A Digest of the Laws of the United States and the State of South-Carolina Now of Force, Relating to the Militia (Electronic book text)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. Excerpt from book: Section 3PRESIDENT JACKSON'S ORDER RELATING TO COURTS MARTIAL. Adjutant General's Office, textit{Washington, Sept. 23,1829. 271. At a General Court Martial, of which Captain Webb, of the 3d regiment ot' Infantry, was President, held at Jeft'erson Barracks, in the State of Missouri, on the 1st of July, 1829, by virtue of "Order No. 22," emanating from the Head Quarters of the Western Department, was arraigned and tried1st. Private James Richardson, alias James Kelly, of D Company, 6th Infantry. CHARGE. " textit{Repeated Desertion." textit{Specification 1stIn this: That he, private James Richardson, alias James Kelly, when a soldier of Captain Smith's Company, [G] 1st regiment of Infantry, and known by the name of James Richardson, stationed at Camp Morgan, on Flint River, in the Creek Nation, did desert the service of the United States, from said Camp Morgan, on Flint River, in the Creek Nation, some time in the months of June, July, or August, 1825, and did, whilst a deserter as aforesaid, enlist with Captain Lewis of the 3d regiment of Infantry, at New Port, Ky. on the first day of April, 1829, as a soldier in the army of the United States, by the name of James Kelly, by which name he was attached to Company 1, 6th Infantry, May 17th, 1829. textit{Specification 2d.In this: That he, James Richardson, alias James Kelly, of 1 Company, 6th regiment of Infantry, when convicted and undergoing a stoppage of pay by sentence of a General Court Martial, for a desertion of 24th of May, 1829, which sentence was promulgated in Department Orders, May 31, 1829, did desert the service of the United States, from Jefferson Barracks, on or about the 17th of June, 1829, and did remain absent from his company until apprehended and brought back by a citizen, and delivered at Jefferson Barracks as a deserter, on the ...