A Source-book of Military Law and War-time Legislation

States

Sec. 5298. Insurrection against the government of the United

Sec. 5299. Power to suppress insurrection...

5. CRIMINAL CODE, ACT OF MARCH 4, 1909....

Accepting foreign commission..

Enlistments

....

Military expedition or enterprise..

Use of the military force....

Same

Citizens of a foreign state.

Proclamation to insurgents to disperse.

43

44

45

Aiding or abetting with intent to defraud any captor

or claimant of property captured as a prize........

Robbery, larceny, etc......

46

Sec. 15. Restriction upon the use of military force.

12. ACT OF MAY 27, 1908..

Sec. 1. Composition of the organized militia.

15.

JOINT RESOLUTION OF MARCH 14, 1912....

President empowered to issue neutrality proclamation.

16. ACT OF MARCH 4, 1915......

Sec. 2. Par. 1.

Military prison, United States and branches,

name changed to United States Disciplinary

Barracks

Par. 2. Military offenses punishable in a penitentiary,

confinement may be in United States, state,

territory, or District penitentiary....

53

Par. 3. Government and control of disciplinary bar-

racks vested in the Adjutant General......

Commandant and other commissioned and non-

commissioned officers, etc., at, composition of 53

Duties of the commandant...

Par. 4.

Par. 5.

Par. 6.

Organization of disciplinary companies and

higher units, etc......

Par. 7. Clemency and restoration to colors of persons

53

Par. 8. Secretary of War may designate branch disci-

plinary barracks......

54

Par. 9. Parole of general prisoners in disciplinary bar-

racks, and restoration to duty of those serv-

ing confinement in places other than disciplin-

ary barracks..

54

17. ACT OF MARCH 4, 1915.....

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18.

Contracts entered into by Quartermaster Corps, certain ones to

be reduced to writing, etc....

ACT OF AUGUST 29, 1916..........

Contracts entered into by Signal Corps, certain ones to be re-

duced to writing, etc....

Contracts entered into by Medical Department, certain ones to

be reduced to writing, etc.....

B. JUDICIAL OPINIONS

1. MILITARY AND CIVIL JURISDICTION CONTRASTED-WAR POWERS.

(a) State and Federal Military Powers and Relations..

1. Houston v. Moore, 5 Wheat. 1 (1820)...

(State control of militia)

2. Dobbins v. Commissioners, 16 Pet. 435 (1842)..

(State tax on oflicer's salary)

3. Commonwealth v. Blodgett, 12 Metc. 56 (1846)......

(State's power to wage war)

4. In re Weblitz, 16 Wis. 443 (1863). . . .

5.

(State subjecting to military service citizen of state who

is not citizen of United States)

Ex parte McRoberts, 16 Iowa, 600 (1864) ...

6. Tarble's Case, 13 Wall. 397 (1871)....

90

(State habeas corpus of one held under United States au-
thority)

1. MILITARY AND CIVIL JURISDICTION CONTRASTED-WAR POWERS (Cont'd)

(a) State and Federal Military Powers and Relations (Continued)

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07. Ft. Leavenworth R. R. Co. v. Lowe, 114 U. S. 525 (1885).. 97

(United States control over military reservations)

8. Commonwealth v. Murphy, 166 Mass. 171 (1896)..

(State forbidding men to bear arms)

9. McGarray v. Murphy, 80 Ohio St. 413 (1909)..

(State adopting Articles of War)

10. Bank of Phoebus v. Byrum, 110 Va. 708 (1910)......

(Soldier at fort as resident of state)

(b) Martial Law-Ordinary and Extraordinary Jurisdiction..

Ex parte Milligan, 4 Wall. 2 (1866)......

(State militiaman not subject to Articles of War)

122

1.

122

(Power of Congress to empower military commission to

try citizen in time of peace)

2. Crandall v. Nevada, 6 Wall. 35

(1867)....

132

(Right of federal government to transport troops through

a state)

3. Ketchum v. Buckley, 99 U. S. 188 (1878)...

133

(Appointment of military governor as affecting general
laws of the state)

4. State v. Brown, 71 W. Va. 519 (1912)....

135

(Governor's power to declare martial law in time of na-

tional peace)

5. Ex parte McDonald, 49 Mont. 454 (1914)....

(Governor's power to declare martial law in time of na-

tional peace)

148

... 158

06. Ex parte King, 246 Fed. 868 (1917).....

(Civil and military jurisdiction in time of war)

(e) Executive Powers.....

1. Martin v. Mott, 12 Wheat. 19 (1827)..

(President's power to call out militia)

2. United States v. Eliason, 16 Pet. 291 (1842). ..

(President's power to establish rules for Army)

(President's power to set up provisional courts in enemy

territory)

6. Hamilton v. Dillin, 21 Wall. 73 (1874) . . . . . .

181

(President's power to stop commercial intercourse with

enemy)

7. Totten v. U. S., 92 U. S. 105 (1875).....

188

(President's power as commander-in-chief to employ secret

service)

8. U. S. v. Symonds, 120 U. S. 46 (1887).....

189

(President's power to issue orders in conflict with statutes

of Congress)

9. Runkle v. U. S., 122 U. S. 543 (1887)....

192

(President may act through heads of departments)

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2. MILITARY PERSONS-SPECIAL RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES IN CIVIL LAW 201

1. Wilkes v. Dinsman, 7 How. 89 (1849).....

201

(Liability of officer for corporal punishment to enlisted

man)

2. Mitchell v. Harmony, 13 How. 115 (1851)......

(Officer's liability for property seizure for public use)

207

3. Hough v. Hoodless, 35 Ill. 166 (1864).....

215

... 216

superior)

(Liability of officer for acts done at his command)

4. Trammell v. Bassett, 24 Ark. 499 (1866)..

5.

(Obedience to orders as justification)

Bell v. Louisville R. R. Co., 64 Ky. 404 (1866)........... 217

(Soldier's liability for property destroyed under orders of

8.

(Confiscation of property by military commander)
Bates v. Clark, 95 U. S. 204 (1877).....
(Superior's orders as a justification)

226

9. Dow v. Johnson, 100 U. S. 158 (1879)....

227

(Officer in enemy country; liability to laws of that coun-

try)

10. Commonwealth v. Shortall, 206 Pa. 165 (1903).

(Criminal liability of officer and enlisted man)

235

11. Cleveland v. Harries, 32 App. D. C. 300 (1908)....

244

3. GOVERNMENT'S CIVIL LIABILITY FOR CONTRACTS AND TORTS BY MILI-

TARY PERSONS..

246

(Civil liability of militiaman acting in obedience to orders)

1. U. S. v. McLemore, 4 How. 286 (1846).....

(Suits against government without its consent)

2. U. S. v. Adams, 7 Wall. 463 (1868).......

(Secretary of War's authority to make contracts for mili-

tary establishment)

3. The Floyd Acceptances, 7 Wall. 666 (1868)....

(Government's liability under contract by oflicer)

4. U. S. v. Speed, 8 Wall. 77 (1868).....

(War Department contracts made in emergency)

5. Smoot's Case, 15 Wall. 36 (1872)...

(Jurisdiction of suits on contracts)

6. Clark v. U. S., 95 U. S. 539 (1877)....

(Contracts with government must be in writing)

7. U. S. v. Pacific R. R., 120 U. S. 227 (1887)......

(Government's liability for property destroyed in military

operations)

8. St. Louis Hay & Grain Co. v. U. S., 191 U. S. 159 (1903).. 290

(Recovery on executed contract)

4. EFFECT OF WAR ON CIVIL RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES.

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293

296

2. Stewart v. Kahn, 11 Wall. 493 (1870)......

(Effect of war on suspension of time under statutes of lim-

itation)

3. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. v. Hillyard, 37 N. J. Law,
444 (1874)

(Effect of war on contracts)

4. Mayo & Jones v. Cartwright, 30 Ark. 407

301

(1875).......... 310

(Effect of war on suspension of time under statutes of

limitation)

5. New York Ins. Co. v. Statham, 93 U. S. 24 (1876)......... 314

(Effect of war on insurance policy)

6. Horlock v. Beal, [1916] 1 A. C. 486.

(Effect of war on contracts)

7. Tingley v. Muller, [1917] 2 Ch. 144.

(Effect of war on agency)

8. The Kronprinzessin Cecilie;

North German Lloyd v. Guaranty Trust Co., 238 F. 668

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323

1. U. S. v. Dunn, 120 U. S. 249 (1887).....

(Status of Marine Corps)

335

2. McClaughry v. Deming, 186 U. S. 49 (1902).....

339

(Distinction between Regular Army and Volunteer Army)

(b) Officers

350

1. U. S. v. Hunt, 14 Wall. 550 (1871)....

350

(Distinction between rank by "brevet" and without

"brevet")

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