Cashiering

Cashiering is a punishment for officers in the army and navy. It is more severe than dismissal from the sovereign's service, inasmuch as it disqualifies from entering the public service in any capacity, which dismissal does not. The Army Act of 1881 enacts that an officer convicted by court-martial of 'scandalous conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman' shall be cashiered, and provides no alternative punishment as in all other cases of misconduct for which an officer may be tried.