Executive Order 9048—Suspending the Limitations Upon Punishments for Violations of Articles of War 58, 59 and 86

By virtue of the authority vested m me by Article of War 45, Chapter II, act of June 4, 1920, 41 Stat. 759, 796, and as President of the United States, I hereby suspend until further order, as to offenses hereafter committed, the limitations prescribed by the Table of Maximum Punishments, paragraph 10e (e) of the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States Army (1928), upon punishments for violations of Articles of War 58, 59, and 86, relating, respectively, to desertion, aiding or advising another to desert, and misbehavior of sentinels.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
February 3, 1942.