Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 216, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1919 — TEN WERE EXECUTED IN A. E. F. IN WAR PERIOD. [ARTICLE]

TEN WERE EXECUTED IN A. E. F. IN WAR PERIOD.

Paris, Sept. 5. —Nine soldiers of the American expeditionary force were hanged and one was shot for 'criminal offenses during the war, it was revealed yesterday at the in- . vestigation of A. E. F. courts-mar-jtial by the congressional committee {"inquiring into war expenditures. liTwo of the hangings were for murder, the investigation brought out. Seven men were hanged for assault, of whom six were negroes. There was a single execution for desertion. Murder trials totaled Ilf), resulting in sixty-two convictions. Onefifth of all the general courts-mar--1 tial tried officers and the remainder enlistment men and welfare workers. Most of the officers were charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Convictions resulted in 67 per cent of officers’ cases that went to trial. Seventyseven per cent of the men tried by general courtsmartial were found guilty. Only one conscientious objector was tried in the A. E. F. The investigation failed to establish that officers had received more lenient treatment than enlisted men in the A. E. F. courts-martial.