358 MANUAL FOR NONCOMMISSIOHED OFFICERS. 

 ASSAULTING OR WILLFULLY DISOBEYING SUPERIOE OFFICER. 



Art. 64. Any person subject to military law who, on any pre- 

 tense whatsoever, strikes his superior officer or draws or lifts 

 up any weapon or offers any violence against him, being in 

 the execution of his office, or willfully disobeys any lawful 

 command of his superior officer, shall suffer death or such 

 other punishment as a court-martial may direct. 



INSUBORDINATE CONDUCT TOWARD NONCOMMISSIONED 

 OFFICER. 



Aet. 65. Any soldier who strikes or assaults, or who at- 

 tempts or threatens to strike or .assault, or willfully disobeys 

 the lawful order of a noncommissioned officer while in the 

 execution of his office, or uses threatening or insulting lan- 

 guage, or behaves in an insubordinate or disrespectful manner 

 toward a noncommissioned officer while in the execution of 

 his office, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. 



MUTINY OS SEDITION. 



Aet. 66. Any person subject to military law who attempts 

 to create or who begins, excites, causes, or joins in any mutiny 

 or sedition in any company, party, post, camp, detachment, 

 guard, or other command shall suffer death or such other 

 punishment as a court-martial may direct. 



FAILURE TO SUPPRESS MUTINY OR SEDITION. 



Aet. 67. Any officer or soldier who, being present at any 

 mutiny or sedition, does not use his utmost endeavor to sup- 

 press the same, or knowing or having reason to believe that a 

 mutiny or sedition is to take place, does not without delay 

 give information thereof to his commanding officer shall suffer 

 death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct. 



QUARRELS, FRAYS, DISORDEB*. 



Aet. 68. All officers and noncommissioned officers have 

 power to part and quell all quarrels, frays, and disorders 

 among persons subject to military law and to order officers 



