These provisions show that Congress has the power to provide for the trial and punishment of military and naval offences in the manner then and now practiced by civilized nations; and that the power to do so is given without any connection between it... Annual Reports of the Secretary of War - Page 209by United States. War Department - 1903Full view - About this book
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...the civil jurisdiction, and making the President commander-ln-chief, observes as follows:—"These provisions show that Congress has the power to provide...for the trial and punishment of military and naval offences in the manner then and now practised by civilized nations, and that the power to do so is... | |
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