Solemnities of military Will

The soldier or the civil employee of the army, who is desirous of making a Will, shall declare his last wish in the presence of three competent witnesses and of the auditor of the respective divisions, or in his absence, of any officer of commissioned rank. The auditor or the officer in his substitution shall write the testamentary disposition. § 1 - Where the testator is injured or ill, in the absence of auditor or officer, his duties may be performed by the chaplain or by the physician of the hospital wherein the injured or ill person is found. § 2 - The disposition shall be read, dated and signed as provided in articles 1914 and 1915. § 3 - Such Will shall be forwarded as soon as possible to the Army headquarters and from there to the War Ministry, who will cause it to be deposited in the testamentary archive of the administrative district, where the said Will shall take its effect. § 4 - After the death of the testator, the government shall publish the news of his death in the government gazette mentioning therein the archive wherein the Will has been deposited. § 5 - Such Will shall be of no effect after one month from the date of the return of the testator to the country, or of the cessation of the siege or of the incommunicability of the territory, where the same Will was made.