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On the recordDecember 9, 1920
The reviewing authority should suspend the whole of a sentence when it appears to him that such action will promote the discipline of his command.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Executive Order 3367—Punishments for Soldiers

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