Executive Order 9267—Suspending Until Further Order the Maximum Limitations of Punishment for Violation of Article of War 61

By virtue of the authority vested in 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 committed after the effective date of this order, the limitations prescribed by the Table of Maximum Punishments, paragraph 104 (c) of the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States Army, 1928, upon punishments for absence without leave in violation of Article of War 61.

This order shall become effective on December 1, 1942.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
November 9, 1942.