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Show FEW DEATH SENTENCES IN U. S, ARMY WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. Not a sin-gle sin-gle member of tho American army has been put to death since tho beginning of the war because of. the commission of a purely military oflfense, Major General Crowder, Judge advocate general, gen-eral, declared in his annual report today to-day to Secretary Baker. "Very few death sentences have been imposed," he said, "and none of those imposed for purely military offenses of-fenses have been carried Into execution." execu-tion." Records of the judge advocate general's gen-eral's office shows that 12,375 officers and men were brought before general court martial, of whom 10,873 or iS nor cent were convicted. More than half the charges against officers were listed under three heads: Absent with- 'H out leave, drunkenness, and conduct unbecoming an officer. tl Convictions of enlisted men for de-scrtion, de-scrtion, the general said, were actual-ly actual-ly less than in the previous year, al-though al-though the strength of the army had .H increased many fold. The report shows that one enlisted 'IH man was tried and convicted of "being a spy," and that 773 men were convict- 'H cd of sleeping on post. ! |