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Show U.S.AHMY BEST WED III No Yankee Executed for Military Offense Dur-ing Dur-ing Year. By Associated Press WASHINGTON, Dec. .Not a single sin-gle memler of th American irmy has ben put to death since the beginning of the war because of the commission commis-sion of a purely military offense. Major tleneral Crowd ct. - judge adro- cae general, declared tn hi annual report today to secretary Haker. j t "Very few death sentences have i I been Imposed.' lie said, "and none of j thHe imputed for purely mllitHry of- J fences have Iwcn carried into execu- ! tion." Records of the Judge advocate generals gen-erals office show that 12.3S7 'officers ' and men were brought rf.re general ! murtmartiiil. of whom 10.H73, or H per cent. were con victed. More I hyn i half the rharuM aarainat officers wero IHtpd undr three head: Anrent wifh- "ou! i.-ave. druhKcnnpis Jinl "oniiuTT Tin- ' becoming an officer. mvt t ions of enlisted men for de- Isertion, the general said, were actually ( less than in the previous year, al- , thought the strength of the army had , , increased many fold. 1 The repuit nhuwi that one enlisted j , m..n lrlo.1 mi.l r i m 1 -1 an! saf "lllitf la spy" and that 773 men were con- i vlctt d of sleeping on post. ( |