Rules and regulations for pa.

rades.

to fill vacancies, shall neglect or refuse to fill them, such company may be disbanded by the Commander-in-chief.

CHAPTER X.- PARADES, RENDEZVOUS, AND EN

CAMPMENTS.

(893.) SEC. 66. For the purpose of preserving order, on all days of parade, all State troops shall be considered as under arms from the rising until the setting of the sun on the same day; and in addition to putting under guard, as he is hereby authorized to do, and the exercise of the usual military powers with which he is hereby vested, the commanding officer of each company shall return to the commanding officer of the regiment the names of all persons in the company who have discharged any fire-arms on such day, within two miles of such parade, without the order or permission of a commissioned officer, or officer acting as such; the names of every non-commissioned officer, musician, or private, who shall, on such day, neglect or refuse to obey the orders of his superior officer, and to perform such military duty or exercise as may be required, or depart from his colors; and the commanding officer present, of the regiment or company, as the case may be, may put under guard any bystander or spectator who shall abuse, molest, or strike any one when on parade, or under arms. Any person who shall encroach on the bounds of the parade ground (previously designated so as not to obstruct the passage of travelers on any highway), or shall then and there sell, or offer to sell, or give away any spirituous liquors,

Spirituous liq- or shall have in his possession any gambling-table, or other gambling

nors and gam

bling tables.

Camps of instruction.

device, such liquor, gambling-table, or other gambling device is hereby declared a nuisance, and shall be abated or destroyed by order of the commanding officer present; and the person or persons disposing of, or having the same in his possession, may be put and kept under guard until the setting of the sun on the same day, or of the third day of any encampment.

(894.) SEC. 67. The Commander-in-chief, by and with the advice of the State Military Board, is hereby authorized and empowered to establish, annually, one or more camps, in suitable places within the State, for the instruction of the State troops, and may procure suitable tents, camp equipage and utensils, and ammunition for the accommodation and use of troops in said camps, and may order into said camp or camps, to be kept therein for such period of time as he may deem expedient, not exceeding five days, any company or regiment, and may designate the officer to command such camp

drills.

or camps; but there shall be at least one regimental drill annually Regimental of each regiment organized under the provisions of this act.

lations for camps

(895.) SEC. 68. The authority of the officer or officers in com- Rules and regumand of the camps, respectively, may be extended, by order of the of instruction. Commander-in-chief, to a distance of one-fourth of a mile around. such camps; and upon such external space, no persons, other than the owners of the same, with their servants, for the purpose of occupying and improving the same, in the same manner and way they occupied and improved the same at the time such camps shall be established, shall be allowed to enter, except under such rules as shall be established by the commanding officers of the camps respectively, with the approval of the Governor, or by special permission of the officer in command for the time being, or some officer by him designated; and if any person shall so enter he may be immediately expelled.

dezvous, and en

(896.) SEC. 69. The commanding officer, and all staff officers of Reviews, reneach regiment, shall attend every review, rendezvous and encamp- campments. ment of his proper regiment, fully uniformed and equipped, according to law, and the major general shall review each regiment in his division once a year.

officers and pri

(897.) SEC. 70. All officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, Compensation of and privates, shall receive for each day actually spent by them on vates. duty in said encampments, and for the time necessarily spent by them in traveling from their homes to the place of rendezvous, and in returning to their homes, the necessary transportation, and not exceeding thirty-five cents per day for subsistence, to be paid by the How paid. Quartermaster General to the commandant of each company, on his certificate, showing the number of men actually on duty during the term of said encampment, approved and certified by the officer commanding said encampment, and shall be applied by said commandants as provided in section forty-two of this act. All com- Bonds of commanders of companies shall give bonds to the Quartermaster General, in the sum of one thousand dollars, for the proper payment and distribution of the moneys to be paid to them under the provisions of this section. Payments to general, field, and staff Payment to officers shall be made to themselves on the certificate of the officer and staff officers. commanding the encampment.

manders.

general, field,

Fines for neglect to appear at parades.

Fines for appearing at rendezvous with deficient equip.

ments.

Penalty for

contempt, etc.

Offenders may be put under guard.

Musicians, penalty for ab. sence, etc.

Musicians, duties of.

Penalty for neglect of duty by clerk,

Penalty for neg lect of duty by officers.

Ibid.

CHAPTER

XII. FINES AND PENALTIES, AND

THE COLLECTION THEREOF.

(898.) SEC. 71. Every commissioned officer of a company, who shall neglect to appear at any company or regimental parade, shall forfeit and pay the sum of four dollars; and every non-commissioned officer, musician and private of any such company, who shall thus neglect to appear, shall forfeit and pay the sum of two dollars.

(899.) SEC. 72. Every officer, musician, and private of any company, who shall appear at any rendezvous or encampment with deficient equipments and uniform, shall forfeit and pay two dollars; and for like deficiency at company parade, one dollar.

(900.) SEC. 73. Every officer behaving with contempt to any superior officer, and every non-commissioned officer, musician, and private conducting in a disorderly manner, exciting or joining any tumult or riot, or guilty of any other unmilitary conduct, disobedience of orders, or neglect of duty when under arms or on duty, shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than one nor more than teu dollars.

(901.) SEC. 74. For any of the offenses mentioned in the last preceding section, any non-commissioned officer, musician, or private, guilty thereof, may be put under guard by the commanding officer of the company or regiment, for a time not exceeding the time when his company is dismissed from duty for the day.

(902.) SEC. 75. Every master or musician of a band, for absence from military duty, or neglect thereof, disobedience of orders, disorderly or other unmilitary conduct, shall forfeit and pay not less than two nor more than ten dollars.

(903.) SEC. 76. All musicians of bands or companies, whether hired or enlisted, while actually on duty, shall be subject to the same commands, and liable to the same duties and penalties, as other soldiers of such companies and bands.

(904.) SEC. 77. Every clerk of a company, for any neglect of duty or requirement of law, shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than one nor more than ten dollars.

(905.) SEC. 78. Every officer of a company or regiment, for any neglect or refusal of duty required by law, or the by-laws of any such company, shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than one nor more than twenty dollars.

(906.) SEC. 79. Every officer of brigade who shall neglect or refuse to discharge any duty required by law, shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than five nor more than fifty dollars.

appearance to

writing.

(907.) SEC. 80. All excuses for the non-appearance of any officer Excuses for nonor private shall be made to the commanding officer in writing, be made in within twelve days after the training from which he shall have been absent.; and on the delinquent's producing satisfactory evidence of his inability to appear, such officer may excuse him; and no excuse shall avail any such delinquent before such officer, or on any prosecution for the recovery of the fine or penalty, unless proved to have been made to such officer in writing before the expiration of the twelve days aforesaid, or unless such delinquent shall satisfy the court that it was not in his power to make such excuse within said twelve days.

(908.) SEC. 81. All military fines shall be enforced and collected Fines, enforceby complaint, as follows:

First. Against brigade officers, on complaint of the commandant of division;

Second. Against regimental officers, by commandant of brigade; Third. Against commandants of companies, and leaders and musicians of bands, by commandants of regiments;

Fourth. Against officers of companies below the rank of commandant, and musicians, and privates of companies, by the

commandant of company.

ment and collection of.

(909.) SEC. 82. Such complaint shall be entered by the proper Complaint. officer aforesaid, before a justice of the peace of any city or town

cf.

ship within the limits of the brigade, under oath, stating the cause of the forfeiture, and thereupon said justice shall issue his warrant warrants, issue for the apprehension of the person complained of, and the same How served. shall be served by any constable of such city or township, who shall immediately arrest the person complained of, named in said warrant, and bring him before such justice, who shall proceed to a hearing of the case. If, on such hearing, it shall appear to the magistrate that such forfeiture has been incurred without good cause being shown therefor, he shall thereupon impose a fine Fine imposed. according to the nature of the case, with costs incurred, and exe- Execution. cution shall issue against the goods and chattels of the person complained of; and every judgment rendered for any fine as afore- Stay of judg said, may be stayed in the same manner as judgments rendered by ment. justices of the peace in civil proceedings; but no execution on such judgment shall run against the body of any defendant under the age of twenty-one years, nor shall any such defendant be committed to jail, by virtue of any execution issued under the provisions of this act, for a longer time than two weeks.

Fines, when paid.

Recruiting offices.

Military stores.

Soldiers mustered into service exempt from arrest and imprisonment.

(910.) SEC. 83. All fines against members of companies, when collected, shall be paid to the clerks of such companies respectively, and against officers of brigades, separate regiments, and leaders and musicians of bands, to the quartermaster of regiments, respectively, for the use of such regiments.

(911.) SEC. 84. No appeal shall be allowed from any justice of the peace on any judgment rendered as aforesaid.

CHAPTER XIII.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

(912.) SEC. 85. The Commander-in-chief shall have power, and it shall be his duty, whenever it becomes necessary in order to maintain the regiments of this State which may be in the service of the United States in full force, to establish one or more recruiting offices, under such regulations as he may think proper, for the enlistment of men to supply any deficiency which may at any time exist in their ranks, and to take all the necessary steps and measures to place the men so enlisted in their proper regiments.

(913.) SEC. 86. Whenever the State troops shall be in actual service, the Commander-in-chief is hereby empowered, through the proper military department, to purchase and distribute all necessary military stores, whether of subsistence, clothing, pay, medicine, field and camp equipage, arms, means for transportation, munitions, and equipments, which shall be properly accounted for to the Legislature; and at the disbanding of said force he shall store the property of the State at such places as he may deem best.

(914.) SEC. 87. All officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, who may be mustered into the service of this State, or into the service of the United States, while under orders for service, either under the authority of this State or the government of the United States (in all cases except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace), shall be privileged from arrest and imprisonment from the time of their being mustered into service to the time of their discharge from such service, and during the same time their separate property shall be exempt from all process, by way of attachment against soldiers who have heretofore gone into the service of this State, or of the United States, and from execution in any case; and in case any such volunteer shall hold any ing lands pur- lands purchased of this State, belonging to any of the trust funds of this State, or otherwise, he shall forfeit no right, nor shall his rights be in any way affected, by reason of any failure to pay installments of principal or interest due upon said lands for the purchase money

Property exempt.

Privileges of

volunteers hold

chased of the State.