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Colonel Mitchell's expected court martial for the language he used in criticizing the Army Air Service (TIME, Sept. 14) remained in the offing last week. He was called to the office of the Inspector General of the Army to discuss the proposed charges but the charges were not formally filed...
...Court and to the War Department: "I am advised by my counsel that it would be inconsistent with my legal rights and might jeopardize my case should I be required to testify before the Naval Court on matters likely to be the subject of inquiry in a possible court martial proceeding...
Mitchell aerial in mind and speech; Morrow quiet spoken, judicial-minded. Even in so slight a matter as broken appointments they differ: Mitchell restrained from attending an American Legion Convention by orders to attend a Court Martial; Morrow sending his regrets to the American Bankers' Association ^ because he is too busy in Washington...
Asked whether he would run for Congress, if he were ousted from the Army at his coming court-martial, Colonel Mitchell made answer: "I am not thinking about politics . . . The first thing I'll do if ousted will be to take a prolonged hunting trip in Africa...
Meantime two other air inquiries were set on foot. The War Department prepared to court-martial Colonel Mitchell for his reflections on his superiors in his attacks on the air policy of the Government, and the Navy Department assembled a Board of Inquiry at Lakehurst, N. J. to inquire into the causes and responsibility for the sinking of the Shenandoah...