‘As will be seen by the following opinion of of the Supreme Court of the State of , than whom no man Stands more deservedly high in the public estimation, as an able and profound jurist, politician and statesman; the officers and privates belonging to the Legion, are exempt from all military duty, not required by the legally constituted authorities thereof, they are therefore expressly inhibited from performing any military service not ordered by the general officers, or directed by the court martial.’

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‘If officers act upon the obsolete laws of the ‘little book’ which have been repealed years since, it will be sweet to the taste but ‘make the be[l]ly bitter,’ and should any civil or military of[fi]cer attempt to enforce the collection of any military fines upon the members of the Legion, excepting when such fines are assessed by the court martial of the Legion, such persons are directed to apply to the Master in Chancery for , for an injunction to stay the illegal proceedings.