Clause 24

Every person subject to military law who is guilty of drunkenness, whether on duty or not on duty, shall be liable on conviction by court-martial, if an officer, to be cashiered, or to suffer such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned, and if a soldier, to suffer imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned, and, either in addition to or in substitution for any other punishment, to pay a fine not exceeding fifty dollars:Provided that, where the offence of drunkenness is committed by a soldier not on active service or on duty, the sentence imposed shall not exceed detention for a period of six months, with or without the addition of the aforesaid fine.