Executive Order 330-B

Template:Potus-eo The Executive order, dated March 26, 1901, establishing limits of punishment for enlisted men of the Army, under an Act of Congress approved September 27, 1890, and which was published in General Orders, No. 42, Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant General's Office, March 26, 1901, is amended so as to prescribe as follows:

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In all cases of desertion the sentence may include dishonorable discharge and forfeiture of pay and allowances.

Subject to the modifications authorized in section 3 of this article, the limit of the term of confinement (at hard labor) for desertion shall be as follows:

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(a)	When the deserter surrenders himself after an absence of not more than thirty days, one year.
(b)	When the surrender is made after an absence of more than thirty days, eighteen months.

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(a)	When at the time of desertion the deserter shall not have been more than six months in the service, eighteen months.
(b)	When he shall have been more than six months in the service, two and one-half years.

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(a)	The punishment of a deserter may be increased by one year of confinement at hard labor in consideration of each previous conviction of desertion.
(b)	The punishment for desertion when joined in by two or more soldiers in the execution of a conspiracy, or for desertion in the presence of an outbreak of Indians or of any unlawful assemblage which the troops may be opposing, shall not exceed dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement at hard labor for five years.

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Except as herein otherwise indicated, punishments shall not exceed the limits prescribed in the following table:

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The introduction and use of evidence of previous convictions is subject to the following regulations:

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When a soldier shall, on one arraignment, be convicted of two or more offenses, none of which is punishable under Article II of this order or the custom of the service with dishonorable discharge, but the aggregate term of confinement for which, as specified in said article, may exceed six months dishonorable discharge with forfeiture of pay and allowances may be awarded in addition to the authorized confinement.

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If, in any case where the limit of punishment is dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement at hard labor for a stated number of months, dishonorable discharge be not adjudged, the limit of forfeiture shall be all pay due and to become due during the prescribed limit of confinement.

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This order prescribes the maximum limit of punishment for the offenses named, and this limit is intended for those cases in which the severest punishment should be awarded. In other cases the punishment should be graded down according to the extenuating circumstances. Offenses not herein provided for remain punishable as authorized by the Articles of War and the custom of the service.

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Substitutions for punishment named in Article II of this order are authorized at the discretion of the courts at the following rates:

Two days' confinement at hard labor for one dollar forfeiture, or the reverse; one day's solitary confinement on bread and water diet for two days' confinement at hard labor or for one dollar forfeiture; provided that a noncommissioned officer not sentenced to reduction shall not be subject to confinement; and provided that solitary confinement shall not exceed fourteen days at one time, nor be repeated until fourteen days have elapsed, and shall not exceed eighty-four days in one year.

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June 12, 1905.

Notes

Amends:

• Executive Order of March 26, 1901

Amended by:

• Executive Order 980, September 5, 1908

See Related:

• Executive Order 1173, March 3, 1910
• Executive Order 2043, September 5, 1914
• Executive Order 2498, December 15, 1916
• Executive Order 4773, November 29, 1927