On the conclusion of the preliminary hearing, the senior commandant shall designate three officers of equal or higher rank to the judge and the military court shall consist of the said officers, the judge, the councilor and the President.

The latter shall be the commandant of the Zone, if the accused be of the grade of sergeant or less, and the senior commandant if he be of the grade of lieutenant or higher.

This court shall conduct the trial in the form customary in the Provincial courts, but the judgment shall be appealable to the higher courts of war.
Article XXVII.

The superior court shall be composed of six members, who shall hold rank not less than brigadier generals, and the judge advocate.

If the number of generals present in the capitol of the revolutionary government shall not be sufficient the deficiency shall be supplied by representatives designated and commissioned by congress.