Any officer or enlisted man taking any government property from any military installation without the consent of his unit commander shall be considered as appropriating government property for his own use and may be tried in any court of competent jurisdiction and on conviction thereof shall suffer a fine in any sum, not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), together with the cost of such government property, or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding sixty (60) days, or shall suffer both fine and imprisonment.