The Nenana daily news., 1918-05-04
DEATH PENALTIES IN ARMY

and, of course, an officer who strikes a man under him is liable to severe punishment.
 Rules regarding punishment for mutiny or sedition are inclusive. The death penalty may be imposed at the discretion of the court-martial upon any one who attempts to create, begins, causes, excites, or joins in" mutiny or sedition, but the liability to the extreme punishment does not stop there. Any one, who,
 being present at a mutiny or sedi- tious outbreak, does not "do his ut most to suppress it," may be punished by the execution of the death sen tence, as if he had been an organ
 izer of the sedition himself. Also, any one who has reason to believe that nfutiny is about to occur or that sedition is being stirred up must report the matter in full to his superior officer on pain of incurring the same punishment as an actual mutiner.
 Making known the countersign" and forcing safeguard" are purely military offenses for which the death penalty may be imposed. "Reliev- ing the enemy" may cover a number of military crimes against ones country, and ''harboring the enemy or directly or indirectly" giving him any sort of intelligence is pun ishable by death at the discretion of the court-martial.
 The tragedy of sleeping on post has furnished some the the most famous and touching stories in the history of our own and other lands. Every one has heard the story of Lincoln's forgiveness of the country boy, who, tired by long campaign, slept at his sentry post. An English soldier, writing of his experiences in this war, tells how he found young sentry asleep in an important point of watch, and of the agony of mind that preceded his decision that he must report the youth whose neglect of duty might have had ter rible consequences for his comrades and the army's position.
 In the connection with the need for sleep and the tragic results that may follow neglect of the place of sleep in militray discipline, the an nals of Camp Upton contain the story of a young lieutenant's first night on duty with a raw squad of the first draft They were boys from New York city, hundred or so, sent to spend their first night in an isolated barracks in the unfinished camp under a second lieutenant just out of college, P years old, deter mined to do his duty by his new in the U. s. R. The boys were not bad boys, but they were not used to discipline, above all, they were not used to going to bed at o'clock in the evening. When taps sounded, they refused to quiet down. The lieutenant told them they must go to sleep, that at all events they must stop talking. But calm in the consciousness that their loud jokes and laughter were only an offense against a new, strange, seemingly senseless ''army rule" they paid no attention at all. Then the rose out of his bed and dressed himself, mounted the stairs to the new SquadS DarrackS, ana gave an order; he made every man in the barracks get dressed. By this time it was the middle of the night. He took them out in the mud and stumps and the rough ground that at that time were in the streets and parades of Camp Upton, and marched them around and around for three solid hours.
 "If you want action," he said, you'll get it. If you won't keep quiet you'll drill.
 He had no trouble with them after that. No one has had any trouble v 7