Province shall appoint as judge an officer of a higher rank, and
if there were none such the same Commandant of the Province shall
open the inquiry. The judge shall always hold the rank of chief.

_Article_ 26.--When the Court of Inquiry has finished its labours,
the Superior Commandant shall appoint three assistant judges of
equal or superior rank to the judge, and a Court-Martial shall be
composed of the three assistant judges, the judge, the assessor,
and the president. The Commandant of the District shall be the
judge if the accused held the rank of sergeant, or a lower one,
and the Superior Commandant shall be judge if the accused held the
rank of lieutenant, or a higher one. This court shall pass sentence
in the same form as the Provincial Courts, but the sentence can
be appealed against before the Superior Council of War.

_Article 27_.--The Superior Council of War shall be composed
of six assistant judges, who shall hold the minimum rank of
Brigadier-General, and the War Office adviser. If the number of
generals residing in the capital of the Revolutionary Government
be insufficient, the number shall be made up by deputies to
be appointed on commission by Congress. The President of this
Council shall be the general of the highest rank amongst them,
and if there were more than one of the same rank, one shall be
elected by themselves by majority of votes.

_Article 28_.--The Superior Council shall judge and sentence,
without right of further appeal, Superior Commandants, Commandants
of Districts, and all officers who hold rank of Commandant,
or a higher one.

_Article 29_.--Military misdemeanours are the following:--

(1) Violation of the immunity due to foreigners, both as to
their persons and their goods, and violation of the privileges
appertaining to sanitary establishments and ambulances, as well
as the persons and effects in, or belonging to, one or the other,
and persons employed in the service of the same so long as they
commit no hostile act. (2) Want of respect for the lives, money,
and jewellery of the enemy who surrenders his arms, and for
prisoners of war. (3) The entry of Filipinos into the service of
the enemy as spies, or to discover war secrets, make plans of the
revolutionists' positions and fortifications, or present themselves
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