Investigations of the national war effort.
Subtitle: Report, Seventy-ninth Congress, second session, pursuant to H. Res. 20, a resolution authorizing the Committee on Military Affairs to study the progress of the national war effort.
Publisher: U. S. Govt. Print. Off.
Published: 1946
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 57
Subjects: Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- United States.
Description: In addition to an overview of the history of the articles of war and a brief description of the system of courts martial, the report devotes the largest section of the report to a discussion of the defects of the military justice system as it existed and was implemented during the Second World War. Twelve specific defects are listed, with several cases cited in detail. The report concludes with sixteen recommendations, the first two and most important, pertaining to the functions of the Judge Advocate General's Department and the creation of a tribunal to correct injustices.
Notes: Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
At head of title: Committee Print.
Also issued as House report no. 2740, 79th Cong., 2d sess., in 1947.
"Exclusively for members' use, not to be released, June 1946."