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Comparison of Proposed New Articles of War
with the
Present Articles of War and Other Related Statutes
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This publication
opens with a letter of transmittal from then Secretary of War Henry
L. Stimson, dated April 19, 1912 and addressed to the Honorable
James Hay, Chairman of the Military Committee of the House of Representatives.
In his letter, Secretary Stimson explains the urgent need for change
in the more than one-hundred-year-old Articles of War. He asks that
the proposed revision be approved and promptly enacted into law
at the present session of Congress. This letter of transmittal is
accompanied by a letter from Judge Advocate General Enoch H. Crowder
to Secretary Stimson, dated April 12, 1912. In this letter, General
Crowder presents his case for the attached revision and also provides
an historical overview of the current Articles of War. The full
text of this document — a reprint of House bill number 23628
(62nd Congress), Being a Project for the Revision of the
Articles of War — appears in parallel columns, with
the old and newly revised articles appearing side by side. (George
Washington University Gelman Library Call Number JX 4507.U56 1912
; OCLC Number 14995186)
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History project, of which this document is only one part, and its
sponsor, the U.S. Army
Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center & School Library,
visit the main UCMJ
page.
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