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...next to the last day of hearings, Colonel Mitchell was called to testify, as he had been once before. On the previous occasion he refused to speak because his court martial was impending. "Good morning, Admiral Jones," he hailed the President of the Court as he entered. On this occasion he did not refuse to testify but asked to make a statement before testifying. Permission was denied...
Amid all this effort the strange case of Dreyfus, a Jewish Captain in the French Army, an alleged German spy, caught and fired the imagination of Clémenceau and Zola. Together they launched an attack upon the corrupt court martial which had convicted Dreyfus. The attack swelled into a national and then an international scandal the repercussions of which are still felt in France...
Representative Black of New York (Democrat) offered a bill excluding wearers of the D. S. O. and Congressional Medal of Honor from being tried by court martial. Representative LaGuardia of New York (Socialist, former Republican) introduced a bill limiting sentences upon such medal wearers to 30 days ?and made the measure retroactive so that Colonel Mitchell would be affected...
Congressman Blanton of Texas (Democrat) proposed a resolution 1) abolishing courts martial in times of peace; 2) making Colonel Mitchell a Brigadier General and Chief of the Army Air Service; 3) giving him $5,000 reimbursement for standing trial; 4) imposing on Brigadier General Drum (Assistant Chief of Staff) and Major General Nolan (Acting Chief of Staff) the same sentence given Colonel Mitchell by the court martial; 5) depriving Brigadier General King and Major General Graves, two of the Court, of half their pay for five years...
...court martial seeks to inflict an unusual and cruel punishment. This sentence is a shameless one. If the Court dismissed the Colonel he could go to work, but he is retained without pay and cannot do so. This verdict insults free America...