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Title: The history and achievements of the Fort Scheridan officers' training camps
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Fort Sheridan Association Girton, Fred
Subjects: Fort Sheridan (Ill.). Military training camp World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: (Chicago?) : The Fort Sheridan Association
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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hree courts-martial —who had power toappoint members, those persons and offenses over which each court hadjurisdiction, the method of procedure, organization, right to witnesses anddepositions, rules of evidence, concluding incidents of the trial, punishments,records of trial, and final action to be taken by the appointing or superiorauthority. After a knowledge of the courts and their powers had been gained, theimportant Aritcles of War, especially the punitive, 54th to 96th, inclusive,were studied in detail. The I I 0th warned of certain vital articles w^hich mustbe read and explained to every soldier at the time of his enlistment and everysix months thereafter. If this warning were adhered to, a military offendercould never say, I did not know. A casual reading of the last of the puni-tive articles would almost lead a prospective member of a court to think,Why all the other articles? When in doubt apply the 96th! The study of the Manual revealed the iron hand of power which might
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JUDGE LANDIS REVIEWING THE EVIDENCE 206 THE FORT SHERIDAN ASSOCIATION be called upon to enforce discipline, but there was no portion of the lawwhich, if delegated to the judgment of fair and conscientious officers, wouldbe considered unjust. In truth, the candidates learned that sentences in themajority of cases, meted out by military courts-martial, savored more of justicethan those awarded by the helter-skelter twelve of the civil courts, who, attimes, unfortunately, are swayed by sentimentality. Knowledge gained from the Manual was visualized during the latterdays of study through the appointment, by the instructors, of courts, culpritsand counsel. Trials were carried through from start to finish. Thus did afew test the military legal machinery, while the rest stood by to criticizeand learn. Study of the U. S. Army Regulations revealed a vast field of militarycustoms and rules, know^ledge of a large portion of w^hich must be gained bya candidate in order that he might become a succ

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