THE

MILITARY LAWS

OF THE

UNITED STATES.

FOURTH EDITION.

Prepared, under the direction of the Honorable Elihu Root, Secretary of War,
by Brigadier-General George B. Davis, Judge-Advocate General,
United States Army.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Page.

CHAPTER I. The Executive

5-11

II. Provisions Applicable to the Several Executive Departments ..

III. The Department of War

12-44

45-55

IV. Provisions Applicable to Several Classes of Officers..

56-71

V. The Department of the Treasury-The Accounting Officers..

VI. The Post-Office Department...

72-120

121-126

VII. The Department of Justice-Habeas Corpus-The Court of

Claims.....

127-158

VIII. The Department of the Navy-The Marine Corps..

IX. The Department of the Interior

159-165

166

X. The Revised Statutes-The Statutes at Large The Army

Regulations The Army Register......

167-182

XI. The Military Establishment-General Provisions of Organiza-

tion ......

183-204

XII. General Officers, Aids, and Military Secretaries..

205-207

XIII. Rank and Command-Tactical and Territorial Organizations... 208-213

XIV. The Staff Departments—General Provisions—Disbursing Offi-

XXVIII. Brevets-Medals of Honor-Certificates of Merit-Foreign Dec-

XXXIII. The Public Lands-Military Reservations-Military Posts............ 597-626

XXXIV. The Public Property.

627-634

XXXV. The Militia-The Militia of the District of Columbia-The Ter-

ritorial Militia.

635-670

XXXVI. Military Tribunals-Courts-Martial-Courts of Inquiry.

XXXVII. Citizenship and Naturalization

671-748

749-757

XXXVIII. The Indians-Indian Agents-The Indian Country

758-791

XXXIX. Employment of Military Force-(1) In Resisting Invasion;

(2) In Suppression of Insurrection; (3) In Support of the

Civil Authority

792-831

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