Destruction of or injury to monuments, trees, etc_-_- Trespassing for the purpose of hunting, shooting, etc__ Superintendents, etc., may make arrests_- Cutting and chipping trees to secure pitch, etc__ States authorized to mark lines of battle, erect monuments, etc‒‒‒‒‒ States authorized to take and use stone, gravel, etc., found within Marking locations with condemned cannon and cannon balls--- Marking positions with tablets, opening and improving avenues, etc_- Improvement and maintenance of public roads_- Specimens of arms, uniforms, etc., used in battle to be preserved for Erection of tablet to contain President Lincoln's Gettysburg address_ Destruction of or injury to monuments, fences, trees, etc., and hunt- Same, location of office; limitation upon cost of lands__ States authorized to mark lines of battle by monuments, tablets, etc__ Destruction of or injury to monuments, fences, trees, etc---- Disbursements to be approved by the Secretary of War and reported States authorized to mark lines of battle by monuments, tablets, etc__ Destruction of or injury to monuments, fences, trees, etc., and hunt- Disbursements to be approved by the Secretary of War and reported 69 STATUTES. GENERAL. 1. USE FOR MANEUVERS.-In order to obtain practical benefits of great value to the country from the establishment of national military parks, said parks and their approaches are hereby declared to be national fields for military maneuvers for the Regular Army of the United States and the National Guard or Militia of the States: Provided, That the said parks shall be opened for such purposes only in the discretion of the Secretary of War, and under such regulations as he may prescribe.—Act of May 15,1896 (29 Stat., 120); 2. SAME. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized, within the limits of appropriations which may from time to time be available for such purpose, to assemble, at his discretion, in camp at such season of the year and for such period as he may designate, at such field of military maneuvers, such portions of the military forces of the United States as he may think best, to receive military instruction there.-Sec. 2, id. 3. SAME, REGULATIONS.-The Secretary of War is further authorized to make and publish regulations governing the assembling of the National Guard or Militia of the several States upon the maneuvering grounds, and he may detail instructors from the Regular Army for such forces during their exercises.-Sec. 2, id. 4. DESTRUCTION OF OR INJURY TO MONUMENTS, TREES, ETC.-Every person who willfully destroys, mutilates, defaces, injures, or removes any monument, statue, marker, guidepost, or other structure, or who willfully destroys, cuts, breaks, injures, or removes any tree, shrub, or plant within the limits of any national parks, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one thousand dollars for each monument, 1 Section 35 of the act of Feb 2, 1901 (31 Stat., 757), contained a provision that "the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause preliminary examinations and surveys to be made for the purpose of selecting four sites with a view to the establishment of permanent camp grounds for instruction of troops of the Regular Army and National Guard, with estimates of the cost of the sites and their equipment, with all modern appliances, and for this purpose is authorized to detail such officers of the Army as may be necessary to carry on the preliminary work; and the sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the necessary expense of such work, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of War: Provided, That the Secretary of War shall report to Congress the result of such examination and surveys; and no contract for said sites shall be made nor any obligations incurred until Congress shall approve such selections and appropriate the money therefor." statue, marker, guidepost, or other structure, tree, shrub, or plant destroyed, defaced, injured, cut, or removed, or by imprisonment for not less than fifteen days and not more than one year, or by both fine and imprisonment.-Act of March 3, 1897 (29 Stat., 621). 5. TRESPASSING FOR THE PURPOSE OF HUNTING, SHOOTING, ETC.Every person who shall trespass upon any national parks for the purpose of hunting or shooting, or who shall hunt any kind of game thereon with gun or dog, or shall set trap or net or other device whatsoever thereon for the purpose of hunting or catching game of any kind, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not less than five days or more than thirty days, or by both fine and imprisonment. Sec. 2, id. 6. SUPERINTENDENTS, ETC., MAY MAKE ARRESTS.-The superintendent or any guardian of such park is authorized to arrest forthwith any person engaged or who may have been engaged in committing any misdemeanor named in this act, and shall bring such person before any United States commissioner or judge of any district or circuit court of the United States within either of the districts within which the park is situated, and in the district within which the misdemeanor has been committed, for the purpose of holding him to answer for such misdemeanor, and then and there shall make complaint in due form.1-Sec. 3, id. 7. ENTRY UPON A RESERVATION FOR A PURPOSE PROHIBITED BY LAW.— Whoever shall go upon any military reservation, Army post, fort, or arsenal for any purpose prohibited by law or military regulation made in pursuance of law, or whoever shall reenter or be found within any such reservation, post, fort, or arsenal after having been removed therefrom or ordered not to reenter by any officer or person in command or charge thereof, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.-Sec. 45, act of March 4, 1909, Criminal Code (35 Stat., 1097). 8. CUTTING OR INJURING TREES, ETC.-Whoever shall unlawfully cut, or aid in unlawfully cutting, or shall wantonly injure or destroy, or procure to be wantonly injured or destroyed, any tree growing, standing, or being upon any land of the United States which, in pursuance of law, has been reserved or purchased by the United States for any public use, or upon any Indian reservation, or lands belonging to or occupied by any tribe of Indians under the authority of the United States, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.-Sec. 50, id. 9. CUTTING AND CHIPPING TREES TO SECURE PITCH, ETC.-Whoever shall cut, chip, chop, or box any tree upon any lands belonging to 1 For other statutes respecting the punishment of offenses committed in national military parks, see pars. 7, 8, 9, 10, 35, 49, 58, and 68, post. |