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and the militia.

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Could you give me some reason why there is any need

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for such an exception in the Constitution?

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DELEGATE WEIDEMEYER: Well, our forefathers, when

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they drew the Constitution, and I am telling you this is

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in the Federal Constitution, it is the exact wording of

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the Federal Constitution, and it has held good since

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the adoption of it, and I have heard no clamor for change,

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and ordinarily when a man is in active military service,

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he is subject to the jurisdiction of the military.

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DELEGATE JAMES: Delegate Marion.

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DELEGATE MARION: Is it not true, though, that the

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U. S. has an army and has a navy and has by act of Congresg

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a system of military courts in which those offenders are

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punished, and we have made no such provision for that as

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the judicial system of this state?

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DELEGATE WEIDEMEYER: If those cases arise under

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the federal jurisdiction or the military forces, of course

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they would be prosecuted under those federal laws , so

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we can make an exception without violating anything.

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DELEGATE JAMES: For what purpose does Delegate