Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-02-23 | Page 1 | Liable to Death Penalty

Liable Mable 1 lo 10 Death Penalty Washington ton Feb 22 Officers Officers o of the judge advocate generals general's office said today toda that any an national army soldiers charged with plotting treason on would be bc tried b by military martial court and It If found guilty would be liable to 0 the death penalty penally No report on omm the time arrests at Camp Lewis had reached the time ju judge se advocate general In Iii the ordinary course the division commander would make no report on such cases caBe until the matter mailer had hall been investigated anu in III case 1 U U- U nite charges char ts were filed the actual trial of ot those concerned had been completed Action to lo be taken depends entirely upon whether the time men under arrest were apprehended while still In the military service or after Cler they had been discharged previously on grounds of oC holding enemy sympathy If still Inthe in inthe the service they timer would be dealt with under military law If If however the time plotters were discharged discharged dis dis- ls- ls char charged ed from the time arm army and then lien ar- ar tested the time mill military tan authorities would simply report the time case case to the department department depart depart- ment meat of justice and then hold the prisoners for the disposition of oC that tribunal The Time war sar department recently or ordered or- or dered steps taken to weed out of the service not only every alien suspected of holding allegiance lance to the time enemies of time the country countr but those also whose affiliations af at- before the entry of or time the United Untied States Into time the war led let to lo a a. su suspicion of their lo loyalty loyally alt No statistics have been made public as to the time number of oC men discharged as asa a n. result of oC this campaign Arm Army of officers of- of ficera do nol believe belle however that the total of 00 reported from Camp Lewis would be a a. fair average for all camps Discharges from the time national army the they pointed ou out t na naturally would be larger than from the national guard gU