Word: colonel
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Colonel Miller's attorney declared: "The charge against Colonel Miller is entirely without foundation. Colonel Miller, however, does not intend to try the case in the newspapers. The charges will be met and answered in open court and the facts will be brought out. The records of the Department of Justice itself show that the action of the Alien Property Custodian, with reference to the return of the property turned over by the American Metals Company, was entirely proper. The Department of Justice itself passed upon the claim and allowed...
...Arrest. Captain Kendall Fielder, of the headquarters staff in the District of Columbia, early one morning last week strode into an apartment building known as the Anchorage, and made an arrest. The prisoner was his friend, Colonel William Mitchell. The prison was the District of Columbia which Colonel Mitchell was ordered not to leave during the period of his court martial...
...Colonel Mitchell complained that the charges were framed so as not to bring up the question whether what he said was true but merely whether he "called the War and Navy Departments into disrepute." The War Department admits this, saying that the President's Air Inquiry Board is investigating whether or not the Mitchell charges are true, and that the court martial is to handle the separate question of whether Colonel Mitchell erred in his manner of making them...
Under the 96th Article of War, Colonel Mitchell can be sentenced to anything from reprimand to dismissal (but not imprisonment). The findings of the Court will bs reviewed by a Board of three, by the Secretary of War, and by the President. The reviewing authority has the power to reduce or modify any sentence imposed, but not to change the verdict. If there is an acquittal, the reviewing authorities may disapprove it but cannot impose sentence...
...Prince, Lord Cromer and Vice Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey were on hand at Victoria Station to congratulate him in the name of the King on the successful issue of his labors. Crowded about him many members of the Cabinet, including the genial Winston Churchill, Lord Cave, Lord Cecil and Colonel Amery. As they wrung his hand, they noted that the returning diplomatic hero had for once chosen to appear publicly in a crinkled grey lounge suit instead of being austerely and formally attired as is his usual custom. Mrs. Chamberlain, who had accompanied her husband to Locarno...