An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters.
WHEREAS the raising or keeping a Standing Army within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Time of Peace, unless it be with the Consent of Parliament, is against Law: And whereas it is adjudged necessary by Her Majesty, and this present Parliament, that a Body of Forces should be continued, for the Safety of the United Kingdom, the Defence of the Possessions of Her Majesty’s Crown, and the Preservation of the Balance of Power in Europe, and that the whole Number of such Forces s...