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Book/Printed Material Proceedings and report of Special War Department Board on Courts-Martial and Their Procedure

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Title

  • Proceedings and report of Special War Department Board on Courts-Martial and Their Procedure

Summary

  • In May 1919, the War Department convened a board of officers in order to consider all recommendations looking to the improvement of the system of military justice, and to recommend to the War Department any changes in the Articles of War and administration of military justice in the Army that the board members believed to be necessary. The board of officers consisted of Maj. Gen. Francis J. Kernan, United States Army, Maj. Gen. John F. O'Ryan, New York National Guard, and Lt. Col. Hugh W. Ogden, judge advocate. Lt. Col. F. M. Barrows served as board recorder. The board invited all officers in command who currently exercised general court-martial jurisdiction, or who had exercised it, as well as all judge advocates, to make recommendations regarding the improvement of the system of military justice. Their report and recommendations, Proceedings and Report of Special War Department Board on Courts-Martial and Their Procedure, was issued on July 17, 1919.

Names

  • United States. Special War Department Board on Courts-Martial and Their Procedure

Created / Published

  • Washington : G.P.O., 1919.

Headings

  • -  Courts-martial and courts of inquiry--United States

Notes

  • -  "July 17, 1919."
  • -  Electronic reproduction. [Washington, D.C. : Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 2005] (Military legal resources). Digitized image of the original. s2005 dcun s

Medium

  • 40 p. ; 25 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF7625

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2011525284

OCLC Number

  • 276296627

Reproduction Number

  • frd00035

Online Format

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  • pdf

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United States Special War Department Board On Courts-Martial And Their Procedure. Proceedings and report of Special War Department Board on Courts-Martial and Their Procedure. Washington: G.P.O, 1919. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2011525284/.

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United States Special War Department Board On Courts-Martial And Their Procedure. (1919) Proceedings and report of Special War Department Board on Courts-Martial and Their Procedure. Washington: G.P.O. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2011525284/.

MLA citation style:

United States Special War Department Board On Courts-Martial And Their Procedure. Proceedings and report of Special War Department Board on Courts-Martial and Their Procedure. Washington: G.P.O, 1919. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2011525284/>.