately confine him and give not.ice t,hereof to the corps in which
he last served, the said officer shall, by a court-martial, be’cash-
iered. ,
ADVISING TO DESERT.
ART. 51. Any officer or soldier who advises or persuades any
other officer or soldier to desert the service of the United States,
shall, in time of war, suffer death, or such other punishment as
R c’ourt-martial may direct; and, in time of peace, any punish-
ishment, excepting death, which a court-martial may direct.
MISCONDUCT AT DIVINE SERVICE.
ART. 52. It is earnestly recommended to all officers and soldiers
diligently to attend divine service. Any officer who behaves inde-
cently or irreverently at any place of divine worship shall be
brought before a general court-martial, there to be publicly and
severely reprimanded by the president thereof, Any soldier who
so offends shall, for his first offense, forfeit one-sixth of a dollar;
for each further offense he shall forfeit a like sum, and shall be
confined twenty-four hours. The money so forfeited shall be de-
ducted from his next pay, and shall be applied, by the captain or
senior officer of his troop, battery, or company, to the use of the
sick soldiers of the same.
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PROFANE OATHS. punishment in any such case shall not be less than the punish-:
me& provided, for the like offense, by the laws of the State, Ter-
ART. 53. Any officer who u&s any profane oath or execration
ritory, or district in which such offense may have been committed,
shall, for each offense, forfeit and pay one dollar. Any sol-
dier who so offends shall incur the penalties provided in the Ol!‘FENDERS ;rO BE DELIVERED UP TO CIVIL MAGISTRATE.
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preceding article ; and all moneys forfeited for such offenses
shall be applied as therein provided. ART. 59. When any officer or soldier is. accused of*& capital
crime, or of any offense against the person or property of any
WASTE OR SPOIL, AND DESTRUCTION OB PROPERTY WlTHOUT, citizen of any of the United States, which is punishable by the
ORDERS.
laws of the land, the commanding officer, and the otlicers of the
ART. 55. All officers and soldiers are to behave themselves regiment, troop, battery, company, or detachment, to which the
orderly in quarters and on the march ; and whoever commits any person so accused belongs, are required,,except in time of war,
waste or spoil, either in walks or trees, parks, warrens, fish-‘ upon application duly made by or in behalf of the party injured,
-ponds, houses, gardens, grain-fields, inclosures, or meadows, or to use their utmost endeavors to deliver him over to the civil
maliciously destroys any property whatsoever belonging to magistrate, and to aid the o&era of justice in apprehending and
inhabitants of the United States (unless by order of a general securing him, in order to bring him to trial. If, upon such
oflicer commanding a separate army in the field), shall, besides application, any o%cer refuses or willfully neglects, except in
such penalties as he may be liable to by law, be punished as a - time of war, to deliver over such accused person .to the civil
court-martial may direct. magistrates, or to aid the officers of just,ice in apprehending him,
he shall be dismissed from the service. ..
VIOLENCE TO PERSOSS BRINGING PROVISIONS.
CKRTAIN CRIMES OB FRAUD AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.
ART. 56. Any officer or soldier who does violence to any per- ’
son bringing provisions or other necessaries to the camp, garri- ART. 60. Any person in the military service’lof the United
son,or quarters of the forces of the United States in foreign. States who makes or causes to be made any claim against the
parts, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as a court- United States, or any oficer t.hereof, knowing such claim to be
martial may dire&. false or fraudulent; or
Who presents or causes to be presented to any person in the
FORCING A SAFE-GUARD.
civil or military service thereof, for: approval or payment, any
ART. 57. Whosoever, belonging to the armies of the United claim against the United States or any officer thereof, knowing
States in foreign parts, or at any place within the United States such claim to be false or fraudulent; or
or their Territories during rebellion against the supreme author- Who enters into any agreement or conspiracy to defraud the
ity of the United States, forces a safe-guard. shall suffer death. United States by obtaining, or aiding others to obtain, the allow-
ance or $ayment of tiny false or fraudulent claim; or
CERTAIN CRIMES DURING REBELLION.
Who, for the purpose of obtaining, or aiding others to obtain,
ART. 58. In time of war, insurrection, or rebellion, larceny, the approval, allowance, or payment of any claim against the
robbery, burglary, arson, mayhem, manslaughter, fiurder, w- United States or against any officer thereof, makes or uses, or
sault and battery with an intent to kill, wounding, by shooting procures or advises the making or use of, any writing, or other
or stabbing, with an intent to commit murder, rape, or assault paper, knowing the same to contain any false or fraudulent state-
and battery with an intent t; commit rape, shall be punishable ment; or ’
by the sentence of a general court-martial, when committed by Who, for the purpose of obtaining, or aiding others to obtain,
persons in the military service of the United States, and the the approv@, allowance, or_payment of any claim against the
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United States or any officer thereof, makes, or procures or advises
the making of, any oath to any fact or to any writing or other
paper, knowing such oath to be false; or
Who, for tb purpose of obtaining; or aiding others to obtain,
the approval, allowance, or payment of any claim against, the
United States or any officer thereof, forges or counterfeits,
procnres or advises the forging or counterfeiting of, any signature.
w ?ny writing or other pap,er, or uses, or procures or advises
the use of, any such signature, knowing the same to be forged or
counterfeited; or
Who, haviug charge, possession, custody or codtrol of any
money or other property of the United States, furnished or in-
‘tended for the military service thereof, knowingly delivers, or
causes to be delivered, to any person having authority to receive
the same, any amount thereof less than that for which he receives
a certificate or receipt; aim
Who, being authorized to make or deliver any paper certifying
the receipt of auy property of the United States, furnished or
intended for the military service thereof, makes, or delivers to
any person, such writing, without having full knowledge of the’
truth of the statements therein contained, and with intent to
defraud the United States ; or
Who steals, embezzles, knowingly aud willfully misappro- .
priates, applies tolhis own use or benefit, or wrongfully or know-
ingly sells or disposes of any ordnance, arms, equipments, ammu-
nition, clothing, subsistence stores, money, or other property of
the United States, furnished or intended for the military service
thereof; or
Who knowingly purchases, or receives in pledge for any obli-
gation or indebtedness, from any soldier, officer, or other person
who ix a part of or employed in said forces or service, any ord-
nance, arms, equipments, ammunition, clothing, subsistence
stores, or other property of the United States, such soldier, 0%
cer, or other person not having lawful right to sell or pledge the
same,
Shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine or imprisou-
ment, or by such other punishment as a court-martial may
adjudge. And if any person, being guilty of any of the offenses
aforesaid, while in the military service of the United States,
receives his discharge, or is dismissed from.the service, he shall
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G continue to be liable to be arrested and held for trial and sentence
by a court-martial, in the same manner and to the same extent
as if he had not received such discharge nor been dismissed.
CRIMES DISORDERS TO PREJUDICE OF MILITARY
CIPLINE.
or ART. 62. All crimes not capital, and all disorders and neg-
lects, which officers and soldiers may be guiltmy of, to the preju-
dice of good order and military discipline, though not mentioned
in the foregoing articles of war, are to be taken cognizance of by
a general, or a regimental, garrison, or field-officers’ court-mar-
tial, according to the nature and degree of the offense, and pun-
ished at the discretion of such court.
ALL TROOPS SUBJECT TO ARTICLES OF WAR.
ART. 64. The officers and soldiers of any troops, whether
militia or others, mustered and in pay of the United States, shall,
at all times and in all places, be governed by the articles of war,
and shall be subject to be tried by court-martial.
SOLDIERS ACCGSED OF CRIMES.
ART. 66. Soldiers charged with crimes shall be co&led until
tried by court-martial, or released by proper authority.
DURATION OF CONFINEMENT.
ART. 70. No officer or soldier put in arrest shall be continued
in confinement more than eight days, or until such time as a
court-martial can be assbmbled.
CITALLENGES BY PRISONER.
ART. 88. Members of a court-martial may be challenged by a
i, prisoner, but only for cause stated to the court. The court shall
. -b determine the relevancy and validity thereof; and shall not
receive a challenge to more than one member at a time.
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PRISONER STANDING MUTE.
ART. 89. When a prisoner, arraigned before a general tour%
martial, from obstinacy and deliberate design, stands mute, or
answers foreign to the purpoae, the court may proceed to trial
and judgment, as if the prisoner had pleaded not guilty.
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JUDGE ADVOCATE, PROSECUTOR, AND COUNSEL FOR or soldier, may be ordered by the President or by any command-
PRISONER.
ing officer : but, as courts of inquiry may be perverted to dishon-
ART. 90. The judge advocate, OSsome person deputed by him, orable purposes, and may be employed, in the hands of weak
or by the general or officer commanding the army, detachment, and envious commandants, as engines for the destruction of mili-
or garrison, shall prosecute in the name of the United States, tary merit, they shallnever be‘ordered by any commandingotlicer,
but when the prisoner has made his plea, he shall so far consider except upon R demand by the officer or soldier whose conduct is
himself counsel for the‘prisoner as to object to any leading to be inquired of.
question to any of the ivitnesses, and to any question to the
DECEASED SOLDIER’S EFFECTS.
prisoner, the answer to which might tend to criminate himself,
ART. 126. In case of the death of any soldier, the command-
CONTINUANCES.
ing officer of his troop, battery, or company shall immediately
* ART. 93. A court-martial shall, for reasonable cause, grant a secure all his effects then in camp or quarters, and shall, in the
continuance to either party, for such time, and as often, Bs may presence of two other officers, make an inventory thereof, which
appear to be just: Provided, That if the prisoner be in close con- he shall transmit to the office of the Department of War.
finement, the trial shall not be delayed for a period long& than
EFFECTS OF DECEASED OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS TO BE
sixty days. ACCOUNTED FOR
FLOGGING. . ART, 127. Officers charged with the care of the effects of de-
ART. 9%. No person in the military service shall be punished ceased o&ers or -soldiers sball account for and deliver the same,
by flogging, or by branding, marking, or tattooing on the body. or the proceeds thereof, to the legal representatives of such de-
ceased o&era or soldiers. And no officer so charged shall be
NO PERSON TRIED TWICE FOR SAME, ETC.
permitted to quit the regiment or post until he has deposited in
ART. 102. No person shall be tried a second time for the same the hands of the commanding officer all the effects of such de-
offense. ceased officers or soldiers not so accounted for and delivered.
LIMITATION OF TIME OF PROSECUTION,
ARTICLES OF WAR TO BE PUBLISHED ONCE IN SIX MONTHS
ART. 103. No person shall be liable to be tried and punished TO EVERY REGIMENT, ETC.
by a general court-martial for any offense which appears to have ART, 128. The foregoing articles shall be read and published,
been committed more than two years before the issuing of the
once in every six months, to every garrison, regiment, troop, or
order for such trial, unless by reason of having absented himself,
company in the service of the United States,.and shall be duly
or of some other manifest impediment, he shall not have been
observed and obeyed by all officers and soldiers in said service.
amenable to justice within that per&d.

PARTY ENTITLED TO A COPY.

ART. 114. Every party tried by a general court-martial shall,
upon demand thereof, made by himself or by auy. person in his
behalf, be entitled to a copy of the proceedings and sentence of
such court.
COURTS OF INQUIRY, HOW ORDERED.
ART. ,l15. A court.of inquiry, to examine into the nature of
any transaction of, or accusation orimputation against, any officer
 EXTRACTS
PROM LAIDLEY’S
RIFLEFIRING.
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APPENDAGES.

63. To enable the soldier to dismount his rifle for cleaning or

repairs, he is provided with a screw-driver, a tumbler and band-
spring punch, and headless-case extractor.

TO DISMOUNT THE RIFLE.

73. The soldier will use t,he appendages furnished with the
rifle, and no other screw-driver, except with an officer’s permis-
sion, which will not be granted unless the blade of the driver be
broad and fill well the slots in the screw-heads. A small mallet,
or other such wooden instrument, will be required to remove the
lock, and a small hammer to take out the tumbler.
74. The parts will be removed in the following order, and
carefully laid down where t,hey cannot fall, and will not come
in contact with gritty substance:
Unfix the bayonet. .
Insert a plug of soft wood in the muzzle of the barrel.
Draw the ramrod.
Take out the taug-screw.
Retiove the lock. To do this, bring the hammer ‘to the half-
‘cock, partly unscrew the side-screws, strike the heads gently
with a wooden instrument to loosen the lock from its bed in the
stock, turn dut the side-screws, and the lock will drop off.
Take out the side-screws without disturbing the washers.
Removk first the upper, and then the lower, band.
Take out the barrel. To do this, bring the rifle to a horizontal
position, barrel underneath, holding it loosely in the left hand in
rear of the rear sight, the right hand grasping the stock at the
small; if it does not leave the stock, strike the plug in the
muzzle gently against the floor: this will detach it.
75. This method is preferable to lifting the barrel out by the
. muzzle, because, if the tang of the breech-screw should bind in
the wood, the head of the stock is liable to bG split by first
r?ising the muzzle. /
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THE PARTS OF THE LOCK.
76. Take out the hinge-pin, pressing it out with the tnmbler-
punch until the pin-arm can be seized with the fingers. i31.
Assemble the parts in the following order
Remove the breeqh-block, catching the extractor and ejector- The main-spring swivel.
spring if they fall out. The tumbler aud hamlqer.
Remove the extractor and ejector-spring The tumbler-screw.
Unscrew the breech-block cap-screw, loosen the cap with the The bridle and screw.
point of the screw-driver, and take out the cam-latch. The sear and screw.
Remove the cam-latch spring. Th,e sear-spring and screw.
Unscrew the firing-pin screw and take out the firing-pin. The main-spring.
77. The foregoing parts are all that it will usually be found 82. Before inserting the screws, dip the points into a shallow
necessary to dismount. The soldier will never remvve, except basin of good sperm oil, and also put a drop on the arbor and
on the order of an officer, the butt-plate, guard, side-sT.rew pivot of the tumbler ; do not turn the screws in so hard as to
washers, band-springs, or rear-sight. The breech-screw will bind the parts. Test this by moving the hammer, and see that
never be taken out in ordinary cleaning, and when removed, it mores without undue friction. .
only by the armorer. The lock will not be taken apart, nor the
THE BREECH-CLOSIRG PARTS.
bayonet-clasp off except when, in the opinion of an officer, it is
deemed absolutely necessary, and this will rarely be found to he 83. Insert the firing-pin in its hole, and screw home the firing-
the case if proper care be taken of the arm. pin screw.
Put the cam-latch spring in place.
TO TAKE THE LOCK APART. Insert the cam-latch and breech-block cap, and turn in the.
cap-screw.
79. Bring the hammer to the full-cock; place the notch of the
Put the ejector-spring in place.
screw-driver over both bratiches of t.he main-spring; let down
Place the extractor in position, the ejector-spring spindle
the hammer and remove the main-spring, retaining it in the entering the cavity in +he back, an,d hold it with the left thumb.
notch.
Take the breech-block in t.he right hand, insert the hinge
Partly unscrew the sear-spring screw, insert the screw-driver between the ears as far as it will go; hold it with the left thumb
between the lock-plate and sear-spring so as to disengage it from over the block; press it forward with the ball of the righ! thumb.
its mortise; remove the screw and spring; unscrew and remove against the thumb-piece, and at the same time downwards with
The sear-screw and sear; the left thumb until it falls into place.
The bridle-screw and bridle; Insert the hinge-pin in the left ear, and cause it to enter the
The tumbldr-screw.
hinge by striking it a gentle blow with a wooden instrument;
Remove the tumbler, driving it out with the tumbler-punch
turn it until the st,hd on the arm enters the recess on the side of
in th/e screw-hole, observing the precaution mentioned in para-
the receiver.
graph 67 of Laidley’s Rifle Firing.
THE. BARREL, LOCK, ETC.
Drive out the main-spring swivel from the.tumbler with a
swivel-punch. 84. Lay the barrel in its bed in the stock, press it down mith
-- the hand, strike the butt gently against the floor to settle the
TO ASSEMBLE THE RIFLE.
* breech end of the ba.rrel against the head of the stock. *
80. The rifle is assembled in the inverse order in which it is Put on first the middle, then the upper band, with the letter
dismounted. U upwards; avoid marring the stock or barrel in sliding them to.
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*heir places; press the band-springs with the thumb to see that
&hey play freely. are the next best. Linseed, rape, and sweet oil leave a gummy
To put the lock in place, bring the hammer to the half-cock; residuum, and their use should be avoided.
hold the stock with the left hand at the swell, the butt between
TO CLEAN THE BARREL.
the knees; push the trigger forward; take the lock b the right
hand, the outside towards the palm, and lay it in its bed ; press 89. MATERIALS.-clean cotton rags, tow, clean water, warm,.
it well down, turn the stock over, holding the lock in place with if it can be had.
-the left hand. * IMPLEMENTS.-Th ri$e appendages. ’ *
Oil the threads of the side-screws and screw them home. 95. As the barrels of all arms now issued are first browned,
Do the same with the tang-screw. Work the lock to see that the use of sand-paper, emery, tripoli, Ax., for cleauing them is-
-the parts play freely and are not bound by the wood,. strictly prohibited.
Return the ramrod. 99. It must be remembered that the presence of sand, dirt, or
Oil the bayonet-clasp and socket, and fix the bayonet. other such foreign substances in the bore near the muzzle
Oil the stock with linseed oil, and after standing a few hour& renders the barrel liable to burst if fired in this condition ; the
lrub it with a woolen rag until dry. soldier will t,herefore be careful to preclude the possibility OF
such substances finding their way there by keeping the muzzl<
CLEANING AND HANDLING THE RIBLE.
closed with a tompion, cork, or rag, being specially mindful to 3
85. The attention of the men is called to the fact that the rifle remove them befor: firing the rifle; he will make it a point first
is a delicate instrument ; that its efficiency will depend greatly to wipe out the bore before firing, and the danger ,just referred
upon the care bestowed upon both its cleining and handling, to need not be apprehended, and better shooting will be sure to- /
and that neglect or a failure from any cause to clean it properly follow I /
at a given time, or a single act of carelessness by which the
IhNDLII% THE RIFLE. I
barrel shall become bent or indented or the bore injured, will
prove fatal to all hopes of future. accurate shooting. In order 100. The men will be instructed to handle their rifles at all*
that the ritie may give the best results, representing its highest times gently, and under no circumstances to use them for any
state of efficiency, the barrel must be preserved perfectly straight, other purpose than that for which they were constructed. It
and to insure this the soldier must see that it does not receive will be borne in mind that the Afle barrel near the muzzle is
4Jows or falls by which it may become indented or bent; that thin and may be easily indented or bent ; the men will therefore
the bore is free from dirt, lead, or rust, which would derange the be careful, in stacking arms and in placing them in the gun-rack,
flight, of the bullet; that no gritty substance finds its way into that no undue st.rain is brought upon the barrel. Adopt the
the chamber, on the cartridge, or otherwise, as this would mar rule of laying the rifle down rather than standing it on the butt,
-the surface and cause the cartridge-case to stick by being forced a position in which it is liable to fall and thereby receive iqjury.
by the explosion into the small cavities formed; that the lock In coming to order arms, the butt will not be brought to the-
and breech-closing parts are kept clean, free from rusf, and well ground, roughly ; all violent shocks, which are injurious to the-
oiled ; that the action of the former may not be imqeded, and parts, loosening the screws, &c., will be carefully avoided. The
the tendency of the latter to stick and open hard may be hammer, as a rule, will rest on the firing-pin, and should never
obviated. . be left at full-cock. If, after cocking, the intention of firing
shall be deferred, bring the hammer to the half-cock notch.
TO CLEAN THE LOCK. ’
Care will be taken that the front sight is not bruised, marred,
86. MATERIALS.-clean d?y rags, sperm oil; winter strained
or in any way injured, aud that the sight-leaf is close down 0%
is best ; if not to be had, lard oil, free from salt, or neat’s_foot oil
the base.
 SIGNALS-GENERALSERVICECODE,
ARMY AND NAVY.

Letters.

A_ _ ____22 H______122 0_____21 v ______1222

B______2112 I ______l P_____1212 w______1121.
c______121 J ____.__1122 Q__--_1211 X ___ ___2122
D _____222 K______2121 R-_-_-211 Y ______lll
E______12 L______221 s _____212 z __.____2222
F ______2221 M ___.__1221 T-_-_-2 &__ ____llll
G_ _____2211 N______ll u_____112 ing_ ____2212
tion_______lll2
iknerals.
1___________________21112 6____.______________12222
2___________________12221 7______ ___ .________11222
3____________._______22122 8___________________11112
4____________:___.___22212 9_._____. _,__________11211
5___________________22221 O__-._________,______ 22222

DIRECTIONS FOR SIGNALING.

DAY SIGNALS.-signalman faces exactly communicating sta-
tion-Flag is held directly above the head-butt of staff at the
waist.
IKTThe flag is always above the head at the end of each letter.
Letters are signaled by making one after the other, the fol-
lowing motions for the figures standing for each later. When
two or more figures follow each other, there is no pause between
the motions of the figures :
To make “one” [l], the fiag is waved ‘to ground on right
side, and brought back above the head.
To make “two” [S], the flag is waved to the ground on left
aids, and brought back above the head.
To make “three” [S] or FRONT, the flag is +aved to ground
in front, and brought back above the head.
To make “A” or “twenty-twoU [%!I, the flag is waved twice
to the ground on the left without any stop between the motions-
80 for a number of “twos” following each other.
To make “N” [ll], “one” “one” (as above).
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To make “B,” or “twenty-one twelve” [2112], the’ f-lagis

waved to the ground, “leftright-right-left.” DETICHED SERVICE, ETC,
To make “K,,, or “twenty-one twenty-one” [2l21], the flag
is waved to the ground, “left-right-left-right.”
To make “three” 133, the flag waved FRONT, to make “ thirty- Where, from any circumstance, soldiers find themselves uepa-
thEe ” [ 33]-FRONT-FRONT. rated or det.ached from their commands, without the necessary
.
NIGHT SIGNALS.-A lighted torch, lantern, or any light is meaus or authority for rejoining, in order to prevent their being
placed in front and at feet of signalmau. Another light fastened reported as deserters, they should at once report in person to
at the end of staff is waved with precisely the same motions, as the nearest post or command, and state their case to the com-
those for the flag in the day. manding officer, whose duty it is to provide for them and have
them forwarded to their proper commands at the earliest oppor-
CONVENTIONAL SIGNALS .-Error - 212121. &peat-121.
tunity. Should this course be impossible, theu, the soldier
121.121.3. Assent-22.22.28.3. End of word, 3. End of.sen-
should report by letter to the commanding ofiicer of the nearest
tence, 33. End of message, 333. Cease signaling, 22.22.22.333.
post, or to the Adjutant General of the Army.
“Address complete,” from first position, drop the flag to the front,
The soldier should bear in mind that any failu?e to take
then move it horizontally to right, then vertically overhead to
proper steps to join his command, when separated from it, no
the left, then horizoutally by the front to the right-overhead to
matter what the cause, involves inconveniences and troubles
the left again, the&o front-then to first position. “Signature
that are not overcome without much difficulty. Sickness, insur-
follows,” from first position, the reverse of (‘ address complete.”
mountable accidents, &c., all require to be established by con-
“Numerals follow,” in full circle once as in “ address complete.”
clusive testimony, to free him from the suspicions that always
“Numerals ended,” reverse of “numerals follow.”
attend an unusual absence from his proper post.
ROUTINE FOR SENDING A MESSAGE. Every soldier should make the art of cooking his study, at
Call by waving from side to side until answered by ‘22.22.22.3. least to such an extent that he may know how to prepare his
Sender will then make 22.22.22.3 and proceed to send the mea- rations in a proper and palatable form when he is absent on de-
sage in the following order: (Place of origin), signal for “nu- tached service from his company and’ from messing facilities.
merals follow;” (date), signal for “ numerals ended;” “ To” Disease, and often death, is the result of bad and illy-prepared
(followed by address) signal for “ address complete,” (body of food ; t.herefore it is of vital importance to every soldier to know
message), signal for “signature follows,” (signature) followed this useful art.
by 333. (4%
If a mistake is made, make “21.21.21.3” and begin again at
the heginning of the word in which the mistake was made.
The receiver will signify that the message is received and
understood by making “22.22.22.3” in acknowledgment of the
333 of the sending station.
The receiver can call for a repetition at any time:by making’ 4
121.121.121.3, followed by the last word correctly received.
The sender must then make 22.22.22.3 and begin again with
that word.

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 TAKECAREOFYOURHEALTH,
The following extracts of advice to soldiers are from Dr. Hall
and others:
1. 1~ any ordinary catipa&u, sickness =disables or destroys
three times as many aa the sword.
2. Sunstroke may be prevented by wearing a silk handker-
chief in the crown of the hat, by a wet cloth, or by moistened
green leaves or grass.
3. Never lie or sit down o? the grass or bare earth for a
moment; rather use your hat : a handkerchief, even, is a pro-
tection. The warmer you ape, the greater need of precaution, as
aIdamp vapor is immediately generated, to be absorbed by the
clothing, and to cool you off too rapidly.
4. While marching, or ofi active duty, the more thirst.y you
are, the more essential is it to eafety of life itself to rinse out the
mouth two or three times, and thentake a swallow of water at a
time, with short intervals. A brave French general, on a forced
march, fell dead on the instant by drinking largely of cold
water, when snow was on the ground.
5. Abundant sleep is essential to bodily etEciency, and to that
alertness of mind which is all-important in an engagement.
Few things more certainly and more effectually prevent souud
sleep than eating heartily after suudown, especially after a heavy
march or desperate battle.
6. Nothing is more certain to secure endurance and capa-
bility of long-continued effort than the avoidance of everything
as a drink exoept cold water (and coffee at breakfast). I Drink
as little a8 possible of even cold water. Experience teaches old
soldiers that the less they drink on a march the better, and that
they suffer less in the end by controlling the desire to drink,
however urgent.
7. Biter auy sort of exhausting effort, a cup of coffee or tea,
hot or cold, is an admirable sustainer of the strength until nature
begins to recover herself.
8. Never eat heartily just before a great undertaking, because
the nervous power is irresistibly drawn to the stomach to man-
age the food eatep, thus draining off that supply which the brain
and mus+s so much need.
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9. “Bread arid soup are the great items of a soldier’s diet in
every situation : to make'them well is an essential part of his .a

instruction. Those great scourges of camp, scurvy and diarrhea,

more ,frequently result from want of skill in cooking than from
any other cause whatever. Officers in command, and, more im-
mediately, regimental of&era, will, therefore, give strict atten-
.
l tion to this vital branch of interior eCOnOmy,"--WINFIELD
SCOTT.
10. If you will drink spirits, it is incomparably safer to do so
after an effort than- before, for it gives only transient strength,
lasting but a few minutes. As it can never be known how long
any given effort is to last-and, if longer than a feti minutes, the
body becomes more feeble than it would have been without the
stimulus-it is clear that the use before an effort is hazardous,
and is unwise.
11. Always eat at regul&r hours. Neglect in this tends to
indigestion, diarrhoea, &CC.
12. Stew or boil your meat, always, Roasting and frying
are wasteful and unhealthy modes for camp cooking (particu-
larly frying).
13. An old soldier drinks and eats as little as possible whilst
marching. The recruit, on the contrary, is continually munch-
ing the‘contents of his haversack, and using gis canteen; it is a
- bad habit, and causes more suffering in the end.
14. Never go to sleep, &pecially after a great effort, even in
hot-weather, without some covering over you.
45. Rather than lie down on the bare ground, lie in the hollow
of two logs placed together, or across several smaller pieces of
wood laid side by side ; or sit on your hat, leaning again&e
tree. A nap of ten or fifteen minutes in that position will refresh
you more than an hour on the bare earth, with the additional -
advantage of perfect safety.
16. A cut is less dangerous than a bullet-wound, and heals
.
more rapidly.
17. If from any wound the blood spurts otit in jets, Yistead of
a steady stream, you will die in a few minutes, unless it be rem-
edied; because an artery has been divided, and that takes the
blood direct from the fountain of life. To stop this instantly,
tie a handkerchief or other cloth very loosely BETWEEN the
wound and the heart, put a stick, bayonet, or ramrod between
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thing else can do, to equalize and restore the proper circulation
. !!I!.
regular-established sinks. In welL1*egulated camps the sinks
of the blood. .C are visited daily by a police party, a layer of earth thrown in,
26. The more weary you are after a march or other work, the and iime and ot,her disinfecting agents employed to prevent them
more easily will you take cold, if you remain still, after it is from becoming offensive and unhealthy. It is the duty of the
over, unless the-moment you, cease motion you throw a coat or surgeon to call the attention of the commanding officer to any
blanket over ybur shoulders: This precaution should be taken neglect of this important item of camp police, to see that the
in the warmest weather, especially if there is eveu a slight air shambles, where the cattle are slaughtered, are not aliowed to
stirring. J& become offensive, and that all offal is promptly buried at a suf!i-
27. The greatest physical kindness you can show a severely cient dietance from camp, and covered by at least four feet of
wounded comrade is, first to place him on hia back, and then earth.
give him eome water to drink from a canteen or, ambulance- 34. The site of a camp should be selected for the dryness of its
bucket. I hrve seen a dying man clutch at a single drop of soil, its proximity to fresh water* of good quality, and shelter from
water from the finger’s end with the voraoiousnesa of a fam- high win&. It should be on a slight declivity, in order to facili-
ished tiger. tate drainage, and not in the vicinity of swamps or stagnant
28. If wet to the skin by rain or swimming rivers, keep in water. A trench at least eight inches deep should be dug around
motion until the olothes are dried; and no harm will result. each tent, to secure dryness, and these should lead into other
29. Whenever it is possible, do, by all means, when you have and deeper main drains or gutters, by which the water will be
\
to use water for cooking or drinking from ponds or sluggish conducted away from the tents.
streams, boil it well, and, when eool, ehake it, or etir it, eo that 35. The tents for the men should be placed as far from each_
the oxygen of the air shall g&t to it, which greatly improves it other as the “Regulations” and the dimensions of the camp
for drinking. This bailing arresta the process of fermentation, * permit (never less than two paces). Crowding is always inju-
which arises tirn the presence of organic and inorganic impu- rious to health. No refuse, slops, or excrement should b3
rities, thus tending to prevent cholera and sll bowel-diseases. allowed to be deposited in the trenches for drairiage around the
If there is no time for boiling, at lea& strain it through a 010th; tents. Each tent should be thoroughly swept out daily, and the
even if you have td use a ehirt or trousers-leg. materials used for bedding aired and sunned, if possible. The
30. Water can be made almost ice-0001 in the hottest weather, canvas should be r’sised freely at, its bade, and it should be kept
by closely enveloping a filled cant&n, or other vessel, with open as much as possible during the day-time, in dry weather,
woolen cloth kept plentifully wetted and exposed. in order to secure ventilation ; for tents are liable v become very
31. While on a march, lie down the momeut you halt for a unhealthy if not c,onstantlS; and thoroughly aired. Free venti-
rest. Every miuute spent in that position refreshes more than lati& of teuts should be secured at night, by opening and raising
five minks standing or loitering about. the base of the tent to as great an extent as the weather will
32. A daily evacuation of the bowels irl indispensable to bodily permii.
health, vigor, and endurance : this is promoted, in many cases, & 36. The orowding of men iu tents for sleeping is highly
by stirring a table-spoonful of corn (Indian) meal in a glass of injurious to health, and will always be prevented by a_ com-
water, aud drinkiug it on rising in the morning. mandiug officer who is anxious for the welfare of his men.
33. Inattention’ to nature’s calls is a frequent souroe of disease, Experience has proved that sleeping beneath simple sheds of
, The s&test discipline in ta’e lp$rf&mU~ci of these duties is canvas, or even in the open air, is less dangerous t;o health than
absolutely sseential to health, as well as to decency.
never be allowed to void their excrement
Men should
elsewhere than iu the
overcrowding .
in tents
1 37. The me& should sleep in their shirts and’ drawers,
removing the shoes, stobkings, and outer clothing, except when
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absolutely impracticable. Sleeping in the clothes is never so CZothing account oj .
refreshing, asd is absolutely unhealthy.
38. Loose bowels, namely, acting more than once a day, with a co. , Regiment
feeling of debility afterwards, is the first step towards cholera.’
The best remedy is instant and perfect quietude of body, eating MONEY ALLOWANCE FOR CLOTHING.
nothing but boiled rice, with or without boiled milk. In more (N--First sergeants will enter the amount allowed opposite each ~-ear
decided cases, a woolen flannel, with two thicknesses in front, after the annual price list is received.)

should be bound tightly around the abdomen, especially if

For the 1st year...___. .___-. $
marching is a necessity.
‘1 2d year...___. .___-.
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“ 4thyear....__...._..
61 5th year _____ ___. .___
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Total for 5 years. _____._ $

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Clothing received.

Due sol- Due U. S.

Price. dier at eet- at settle-
When received. tlement. ment.
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. I’ror%hqyreceived--Continued. I 1 Cl&l&g received-Continued.
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Due sol- Due U. S. Due eol- Due U. S.

Price. ,dier at se1 at settle- PrkX. lier at set. at settle-
When received Artiolee. tlemeut. ment. When received. Articles. tlement. ment.
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B. f 3a. :Do111
Do111 Doll cts. 3011f =t, Dolla x3 Do111 x3.
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Annual cZaeu$catioa in marksmanship of ____________________-________-__, CO. __-_, ______Regt. __------

(1st year, 18 .)

(2d yesr, 18 .)

(3d year, 18 .)

(4th year, 18 .)

(6th year, 18 .)
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(Onthie ehould be noted the date and place of the aoldier’a present enliet-
ment, and also all previous service in the Army, NapJ’, or Marine Corps.)

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