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EXECUTIVE ORDER 9683

RESTORING LIMITATIONS UPON PUNISHMENTS FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS OF ARTICLES OF WAR 58, 59, 61 AND 86

WHEREAS, by Executive Order No. 9048 of February 3, 1942(1), and Executive Order No. 9267 of November 9, 1942(1), the limitations prescribed by the Table of Maximum Punishments, paragraph 104 (c) of A Manual for Courts-Martial, United States Army (1928), for violations of Articles of War 58, 59, 61 and 86, relating, respectively, to desertion, aiding or advising another to desert, absence without leave, and misbehavior of sentinels, were suspended until further order as to offenses committed after the effective dates of such orders; and

WHEREAS, it is deemed no longer necessary

 

HARRY S. TRUMAN
THE WHITE HOUSE, 
January 1946

(1) 3 CFR Cum. Supp.