Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-16
COURT MARTIAL LIKELY 70 -
MOST IMPORTANT IN HISTORY
or ARMY. -
DEPARTMENT. OFFICIALS Dusv
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sionsl investigat1on oe the war devaets
ment. probably BY . house comznlk1se,,
appeared to-day 70 be . certain eut.
come of the -woed hne anA
stan controvsrsy. which res,s3esd yee>,
terdAy In tho relief Of Adtt.-0sa. ytso
c. A1nswurth from Office.
Friends Of General Ainswse&A = tAA
house were said today to b Yga0ArS
ing tho resolution Of inveseigafisR end
It was said that an efrert wUuA ba
made to have tho scope Of the Inquiry
so widened AZ to induce IN inquiry
into the administration oe azf1Ayu I'm
Cuba at the time 0enAral LseuAFA
Wood. now chief Of stan Of the army.
was military governor 0f the b,AAd.
Judge Advocate General CzvWl0Fl
was busy today preparing The ohasUss
on which General Ainsworth VIII boj
tried by court martial. !.
Washington. Feb. 16.-Whilo - -.
der of military arrest had bssn 1gueA
early today the status Of MAJ. 09A.
Frederick C. Ainsworth today was tha4
of an officer OF the army under sus-
pension from the exercise OF his due.
les as adjutant general and under or
ders to remain in Washington pendine
the adoption Of disciplinary measures
by tho war department This - thor.
oughly we'll understood to mean that
General Ainsworth ID TO bo tried by
court martial on military charge,
which translated into plain Engiish II
to the effect that ne IL alleged to have
been guilty Of disrespect to Gen. Loon
ard Wood, the chief OF stan. MS
senior in the army, and to Secretary OF
War Stimson. his official superior.
Officials Selecting CaNrt.
The war department officials Aso
busy selecting the court which will try
General Ainsworth and In formulating
the charges Necessarily a number Of re-
tired officers OF high rank must oe
placed on the court and the DEPART
ment IL communicating with some OF
these officers who are not now In
Washington to ascertain II they would
find 1t feasible and acceptable to serve
on this court, which from the import
ance Of the Issues, II likely to be one
Of the most notable In army history.
II may be several days before the issue
of the formal order creating the court
nnd citing General Ainsworh before II.
Evidence Largely Documentary.
Altho tho issues to be tried are ex.
ceedingly important involving as they
do all OF the old rancorous disputes
that have been waged between the line
and the staff for quarter Of Q CEN
tury, legal officers OF the war depart
ment do not believe the trial itself VIII
consume much time. II Is believed the
evidence to be presented Will be prin-
cipally documentary. including the var
ious orders and reports that have been
issued from the adjutant- generals Of
flee within the last four years. and es-
pecially the letter made public yes
terday from Secretary Stimson to Gen.
era, A.nswor:h, formally charging him
with disrespectful conduct. In view or
the limited accommodations mt the war
department the court probably will as
semble at the war college or mt Fore
Meyer, across the Potomac.
Ainsworth Preparing His Osssnse.
General Ainsworth maintains the at
titude OF absolute rcticence he stead
SONS letter was made public. 1t Ia uS-
derstood that he Is now arranging for
counsel and preparing his own de-
fense.
House May Make Investigation.
II is fully expected at the war de-
nartment that this case will figure ex-
tensively before congress and that per-
hans the democratic house may take
steps to investigate the whole war de-
partment and especially the relations
between the general staff and the ad-
tutant generals Office. Officials OF tho
war department profess no concern AZ
this. taking the ground that the prcsi-a
dent ms commander In chief Of tho
army 4. the only constitutional author
ity authorized TO deal with the issues
presented in the Ainsworth case ana
no congressional interference would be
tolerated.