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Establishment of Military Justice.
Hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Military Affairs, United States Senate, Sixty-sixth Congress, First Session, on S. 64: “A Bill to Establish Military Justice” (1919)

Printed for the use of the Committee on Military Affairs, this document is comprised of the Senate hearings of August 2, 25-27, 29-30, September 2-3, 23-27, October 23-25, 29, and November 3, 8, 1919. Francis E. Warren served as chairman of the Subcommittee. Witnesses who appeared before the Subcommittee and whose statements can be found in this document are: Mr. Samuel T. Ansell, Hon. Newton D. Baker, Brig. Gen. Walter A. Bethel, Maj. Gen. John L. Chamberlain, Maj. Gen. Enoch H. Crowder, J. B. W. Gardiner, Col. John A. Hull, Maj. Gen. F. J. Kernan, Brig. Gen. Edward A. Kreger, Mr. E. M. Morgan, Maj. Gen. John F. O’Ryan, Brig. Gen. Frank Parker, Lieut. Col. William C. Rigby, Maj. J. E. Runcie, Maj. Gen. C. P. Summerall, and Mr. W. B. Thomas. (Library of Congress Call Number UB843.A55 1919d; OCLC Number 7778733)

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