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On the recordFebruary 25, 1891
Sergeants shall not if they object thereto be brought to trial before regimental, garrison, or summary courts-martial without the authority of the officer competent to order their trial by general court-martial
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Ben Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Executive Order

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