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Show COURTS-MARTIAL IN ARMY ARE INCREASING WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. The annual report of Gen. George B. Davis, Judge Advocate-General of the army shows that of the commissioned officers tried during the last year by general court-martial, court-martial, thirty-five were convicted and thirteen acquitted. Three cadets and 4393 enlisted men were convicted while 356 men were acquitted. The total number of trials before general court-'martial court-'martial of 4800 cases shows an Increase of 651 cases over last year. This increase is mainly due to the fact that a. large number of deserters have been apprehended and brought to trial, the number of convictions for desertion de-sertion being 1476 this year, an Increase of 440. This gain is chiefly due to the increase of the reward paid to all civil officers for the apprehension of deserters. de-serters. Inducing greater vigilance on their part. The number of men sentenced sen-tenced to dishonorable discharge was 2529. ' |