Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-18
Made For Individual
 Soldier.
EsENT SYSTEM IS EFFICIENT AND FAIR
heed The Best Disciplined Army In Franz, General Clean
 Contends.

Military jurisprudence is designed
 produce an efficient, dependable
 ling army, not to do exact jus
 to individual soldiers, according
 he views presented today to the
 nittee of the American Bar asso-
 on by army officers of field ex-
 ence. including Major General Ed
 r. Glenn, organizer and com-
 der of the S3rd division, and now
 ommand of Camp Sherman. In
 Ining that objective, the officers
 ended. the present machinery for
 rcing military discipline had
 led both efficient and fair, the
 product of the system closely
 Dominating justice to the indivi-
 in addition to producing what Neral Glenn described as the best biplined army in France.
 ases of court-martial sentences so Bsive in the penalty awarded as be ridiculous were freely admitted
 the officers. Such sentences only Eed General Glenn insisted, to I've that even in the early stage |the military legal proceedings, the yion of the courts in no case being bl, to prove that fairness was the heral rule.
 Argue At Length. Judge Gregory, chairman of the hmittee, and General Glenn en- eed in considerable argument which ought out that the officer, speak both from his military experience d his special training in civil law, W little in common between the rposes of civil justice and it's mili- " equivalent.
 Major Charles H. Macdonald, Gen. Il Glenn's divisional judge advocate Camp Sherman, but who is a tenn rary officer and before, the war $ counsel for the federal trades followed his chief and pressed the same views.
 You are not looking for exact 'tice," Major Macdonald declared, hen you are building an army the e of that the United States was lldng. Suppose men did get sen- ices of twenty years or forty years. e dishonorable discharges were spended and they went to the dis llnary barracks, probably to be re- red to service if. they were worthy restoration. It was the lesson in- wed.
 Must Sacrifice Justice. When exact justice interferes with building up of the army, exact tice must be sacrificed"
 There is, of course" Major Mac nald added. some room for inn 'vement. There always is in any item of law or taxation; but the sent army justice system is a very lclent machine. We have felt that
 could attend to the question of I justice after the war"
 me officer submitted a record of
 general court-martial cases tried camp sherman. He called atten- to one sentence of 25 years inn 'ed on man who refused to obey awful order from asl officer. On
 race of the record, the sentence uleo excessive but was justified by ls ana as reviewed by the judge 'ocate he had regretted only that
 pfiso nterm had not been longer, sald. Explaining the case, he said soldier had been ordered to work tue base hospital on a Saturday ing the influenza epidemic and reused on account of religious upies, alleging he was a member 'ne faith that set that day aside worShlp. On that particular Sat 'ay the officer said, there had been deaths ae the hospital and there It hundreds of very sick men to cared for.
 oppose Radical Changes. 'otn General Glenn and Major Mac 'aid !, opposed suggestions that rad ! changes in court-martial proceed was necessary, or that any large, o'ioii o or men trained ill civil law the militar establishment was ,essafy' Every accused man was ,,ounoed now with checks to safe rha rtu ms rights, they asserted. a ne opposing views held in the ser i. 7, VIII De available to the com loee ,o. next Monday when Lieutenant "ei ,sn samuel T. Ansell, former , ,ess;;aovocate s;s general, and the lead ,n iigure in the criticism that has ln uirected against the court-mar- system will appear.
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