No.Name,
rank,
company,
and
regiment.
Article
of War
Violated.
Synopsis of
specification.
Finding.No. of
previous
convictions.
Sentence,
with
signature
of trial
officer.
Action of
commanding
officer,
with date
and
signature.

LIST OF PRESCRIBED PUNISHMENTS FOR ENLISTED MEN.

Article I.

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:

Section 1. In case of surrender—

(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.

Sec. 2. In case of apprehension—

(a) When at the time of desertion the deserter shall not have been more than six months in the service, eighteen months.