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General Orders, Boston March 11, 1822 Concerning Military Court Martials

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General Orders, Boston March 11, 1822 Concerning Military Court Martials
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Printed Broadside. One page, 7 7/8” x 14”. Headquarters, Boston. March 17, 1822. The document reads, in part: “ Geneal [sic] Orders. The General Court Martial, of which Brigadier-General Appleton is President, having tried Colonel EPHRAIM WARD of the 4th regiment, 1st brigade, 5th division, upon sundry charges exhibited against him by Lieut. SOUTHWORTH ELLIS, junr. And Ensign BENNET BRIGGS of the same regiment … it appears, that, upon the first article of the complaint, in which it is alleged, in substance, that the respondent, in presiding at an election of compny officers, allowed several persons to vote who did not belong to the company …. And that he refused to receive the vote of one person who was duly enrolled … That, of the 4th article, expressed in the following words, ‘said WARD made his return, that said TINKHAM was duly elected Captain of said company, when he must have known that it was not the choice of said company that said TINKHAM should be their captain … the Court decided ‘that said WARD is guilty’. Wherefore the Court having taken into consideration the offence of which it hath adjudged COL. EPHRAIM WARD to be guilty, after full and mature deliberation thereon, sentenced him be reprimanded in orders … The elective franchise is dear to every elector’s heart … and all the regulations which have emanated from Head Quarters, on this important branch of service, are designed to elucidate and secure to electors this inestimable constitutional privilege … The same Court also tried Colonel JOSHUA HAMBLEM … Chares 1st Neglect of duty and disobedience of orders … neglecting to make the annual returns of his regiment … … Unmilitary conduct … For exercising a military command when he was under arrest … after a full and mature deliberation being had, did sentence him to be removed from office, and adjudged him to be disqualified for, and incapable of holding any military office, under this Commonwealth, for life … The same Court also tried Major FREEMAN FOSTER, Brigade Quarter Master … on the complaint of Brigadier General WILLIAM H. SUMNER … for neglecting to inspect the Military Stores … For neglecting, in the month of September last, to make out a return … it found the said Major FREEMAN FOSTER guilty, and sentenced him to be removed from office, and to be disqualified for, and incapable of holding any military office under the Commonwealth for the term of one year …” Nice court martial content, especially in regard to the two soldiers charged with neglect. Light toning at edges. A few folds. This broadside appears to be a printer’s draft copy, evidenced by the mistaken spelling of General, which has been noted and corrected in pen.