Word: martially
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...quiet, printed the story of the attack and of the sentencing of six Negro soldiers at nearby Camp McCain. The sentences (10 to 15 years at hard labor) did not halt local clamor for local justice. Neither did the news that seven more soldiers were being held for court-martial...
...Territorial Governor thankfully handed over the reins of government to the U.S. Army. But since the worst of Hawaii's fears of invasion were over, civil authorities have been trying to get the reins back. Last March, loud public grumbling finally resulted in a proclamation which "relaxed" martial law in the Islands...
Legal hairsplitters were placing no bets on Judge Metzger and Hawaii's civil authorities. Historically, habeas corpus has generally been martial law's first casualty...
...their radios the Danes soon learned the reason: martial law was on; the time of German forbearance with Danish "stubbornness" was over; German military courts would deal summarily with offenders. General Hermann von Hanneken, Commander in Chief of German troops in Denmark, made the rules. He announced: 1) gatherings of more than five were prohibited; 2) curfew would begin at sundown; 3) use of telephones, telegraphs and mails were prohibited; 4) strikes were prohibited; 5) troops would fire on offenders without further warning...
...Suggesting that "when General Short and Admiral Kimmel come up for court-martial, I'm in favor of holding a shooting match...