Any person subject to this code who before or in the presence of the enemy:

(1)  Runs away;

(2)  Shamefully abandons, surrenders, or delivers up any command, unit, place, or military property that it is his or her duty to defend;

(3)  Through disobedience, neglect, or intentional misconduct endangers the safety of any such command, unit, place, or military property that it is his or her duty to defend;

(4)  Casts away his or her arms or ammunition;

(5)  Is guilty of cowardly conduct;

(6)  Quits his or her place of duty to plunder or pillage;

(7)  Causes false alarms in any command, unit, or place under control of the armed forces of the United States or the state military forces;

(8)  Willfully fails to do his or her utmost to encounter, engage, capture, or destroy any enemy troops, combatants, vessels, aircraft, or any other thing, that it is his or her duty so to encounter, engage, capture, or destroy; or

(9)  Does not afford all practicable relief and assistance to any troops, combatants, vessels, or aircraft of the armed forces belonging to the United States or their allies, to the state, or to any other state, when engaged in battle;

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 30-13-99

  • Military: refers to any or all of the armed forces;
    (15) "Military court" means a court-martial, a court of inquiry, or a provost court;
    (16) "Officer" means commissioned or warrant officer;
    (17) "Rank" means the order of precedence among members of the state military forces;
    (18) "Shall" is used in an imperative sense;
    (19) "State judge advocate" means the commissioned officer on the staff of the adjutant general responsible for supervising military justice in the state military forces;
    (20) "State military forces" means the national guard of the state, as defined in 32 U. See Rhode Island General Laws 30-13-1
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8

shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

History of Section.
G.L. 1956, § 30-13-99; P.L. 1962, ch. 82, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 511, art. 2, § 37.