Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1918 — Punish the Slackers Who Gain Release Through Crime [ARTICLE]

Punish the Slackers Who Gain Release Through Crime

Dishonorable discharges from the army, which many officers believe have been seized upon by slackers as the vehicle of escape from military service, will no longer provide such opportunity, under an order issued by Secretary Baker. For several weeks the army has been losing men at the rate of 100 to 150 a day. They chose to commit offenses which led to thplr dishonorable discharge. In the future, Secretary Baker ordered, such men will get terms of Imprisonment with their discharges, and whenever possible some other form of sentence will be used.