Word: martially
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...water necessary for a company in a front line trench, memorizing pages of official instruction on trench warfare between bombardments. Memoirs of an Infantry Officer told how Sassoon (called Sherston in the narrative) revolted against this routine, refused to return to the front, demanded that he be court-martialed because he could not free his mind of the conviction that the War was ''being deliberately prolonged by those who have the power to end it." Refusing to court-martial a distinguished poet, exemplary officer and son of a rich and prominent family, military authorities decided Sassoon was shellshocked...
...Carolina story for the first time on hearing that the schoolmaster's grave was to be reopened, delved into the records which, by a queer thrust of fate, happen to be housed in the very suite of Luxembourg Palace where Ney was held a prisoner during his court martial. He finds abundant evidence to show that Ney was really shot...
...promise of cheap automobile licenses, he created them by executive fiat, booted out his Motor Vehicle Commissioner for refusing to sell them. When the head of the potent State Highway Board refused to dismiss five of his engineers, Talmadge sent militia to seize the Board's funds, declared martial law, ousted the Board Chairman and set up a new Board of his own. The Public Service Commission balked at lowering utility rates, another Talmadge campaign promise. The Governor constituted himself judge & jury, sat under military guard while he tried the elected Commissioners on the flimsy charge of using railroad...
...General Confederation of Labor in Greece had declared their formal opposition. The strike was supposed to be in protest against a royal decree under which in Greece arbitration of all labor disputes has now been made compulsory. Just before midnight Premier Metaxas successfully scotched a strike by proclaiming martial law throughout Greece. Parliament was dissolved, the Cabinet omitting to proclaim when elections would take place. Liberals felt that King George had, by signing the necessary papers, made General Metaxas his Dictator...
...Midshipman Farnsworth won a certain notoriety for his bibulous escapades, was recognized by classmates as an able scholar and tactician. Few years after graduation he took up aviation, studied hard and long, became a Lieutenant Commander in 1925. Two years later his Naval career ended dismally when a court-martial dismissed him from the service for borrowing money from an enlisted man, committing perjury by disclaiming indebtedness...