370 SIANITAI FOR NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS. 



ment, or inability to perform duty, amount to the full term of 

 that part of his enlistment period which he is required to 

 serve with his organization before being furloughed to the 

 Army Reserve. 



SOLDIERS— SEPARATION FROM THE SERVICE. 



Akt. 108. No enlisted man, lawfully inducted into the mili- 

 tary service of the United States, shall be discharged from 

 said service without a certificate of discharge, signed by a 

 field officer of the regiment or other organizi:tion to vhich the 

 enlisted man belongs or by the commanding officer when no 

 such field officer is present ; and no enlisted man shrll be dis- 

 charged from said service before his term of service has ex- 

 pired, except by order of the President, the Secretaiy of War, 

 the co]i'inanding officer of a department, or by a sertence of a 

 general court-martial. 



OATH OF ENLISTMENT. 



AnT. 109. At the time of his enlistment every sDldier shall 

 take the following oath or afilrmation : " I, , do sol- 

 emnly swear (or affirm) that I w^ill bear true fath and alle- 

 giance to the United States of America; that I wil serve them 

 honestly and faithfully against all their enemies .vhomsoever ; 

 and that I will obey the orders of the President ^f the United 

 States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, ac- 

 cording to the Rules and Articles of War." This oath or 

 affirmation may be taken before any officer. 



