De facto Commander-in-Chief Ford (25th amendment) issues Proclamation 4313 granting a conditional, case-by-case pardon to deserters from the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries), and evaders of military conscription (involuntary servitude). However, they must complete a two-year commitment of alternate national service.
[updated 11/13/2022]
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Authority:
“Law of the Jungle”
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References:
Proclamation 4313, Announcing a Program for the Return of Vietnam Draft Evaders and Military Deserters, U.S. President, Gerald R. Ford, (1974): 138-40.
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 426.