The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-18
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clnDNVltu III INC NctN necessary ana III
portant revision OF the articles OF war
which has been added 10 it
The existing article, Of war ars un-
doubtedly archaic They have not nm
dcrgonc comprehensive revision for
more than one hundred years years
They do not always furnish the mean,
OF meeting promptly and directly the
needs of discipline under modern condi-
tlonS and many contentious now tre-
quently arise in the government OF mil
,tary forces which we're not contcm-
plated when the present code was form
ulatcd
Cannot Give Approval
The relations OF the government OF
the United States hay, greatly broad,
cned within the hundred years. We now
have iusular possessions and national
l4crcStS lar away from our continental
shores Both the practice of arms and
/ the treory OF discipline have undergone
many modern changes and manifest
need for such a revision of these articles
as is here presented has long existed l..
therefore, the NOR. keenly regret to find
in the proposed revision of the articles
OF war provision to which ! cannot.
give my approval
Retired Officers Part OF Army.
Dhe original act establishing the re.
tired list OF the army referred 10 the
personnel therein included as only par
tally retired and provided that a re
tired officer should be entitled to wear
the uniform oi his grade, should be
borne on the army register and should
be subject 10 the rules and articles OF
war and to trial by general court mar
/ nal ior any breach OF these articles
BY the act OF July "a. 1870 officers OF
the army ON the retired list were spc.
officially DECLARED to constitute a part
oi the regular army. a provision which
IS found repeated IN subsequent acts
/ affecting the organization OF the army
and other statutes enacted during this
period made retired officers OF the
army available for certain classes OF
active duty in time Of peace with their
| consent, and IN time OF war without
their consent BY the recently enacted
national defense act, the authority OF
| the president over retired officers has
been further extended so as to make
| them subject 10 his call IN time of war
/ Tor any kind of duty without any re
Strictlon whatever Court, and attor-
ncyS-general have. in a long line Of dc
ciSionS, held that officers OF the army
On the retired list hold public office
Subject to Active Duty.
"lt thus appears that both the legiS-
latye and judicial branches have drawn
a sharp distinction in status between
retired officers, who are regarded and
governed al all times as an rfiertive
reserve oi skilled and experienced Of
iccrS and a potential source OF mill
tary strength. and more, pensioners,
from whom no further military service
is expected Officers ON the retired
list oi the army are officers oi the
army members OF the militia diStin-
guiShed hy their long service and
stand as examples OF discipline to the
officers and men IN the active army
Moreover, IOeN wear inc NnNotm ol
the army. their education and service
hold them out as persons especially
qualified IN military matters to repre.
sent the Spir,, Of the military establish.
mcnt and they are subject 10 active
duty IN time OF national emergency
hy the mere orders oi the commander
un.chief
Discipline Necessary
"1h,y arc, therefore. member, oi IN,
army officers OF the United States, ex
emplarS of discipline aud have in thei
keeping the good name and the goo,
| spirits ol the entire military establish
| mcnt before the world
Occupying such a relation their sub
lection to the rules and articles ~ wa
and to the trial by general courtmartia
hay. always been regarded as neceSAr
IN order that the retired might no, he
come a source OF tendencies whc
would weaken the discipline oi the act
| i've land forces and impair tha, coniro
over those forces which the constitution
vests IN the president
"lhc purpose oi the articles oi war H