his superior officer, shall suffer such punishment as shall be adjudged.

8. Any officer or soldier who shall desert to the enemy, and afterwards be retaken, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as may be adjudged.

9. Any non-commissioned officer or soldier who shall desert, or, without leave from his commanding officer, absent himself from the company to which he belongs, or from any detachment of which he is one, shall be punished according to the nature of his offence.

10. Whatsoever officer or soldier shall be convicted of having advised or persuaded any other officer or soldier to desert, shall suffer such punishment as shall be adjudged.

11. All officers, of what condition soever, shall have power to part and quell all quarrels, frays, and disorders, and order offenders to be arrested and confined till their proper superior officer shall be acquainted therewith; and whosoever shall refuse to obey such officer, (though of an inferior rank.) or shall draw his sword upon him, shall be punished according to the nature of his offence.

12. No officer or soldier shall use any reproachful or provoking speeches or gestures to another, nor shall presume to send a challenge to any person to fight a duel; and whosoever shall, knowingly or willingly, suffer any person whatsoever to go forth to fight a duel, or shall second, promote, or carry any challenge, shall be deemed a principal; and whatsoever officer or soldier shall upbraid another for refusing a challenge, shall, also, be considered as a challenger; and all such offenders, in any of these or such like cases, shall be punished according to the nature of his offence.

13. Any officer commanding in quarters, or on a inarch, shall keep good order, and to the utmost of his power redress all such abuses or disorders which may be committed by any officer or soldier under his command; if upon any complaint made to him of officers or soldiers beating, or otherwise ill-treating, any person, or of committing any kind of riot, to the disquieting of the inhabitants, the said commander who shall refuse or omit to see justice done on the offender or offenders, and reparation made to the party or parties injured, as far as the offender's wages will enable him or them, shall, upon due proof thereof, be punished in such manner as if he, himself, had committed the crimes or disorders complained of.

14. If any officer or soldier should think himself wronged by his Captain or commanding officer, and shall, upon application to him, be refused redress, he may complain to the Colonel or commanding officer of the said battalion to obtain justice, who is hereby required to examine into the said complaint, and see that justice be done.

15. Whatsoever non-commissioned officer or soldier shall sell, or designedly, or through neglect, waste, the ammunition, arms, or other military stores or provisions delivered out to him, to be used or employed in the service, shall, if an officer, be reduced to a private sentinel, and if a private soldier, shall suffer such punishment as shall be adjudged.

16. Any non-commissioned officer or soldier who shall be found one mile from his station, or the camp, without leave, in writing, from his commanding officer, shall suffer such punishment as shall be adjudged.

17. No officer or soldier shall be out of his quarters or camp without leave from the commanding officer, upon penalty of being punished according to the nature of his offence.

18. Every non-commissioned officer and soldier shall repair to his quarters or tent at the beating of the retreat, in default of which he shall be punished according to the nature of his offence.

19. No officer, non-commissioned officer, or soldier, shall fail of repairing, at the time fixed, to the place of parade or exercise, or other rendezvous appointed by the commanding officer, if not prevented by sickness or some other necessity, or shall go from the said place of rendezvous, or from his guard, without leave from his commanding officer, before he shall be regularly dismissed or relieved, on penalty of being punished according to the nature of his offence.

20. Whatsoever commissioned officer shall be found drunk on his guard, party, or other duty under arms, shall be cashiered for it; any non-commissioned officer or soldier so offending, shall suffer such punishment as shall be adjudged.

21. Whatsoever sentinel shall be found sleeping upon his post, or shall leave it before he shall be regularly relieved, shall suffer such punishment as shall be adjudged.

22. Any person belonging to the Provincial forces, who, by discharging of fire-arms, beating of drums, or by any other means, whatsoever, shall occasion false alarms in camp or quarters, shall suffer such punishment as shall be adjudged.

23. Any officer or soldier who shall, without urgent necessity, or without leave of his superior officer, quit his platoon or division, shall be punished according to the nature of his offence.

24. No officer or soldier shall do violence, or offer any insult or abuse to any person who shall bring provisions or other necessaries to any camp or quarters; any officer or soldier so offending, shall suffer such punishment as shall be adjudged.

25. Whatsoever officer or soldier shall shamefully abandon his post in the time of an engagement, shall suffer death immediately.

26. Whatsoever officer or soldier shall shamefully abandon any post committed to his charge, or shall induce any other persons so to do, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall be adjudged.

27. Any person of or belonging to, the said forces, how shall make known the watchword to any person who is not entitled to receive it, according to the rules and discipline of war, or shall presume to give a parole or watchword different from what he received, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall be adjudged.

28. Whosoever of, or belonging to, the said forces, shall relieve the enemy with money, victuals, or ammunition, or shall knowingly harbour or protect an enemy, shall suffer such punishment as shall be adjudged.

29. Whosoever of, or belonging to, the said forces, shall be convicted of holding a treacherous correspondence with, or of giving intelligence to, the enemy, either directly or indirectly, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall be adjudged.

30. If any officer or soldier shall leave his post or colours, at the time of an engagement, to go in search of plunder, he shall suffer such punishment as may be adjudged.

31. If any commander of any post, intrenchment, or fortress, shall be compelled by the officers or soldiers under his command to surrender it to the enemy, or abandon it, the offenders shall suffer death, or such other punishment as may be adjudged.

32. If any person shall use menacing words, signs or gestures, in the presence of any Court-Martial, when sitting, or shall cause any disorder or riot, so as to disturb their proceedings, he shall be punished at the discretion of such Court-Martial.

33. To the end that offenders may be brought to justice, whenever any officer or soldier shall commit a crime deserving punishment, he shall, by his commanding officer, if an officer, be put in arrest; if a non-commissioned officer or soldier, be imprisoned till he shall be either tried by a Court-Martial, or shall be lawfully discharged by proper authority.

34. No officer or soldier, who shall be put in arrest or imprisonment, shall continue in his confinement more than eight days, or till such time as a Court-Martial can be conveniently assembled.

35. No officer commanding a guard, or provost martial, shall refuse to receive or keep any prisoner delivered into his charge by an officer belonging to the said forces; the officer, at the same time, delivering an accusation signed by himself, of the crime with which the said prisoner is charged.

36. No officer commanding a guard, or provost martial, shall presume to release any prisoner committed to his charge, without proper authority for so doing; nor shall he suffer any prisoner to escape, on the penalty of being punished for it as may be adjudged.

37. Every officer or provost martial, to whose charge any prisoner shall be committed, is hereby required, with in twenty-four hours after such commitment, or as soon as