ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FOURTH EDITION. The former Editor, Mr. G. A. R. FitzGerald, has been reluctantly obliged to relinquish the editorship, and Mr. F. F. Liddell (a) has been appointed to succeed him. The chief changes in this edition are due to the application of the Criminal Evidence Act, 1898, to courts-martial. Rules for that purpose were published early in 1899. These have since been incorporated in a new edition of the rules, which also makes a few other slight changes in court-martial procedure. In revising the book the Editor has had the benefit of the assistance of Major W. D. Jones, of the Wiltshire Regiment, and is especially indebted to him in respect of the revision of Chapters X and XI and the Appendices to the Rules. Chapter VI has been revised by Sir C. P. Ilbert, who has been aided in the revision by Mr. W. Guy Granet, Barristerat-Law. Chapter VII has been rewritten by the Editor with the assistance of Sir John Scott, K.Č.M.G., Deputy Judge Advocate-General. Chapter IX has been revised by Sir Henry Jenkyns, who is indebted for valuable suggestions to Mr. Oman, Fellow of All Souls College, and Mr. Hassall, Student of Christ Church, Oxford. In Part III the Volunteer Acts have been added. A table of the contents of the chapters has been added, and the index recast in a shorter form. August, 1899. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIFTH EDITION. This edition has been edited by Mr. W. M. GrahamHarrison in succession to the late Editor, Mr. F. F. Liddell, who resigned on being appointed Second Parliamentary Counsel. The various amendments made in the Army Act since 1899 (especially the introduction of the punishment of detention), and the re-organisation of the system of commands and of the War Office, have necessitated a new issue of the Rules of Procedure (which is embodied in this edition), and a considerable number of alterations in other parts of the Mannal. (a) Now Second Parliamentary Counsel. The index is entirely new, and has been prepared in the War Office, under the supervision of the Editor. The Editor is indebted to Mr. H. W. C. Davis, Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, for several corrections in Chapters II and IX. The Territorial and Reserve Forces Act, 1907, did not become law till after all the book was in type, and in consequence it has been found impossible, without unduly delaying the issue of this edition, to insert in Chapter XI or elsewhere an account of all the alterations effected by that enactment. November, 1907. NOTE. In a work covering so much ground there must inevitably be errois; any corrections or suggestions will be gratefully received; they should be addressed to "The Editor (Manual of Military Law), Care of the Secretary of the War Office, War Office, S.W." VIII.-POWERS OF COURTS OF LAW IN RELATION TO COURTS- .. 222 Regulation of the Forces Act, 1871 (unrepealed sections) Extract from the Regulation of the Forces Act, 1881 Regulations under Regimental Debts Act, 1893 Royal Warrant-Soldiers' Effects Fund |