§15-1E-100 Misbehavior before the enemy. - West Virginia Statutes

§15-1E-100. Misbehavior before the enemy.
Any person subject to this article who before or in the presence of the enemy:

(1) Runs away;

(2) Shamefully abandons, or surrenders any command, unit, place, or military property which it is his duty to defend;

(3) Through disobedience, neglect, or intentional misconduct endangers the safety of any such command, unit, place, or military property;

(4) Casts away his arms or ammunition;

(5) Is guilty of cowardly conduct;

(6) Quits his place of duty to plunder or pillage;

(7) Causes false alarms in any command, unit, or place under control of the armed forces of the United States or the state military forces;

(8) Willfully fails to do his utmost to encounter, engage, capture or destroy any enemy troops, combatants, vessels, aircraft, or any other thing, which it is his duty so to encounter, engage, capture or destroy; or

(9) Does not afford all practicable relief and assistance to any troops, combatants, vessels or aircraft of the armed forces belonging to the United States or their allies, to the state when engaged in battle or in suppressing civil disorders; shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.