Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army / of the United States 1917. To be also used by Engineer Companies (Mounted) for Cavalry Instruction and Training

by United States. War Department

The common-law distinction between felonies and misdemeanors has no application to military offenses.

While the finding of a court of inquiry acquitting the prisoner of all blame is not a legal bar to a prosecution, it is entitled to weight as an expression of the views of the military court of the necessity of using a musket to prevent the escape of the deceased.

By order of the Secretary of War:

R. C. Drum, Adjutant General.

The following is taken from Circular No. 3, of 1883, from Headquarters Department of the Columbia:

Vancouver Barracks, W. T., April 20, 1883.

To the Assistant Adjutant General,

Department of the Columbia.

Sir:

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