Emery County Progress | 1917-08-11 | Page 7 | Death Penalty for Slackers |

Type	issue
Date	1917-08-11
Paper	Emery County Progress
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Article Title	Death Penalty for Slackers
Type	death
Date	1917-08-11
Paper	Emery County Progress
Page	7
OCR Text	Show DEATH PENALTY FOR SLACKERS. Men Who Resist Selective Draft Law May .Face Firing Squad. Washington. Registered men who resist the selective draft law face military mil-itary court martial for desertion and the posibility of execution for desertion deser-tion in time of war. The whole military mili-tary and civil powers of the federal government, states, cities or counties will be employed to bring them to book. This was announced In a formal statement by Brigadier General Enoch II. Crowder, provost marshal general, in response to reports from North Carolina, Car-olina, Georgia and Oklahoma of anti-draft anti-draft .disturbances.
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