Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-02

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ais department during the last Six
months. General Ansdell spent
three months in France at the front
studying the methods of admins
terlng military law there.
The executive office of the judge
advocate generals department in
Washington has for some months
been in charge of Col. William S.
Weeks, regular army officer, who,
shortly after his graduation from
West Point. was stationedd at Fort
Crook. Both Colonel and Mrs.
Weeks are we'll known in Omaha.
Colonel Weeks was preceded in
the executive office by Col. Henry
NJ. Morrow of Omaha, now Judge
advocate at headquarters of the Sec
ond army of the American expedi-
tionary forces in France. Colonel
Morrow practiced law in Omaha
prior to the Spanish-American war,
at which time he joined the regular
ARMY and has since continued in the
service.
Captain Palmer Assistant.
The assistant executive officer and
liaiscn officer under Colonel Nor
row and Colonel Weeks has been
Capt. Harry o. Palmer of Omaha.
Captain Palmer has also been in
command of the enlisted detach-
ment, which he organized in the Of
fee of the judge advocate general.
This consists of 10 regimental SER
geants major, 20 battalion sergeants
major, SO sergeants and an author
lied strength of 20 privates, colored.
Kegimental Sergt-Maj. Samuel o.
Cotrer of Omaha, who is member
OF this detachment, is chief clerk
and Office manager of the war laws
division of the Judge advocate gen.
erals Office. 1t has been the duty
of these executive officers to see
that the administration of the entire
department is performed smoothly,
expeditiously and efficiently. They
must have an intimate knowledge of
the work of the entire department
and of all the divisions and be able
to advise General Ansell and Cen
eral Crowder regarding the status
of the work throughout the depart
ment. They have also been in
charge of the personnel of this
corps throughout the army.
Colonel Gilbert Drafts Law
Since the chief safeguard of the
soldier and citizen throughout the
war period has been military law,
there is perhaps no more important
office in the army than that held by
Col. William O. Gilbert of Omaha,
who has, since America entered the
war, been head of the statutory
construction and legislative draft
divisions of the Judge advocate
generals department. In this he
has been assisted by four majors,
one captain and specially detailed
enlisted men. The duties of this
division have been to consider ques
tons involving the construction of
statutes relating to the War de-
partment, the army and military at
fairs generally; the drafting of pro-
posed legislation in any way affect
ing the military establishment; and
the drafting of regulations and or
ders Of the War department re-
CURED in current administration.
There has been maintained in this
division section known as the re-
construction section, the duties of
which have been to study and report
upon actual legislative and admins
trative projects submitted to the
Judge advocate generals department
for consideration and looking to
the adjustment of military admins
tration and requirements Of the gov
eminent in the period succeeding
that of actual hostiities: and to
make also a general study of the
legislative needs of the after-war
period.
Maj. Fred w. Ashton of Grand
Island has been assistant to the
judge advocate general in the peni-
tertiary cases section, the duties of
which are to review every general
court martial case in which the sem
tence includes confinement in the
penitentiary. Major Ashton has al
so devoted considerable time to
cases involving the dismissal of Of
ficers from the service.
Serve in France.
1t. Col. James P. Cosgrave is
division judge advocate with the
Fifth division in France, whete he
has been stationed for more than
year. He was formerly a member
of the district bench at Lincoln.
At Fort Monroe, 1t, George
Sugarman, formerly an Omaha law
yer, has been Judge advocate of the
coast artillery training center.
Shortly before the signing of the
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