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5 Vol. page 444
 
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Decem 6, 1779
 
Decem 6, 1779
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      To avoid the inconvenience of Officers continuing to absent themselves from their respective Corps, after having notice to join.  An Act of Congress [indecipherable] empowering Courts Martial to Cashier them for such conduct.
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      It appears by the several Acts of Congress and the rules established for the government of the Army that there have been three and no more than three, several modes of discharging or getting rid of Officers of the line, first, by resignation 2 Cashiering by Court Martial, and 3 by reducing of the Regiment or Corps, which in our Army
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