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ever (unless by order of his commanding officer), or commits 

 any kind of depredation or riot, shall be punished as a court- 

 martial may direct. Any commanding officer who, upon com- 

 plaint made to him, refuses or omits to see reparation made to 

 the party injured, in so far as the offender's pay shall go 

 toward such reparation, as provided for in article 105, shall be 

 dismissed from the service or otherwise punished as a court- 

 martial may direct. 



PROVOKING SPEECHES OR GESTURES. 



Art. 90. Xo person subject to military law shall use any 

 reproachful or provoking speeches or gestures to another ; and 

 any person subject to military law who offends against the 

 provisions of this article shall be punished as a court-martial 

 may direct. 



DUELING. 



Art. 91. Any person subject to military law v/ho fights or 

 promotes or is concerned in or connives at fighting a duel, or 

 who having knowledge of a challenge sent or about to be sent, 

 fails to report the fact promptly to the proper authority, shall, 

 if an oflBcer, be dismissed from the service or suffer such other 

 punishment as a court-martial may direct; and if any other 

 person subject to military law shall suffer such punishment as 

 a court-martial may direct. 



MURDER— RAPE. 



Art. 92. Any person subject to military law who commits 

 murder or rape shall suffer death or imprisonment for life, as 

 a court-martial may direct ; but no person shall be tried by- 

 court-martial for murder or rape committed within the geo- 

 graphical limits of the States of the Union and the District 

 of Columbia in time of peace. 



VARIOUS CRIMES. 



Art. 93. Any person subject to military law who commits 

 manslaughter, mayhem, arson, burglary, robbery, larceny, em- 

 bezzlement, perjury, assault with intent to commit any felony, 

 or assault with intent to do bodily harm, shall be punished as 

 a court-martial may direct. 



