General Court-Martial Orders Number 130 from Colonel H. S. Hawkins

feen e ORRETED COPY 786 headnuarters 35th Division American Expeditionary Forces 13th December 1918. GENERAL COURT- ) MARTIAL ORDERS ) ) NO. 130 ) Bofore a General Court Martial which convened at Hoadquarters, 137th Infantry, American Expeditionary Forces, 30th November, 1918, pur- svant to paragraph 3, Special Orders 264, lst November, 1918, Headquarters 35th Division, was arraigned and tried: Private Louis D. Gibson, Company G, 137th Infantry. (2181630) Charges. Charge 1 : Violation of the 86hn Article of War. Specification 1 : In that Private Louis D. Gibson, No. 2181630, Company G, , 137th Infantry, being on guard and posted as a sentinel ( Chauchat gunner) in time of war, at sector of front line held by his company, on or about the 17th day of August, 1918, at 4:20 or clock A.M. was found sleeping on his post. Pleas. To Soecification 1, Charge 1 : Guilty. TRUNDY To Charge 1, : Guilty. RATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS Findings, SERVICE" E ROVERK Of Specification 1, Charge 1 : Guilty. Of Charge 1, : Guilty. Sentence. To be di ishonorably discharged the service, to forfeit all pay and allowances due or to become due, and to be confined at hard labor at such place as the reviewing authori ty may direct, for two (2) years. Action. In the foregoing case of Louis D. Gibson, Private, Company G, 137 th infantry, the sentence of the court is considered inadequate. The accused was stationed in an advanced position, where his inattention to his duties might endanger the lives of many of his comrades and his first and foremost duty was to exercise the utmost vigilance, and any failure so to do was deserving of severe punishment. The reviewing authority under the circumstances cannot adopt the recommend ation for clemency made by members of the court who tried the accused. Because of such recommendation the case is not returned for a re- vision of the sentence, The sentence is approved and will be duly executed. The Military Prison Camp, ST. SULPICE, France, A.P.O. 705, is designated as the place of confinement whore the prisoner wi 11 be sent under guard. By Command of Major General Traub: H. S. HAWKINS Colonel, General staff, OFFICIAL: Chief of Staff. W. Rk THURSTON Major, A.G.D., U.S .Army Acting Division Adjutan t