A clear distinction exists between the authority to apprehend and the authority to arrest or confine (article 9). Any person empowered to apprehend an offender, however, is authorized to secure the custody of an alleged offender until proper authority may be notified. Art. 8. Apprehension of Deserters Any civil officer having authority to apprehend offenders under the laws of the United States or of a State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession, or the District of Columbia may summarily apprehend a deserter from the armed forces and deliver him into the custody of those forces. When a military service sends out a description of a deserter, with a request for the deserter’s apprehension, the notice gives civil officers the authority to apprehend the person. Art. 9. Imposition of Restraint (a)   Arrest is the restraint of a person by an order  not  imposed  as  a  punishment  for  an offense, directing him to remain within certain specified  limits.  Confinement  is  the  physical restraint of a person. (b)   An  enlisted  member  may  be  ordered into    arrest    or    confinement    by    any commissioned  officer  by  an  order,  oral  or written,  delivered  in  person  or  through  other persons  subject  to  this  code.  A  commanding officer  may  authorize  warrant  officers,  petty officers, or noncommissioned officers to order enlisted members of his command or subject to his authority into arrest or confinement. (c)   A  commissioned  officer,  a  warrant officer, or a civilian subject to this code or to trial thereunder may be ordered into arrest or confinement only by a commanding officer to whose authority he is subject, by an order, oral or  written,  delivered  in  person  or  by  another commissioned  officer.  The  authority  to  order such persons into arrest or confinement may not be delegated. (d)   No person may be ordered into arrest or confinement except for probable cause. (e)   Nothing  in  this  article  limits  the authority  of  persons  authorized  to  apprehend offenders  to  secure  the  custody  of  an  alleged offender until proper authority may be notified. Art. 10. Restraint of Persons Charged with Offenses Any person subject to this chapter charged with  an  offense  under  this  chapter  shall  be ordered   into   arrest   or   confinement,   as circumstances may require; but when charged only  with  an  offense  normally  tried  by  a summary court-martial, he shall not ordinarily be  placed  in  confinement.  When  any  person subject  to  this  chapter  is  placed  in  arrest  or confinement  prior  to  trial,  immediate  steps shall  be  taken  to  inform  him  of  the  specific wrong of which he is accused and to try him or to dismiss the charges and release him. As  the  words  normally  and  ordinarily  imply,  the provisions of this article may not apply in exceptional cases. Whether to confine, arrest, or restrict a person in lieu of arrest is with the discretion of the officer having the power to do so. What this article says, in effect, is that in most instances confinement is not necessary for persons accused of minor offenses. Art. 11. Reports and Receiving of Prisoners (a)   No provost marshal, commander of a guard, or master-at-arms may refuse to receive or keep any prisoner committed to his charge by a  commissioned  officer  of  the  armed  forces, when  the  committing  officer  furnishes  a statement,  signed  by  him,  of  the  offense charged against the prisoner. (b)   Every  commander  of  the  guard  or master-at-arms  to  whose  charge  a  prisoner  is committed shall, within twenty-four hours after that  commitment  or  as  soon  as  he  is  relieved from guard, report to the commanding officer the name of the prisoner, the offense charged against him, and the name of the person who ordered or authorized the commitment. 2-17 Student Notes: