Posted on Aug 27, 2018
What year were the "Articles of War" revised to prohibit punishments of flogging, branding, marking, tattooing?
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Another code of conduct, the 1863 Lieber Code, operated during the American Civil War as well. It was the first codified law that expressly forbade giving "no quarter" to the enemy (i.e. killing prisoners of war)
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MSgt Stephen Council
SPC David S. Don't you wish our enemies would follow it? I am an advocate of giving the enemy the same quarter they afford us...and yes, I get the whole "we are better then that" argument.
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Navy discontinued Flogging in 1850 by act of Congress, the other substituted were banned in 1855 and the rules comparable to today were enacted. The Army officially in 1861, although flogging was not a common punishment as it was in the Navy.
Navy discontinued Flogging in 1850 by act of Congress, the other substituted were banned in 1855 and the rules comparable to today were enacted. The Army officially in 1861, although flogging was not a common punishment as it was in the Navy.
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CPT Lawrence Cable
Even before 1861, flogging as punishment was officially against Regulations. An Article on the subject. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270882887_The_Military_Justice_System_and_Illegal_Punishments_as_a_Cause_of_Desertion_in_the_US_Army_1821-1835
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