Amending the Articles of War to improve the administration of military justice, to provide for more effective appellate review, to insure the equalization of sentences, and for other purposes
Subtitle: report (to accompany H.R. 2575)
Contributors: Elston, Charles Henry, 1891-1980
Series: 80th Cong., 1st sess., House of Representatives -- Report no. 1034
Publisher: G.P.O.
Published: 1947
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Number of pages: 28
Subjects: Military law; Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Description: Known as H. Rep. No. 80-1034, this report accompanied the bill that became the 1948 Articles of War, commonly known as the Elston Act, Pub. L. No. 80-759, 62 Stat. 604 (1948). This report was issued on July 22, 1947, by the House Armed Services Committee, Chairman Charles Elston, after whom the final legislation was named.
Notes: Title from PDF caption title (Military legal resources, viewed on Nov. 24, 2008).