Offenses. UNDER 32D ARTICLE OF WAR-Cont'd. For more than twenty-four to Limits of punishment. Forfeiture of $6 and five days' confinement at hard labor. For corporal, forfeiture of $8; sergeant, $10; 1st sergeant or noncommissioned officer of higher grade, $12; or, for all noncommissioned officers, reducti n. For more than two to ten days, Forfeiture of $10 and ten days' confinement inclusive. at hard labor; for noncommissioned officer, reduction in addition thereto. For more than ten to thirty days, Forfeiture of $30 and one month's confinement inclusive. at hard labor; for noncommissioned officer, reduction in addition thereto. For more than thirty to ninety Three months' confinement at hard labor and days, inclusive. forfeiture of $10 per month for same period; for noncommissioned officer, reduction in addition thereto. Dishonorable discharge and forfeiture of all pay and allowances and six months' confinement at hard labor. Forfeiture of $1; corporal, 82; sergeant, $3; 1st sergeant, $4. Forfeiture of $5; corporal, $8; sergeant, $10. Forfeiture of $2; corporal, $3; sergeant, $5. Six months' confinement at hard labor and Forfeiture of $12; for noncommissioned officer, reduction and forfeiture of $20. Offenses. Limits of punishment. UNDER 40TH ARTICLE OF WAR. Quitting guard UNDER 518T ARTICLE OF WAR. Persuading soldiers to desert UNDER 60TH ARTICLE OF WAR. UNDER 62D ARTICLE OF WAR. Manslaughter. Assault, with intent to kill. Burglary Forgery Perjury False swearing.. Robbery.. Larceny or embezzlement of property * Six months' confinement at hard labor and forfeiture of $10 per month for the same period; for noncommissioned officer, reduction in addition thereto. Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and one year's confinement at hard labor. Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and four years' confinement at hard labor. Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and four years' confinement at hard labor. Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and four years' confinement at hard labor. Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and two years' confinement at hard labor. Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and six years' confinement at hard labor. Of the value of more than $100 Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay Of the value of $100 or less and more than $50. Of the value of $50 or less and more than $20. Of the value of $20 or less. Fraudulent enlistment, procured by false representation or concealment of a fact in regard to a prior enlistment or discharge, or in regard to conviction of a civil or military crime. Fraudulent enlistment, other cases of. and allowances, and four years' confinement at hard labor. Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and three years' confinement at hard labor. Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and two years' confinement at hard labor. Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and one year's confinement at hard labor. Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement at hard labor for one year. Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement at hard labor for six months. *In specifications to charges of larceny or embezzlement the value of the property shall be stated. Six months' confinement at hard labor and forfeiture of $10 per month for the same period; for noncommissioned officer, reduction in addition thereto. One month's confinement at hard labor and forfeiture of $10; for noncommissioned officer, reduction in addition thereto. Forfeiture of $4; corporal, $5; sergeant, $6. Forfeiture of $4; corporal, 85; sergeant, $6. Forfeiture of $10. Forfeiture of $3; for noncommissioned officer, reduction and forfeiture of $5. Forfeiture of $3; for noncommissioned officer, reduction and forfeiture of $5. Forfeiture of $10 and seven days' confinement at hard labor; for noncommissioned officer, reduction and forfeiture of $12. Forfeiture of $4; corporal, $7; sergeant, $10. Forfeiture of $7; for noncommissioned officer, reduction and forfeiture of $10. Reduction, three months' confinement at hard labor, and forfeiture of $10 per month for the same period. Reduction and forfeiture of $5. Reduction, forfeiture of $8, and ten days' confinement at hard labor, Six months' confinement at hard labor and forfeiture of $10 per month for the same period. Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and one year's confinement at hard labor. Two months' confinement at hard labor and forfeiture of $10 per month for the same period. Two months' confinement at hard labor and forfeiture of $10 per month for the same period. Two months' confinement at hard labor and forfeiture of $10 per month for the same period; for noncommissioned officer, reduction in addition thereto. Six months' confinement at hard labor and forfeiture of $10 per month for the same period; for noncommissioned officer, reduction in addition thereto. Three months' confinement at hard labor and forfeiture of $10 per month for the same period; for noncommissioned officer, reduction in addition thereto. One month's confinement at hard labor and forfeiture of $10; for noncommissioned officer, reduction in addition thereto. ARTICLE III. The introduction and use of evidence of previous convictions is subject to the following regulations: 1. Such evidence shall be limited to previous convictions by courts-martial of an offense or offenses within one year preceding the arraignment and during the current enlistment. These convictions must be proved by the records of previous trials and convictions, or by duly authenticated copies of such records, or by duly authenticated copies of the orders promulgating such trials and convictions. Charges forwarded to the authority competent to order a general court-martial, or submitted to a summary, garrison, or regimental court-martial, must be accompanied by the proper evidence of previous convictions. 2. Whenever a soldier is convicted of an offense for which a discretionary punishment is authorized, the court will receive evidence of previous convictions, if there be any. General, regimental, and garrison courts-martial will, after a finding of guilty, be opened for the purpose of ascertaining whether there is such evidence and, if so, of receiving it. 3. Previous convictions in connection with inferior court offenses.—When a soldier is convicted of an offense the punishment for which under Article II of this order or the custom of the service does not exceed one month's confinement at hard labor and forfeiture of one month's pay, the punishment so authorized may, upon proof of four or less previous convictions within the prescribed period, be increased one-half for each of such previous convictions; provided that upon proof of five or more such previous convictions, the limit of punishment shall be dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement at hard labor for three months. 4. Previous convictions in connection with general courtmartial offenses.-When the conviction is for an offense punishable under Article II of this order or the custom of the service with a greater punishment than one month's confinement at hard labor and forfeiture of one month's pay, such punishment, if it includes dishonorable discharge, shall not be increased by reason of previous convictions, but evidence thereof, whatever their number within the prescribed period, will be submitted to the court to aid it in determining upon the proper measure of punishment, subject to the limit already authorized. If the authorized punishment under Article II of this order or the custom of the service exceeds one month's confinement at hard labor and forfeiture of one month's pay and does not include dishonorable discharge such punishment shall not be increased on account of previous convictions if less than five are considered, but if there be five or more, the court may adjudge dishonorable discharge and forfeiture of all pay and allowances with the authorized confinement, and when this confinement is less than three months it may be increased to three months. 5. On a conviction of desertion evidence of convictions of previous desertions may also be introduced, irrespective of the period which may have elapsed since such conviction or convictions. 6. When a noncommissioned officer is convicted of an offense not punishable with reduction, he may, upon proof of one previous conviction within the prescribed period, be sentenced to reduction in addition to the punishment already authorized. 7. First-class privates may be reduced to second-class privates in all cases where for like offenses on the part of noncommissioned officers their reduction in grade is now authorized. ARTICLE IV. When a soldier shall, on one arraignment, be convicted of two or more offenses, none of which is punishable under Article II of this order or the custom of the service with dishonorable discharge, but the aggregate term of confinement for which may exceed six months, dishonorable discharge with forfeiture of pay and allowances may be awarded in addition to the authorized confinement. ARTICLE V. If, in any case where the limit of punishment is dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement at hard labor for a stated number of months, dishonorable discharge be not adjudged, the limit of forfeiture shall be all pay due and to become due during the prescribed limit of confinement. ARTICLE VI. This order prescribes the maximum limit of punishment for the offenses named, and this limit is intended for those |