Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: AKTICLES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NAVY, TOGETHER WITH SUBSEQUENT STATUTORY ENACTMENTS RELATING TO ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN THE NAVY. 16. History.—" Rules for the regulation of the Navy of the United Colonies" were adopted by the Continental Congress on November 28, 1775. These rules were reenacted and continued in force by an act of Congress approved July 1, 1797 (1 Stat., 525). Thereafter, on March 2, 1799, there was approved "An act for the government of the Navy of the United States." (1 Stat., 709.) On March 2, 1855, there was passed "An act to provide a more efficient discipline for the Navy." (10 Stat., 627.) And on July 17, 1862, there was enacted another "Act for the better government of the Navy of the United States." (12 Stat., 600.) The above acts are the principal sources of the present "Articles for the Government of the Navy." 17. The Articles for the Government of the Navy.—Section 1624 of the Revised Statutes is a codification, under the title of "Articles for the Government of the Navy," of the laws in existence prior to December 1, 1873, governing the administration of justice in the Navy. These articles comprise, in addition to the aforementioned acts, in whols or in part, the following legislation pertaining to the Navy: Acts of August 26, 1842 (5 Stat., 535); July 30, 1846 (9 Stat., 44) ; August 5, 1861 (12 Stat., 316); February 13, 1862 (12 Stat.. 340); March 13, 1862 (12 Stat., 354); July 14, 1862 (12 Stat., 565) ; March 2, 1863 (12 Stat., 696); March 3, 1863 (12 Stat., 737); May 16, 1864 (13 Stat., 75); July 13, 1866 (14 Stat., 92); March 2, 1867 (14 Stat., 516); July 15,1870 (16 Stat., 334); June 6,1872 (17 Stat., 261). 18. Subsequent statutory enactments.—The Articles for the Government of the Navy, as published in the Revised Statutes, h...