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ENLISTJCENT WITHOUT DISCHAUGK. 



Art. 29. Any soldier who, without having first received a 

 regular discharge, again enlists in the Army, or in the militia 

 when in the service of the United States, or in the 'Naxj or 

 Marine Corps of the United States, or in any foreign army, 

 shall be deemed to have deserted the service of the United 

 States, and, where enlistment is in one of the forces of the 

 United States mentioned above, to have fraudulently enlisted 

 therein. 



FSAUDXJLENT ENLISTMENT. 



Aet. 54. Any person who shall procure himself to be enlisted 

 in the military service of the United States by means of 

 willful misrepresentation or concealment as to his qualifica- 

 tions for enlistment, and shall receive pay or allowances 

 under such enlistment, shall be punished as a court-martial 

 may direct. 



OFFICES MAKIITG XJNLAWFUL ENLISTMENT. 



Aet. 55. Any officer who knowingly enlists or musters into 

 the military service any person whose enlistment or muster 

 in is prohibited by Law, regulations, or orders shall be dis- 

 missed from the service or suffer such other punishment as 

 a court-martial may direct. 



MUSTEK ROLLS— FALSE MTJSTES. 



Art. 56. At every muster of a regiment, troop, battery, or 

 company the commanding officer thereof shall give to the mus- 

 tering officer certificates, signed by himself, stating how long 

 absent oflicers have been absent and the reasons of their ab- 

 sence. And the commaading officer of every troop, battery, or 

 company shall give like certificates, stating how long absent 

 noncommissioned officers and private soldiers have iDeen ab- 

 sent and the reasons of their absence. Such reasons and time 

 of absence shall be inserted in the muster rolls opposite the 

 names of the respective absent officers and soldiers, and the 

 certificates, together with the muster rolls, shall be transmit- 

 ted by the mustering officer to the Department of War as 



