Finding Aids for 'The Army Lawyer: A History of the Judge Advocate General's Corps, 1775-1973 (1976)
| Author | By Major Percival D. Park |
| Pages | 03 |
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Explanatory Note , , , , , , . , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . , , , , , , , , 76
11. Detailed Table of Contents ............................... 78111. List of Illuatrations.. .................................... 82 IV. Appendices
A. Judge Advocates General of the United States Army ... 87
B. Commandants of The Judge Advocate General's School, Knited States Army ......................................... si V. Subject-Matter Index ................................. 93
*An) opinionr expressed or po~ition~taken herein are those of the compiler and
do not necessarily express the w e ~ s of The Jndge Advocate General's School, the
Department of the Army. or any other gorernmenf agenc?
-*Judge Advocate Generays Corps, Cmted Staler Army Edltor, .Nlfilory Lax Rmira, 1077 t o 182. POI full biographical note, see seeand starred fmCnOte to the article. The Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, 19761952, published inthis ~olumeof the MxI inrii Lait Revrric 8t 6
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JIILITARY LAW REVIEW rvoL. 96
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Set forth below are a detailed table of contents. a list of illustra-rims, and a aubject-matter index for the official JAG Carps history
6 as part of the national bicentennial ob-published with only a summary table of i.
Complete finding aids were not prepared in 1976 because of pressure of time. The pasaage of several years has revealed the desirability of such aids, eren if published
e hiitor) published in 19i6 is organized In ten numbereri chap-nine of which are divided into eightpeight unnumbered secThe sections vary in format, but most are short biog-raphies or informal casenotes The detailed table of contents is merely a listing of chapter titles and section headings. These titles and headings do not give a complete description of the contents of the history. However, it was felt that addition of new headings would be misleading and confusing. because they would not appear in the text of the 1975 history itself. ;Liareorer, the eubjeet-matter index is sufficiently ileta~led to meet any normal research needs.
The 1976 history include? eixt>--eight illustrations A11 are approximately one-half page in size, and all are reproductions of photopaphs or paintings, except far ~ R O
line draaings (Figures 39 and 2)
and two orgamzational charts (Figures 49 and 50). The illustratioiii are listed iii numerical order in section 111, following the detailed table of contents.
The tvo appendices are set forth after the list of illustrations. on the assumption that, if included in the original 1975 history, the? would hare been placed after the text but before an)- index. Appendin A ia a list of Judge Advocates General of the Army and persons occupying analogous positions. This list provides an incomplete ehronolog) of the Army JAG Corps. The second appendix is a list of commandants of The Judge Advocate General's School. included be-came of the great importance which that inaitituion ha6 acquired for the JAG Corpe.
separately and seven years late.
hare been listed under as many different headings as possible. .411 personal names. and most names of institutions, publieations, and
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other items have been included. Events of importance in JAG Corps history, such as courts-martial and revisions of military law, are listed under several headings. Major historical events general in nature, such aa wars, have been listed. Hou-ever, specific battles and rnilitarg units have not.
Topics in section V are lisred in alphabetical order, disregarding a, an, and fhe. Words beginning with Mac or Mc are listed in alphabetical order together with other words beginning with m.
A number of statutes and court decisions are mentioned in the 1975 history. Hou-ever, since that work is not a law book, no case tables or other similar aids are presented. In general, these legal authorities may be found by iooking for specific names or dates under the topic headings Acts, Army Regulations, Brticles of War, Cases, Decisions, Legal Publications, Manual for Courts-klartial, and Regulations.
Selection of items to he listed and as8ignment of topic headings have been made by the editor of the Military LalcRe7jiew. Such se-leetian and assignment do not necessarily reflect the viers of The Judge Advocate General's School, the Department of the Army, or any other governmental agency.
I1 . DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter I . .A Frat Look at the Corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter I1 . In the Beginning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
William Tudor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
George Washington-"Father of Xiiitary Laiv" in
America .....................................
John Laurance and the Revolution . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Case of Major Andre and General Arnold .........
The Offer that Could he Refused: Two TJAG'? who Sei-er Were ....................................
Thomas Edwards-Judge Advocate General . . . . . . . . . .
Continental Army Judge Advocates in the Field . . . . . .
Campbeli Smith-"Judge Marshal and Advocate General" ............................................
The Colonel Who Refused to Cut His Queue . . . . . . . . .
Defense Activities in Earl1 Courts-Xartial . . . . . . . . . . .
The Court-Martial af General William Hull . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 111 . Two Wars and an Intervening30 Year?' Peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Henri Wheaton, Judge Advocate. ...................
The Seminole Fiasco ........................
The Disrespectful Adjutant General . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The "Leonidas" Letters ...........................
John Fitzgerald Lee-Judge Adrocate of the Army . . .
The Military Trial of Frontier Hero John C . Fremont ...
Chapter IV . The Civil War and Beginning of the Classical Period of American hhlitary Law ..........
Joseph Holt: President Lincoln's Army La,
Lawvera in Blue .....................
Lawyers in Gray .................................
Dr . Francis Lieher: Father of a Judge Advocate General and the Law af War ............................
The Lincoln Assassination Trials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Tnai of Henry Wirz-Andereanwlle Commandant The Indiana Treason Trials .........................
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Chapter V . The Classical Period of Military Law .........
Brigadier General William McKee Dum. Judge Advocate General (1876-1881) ..........................
The Reno Court of Inquiry ............................
The Court-Martial of West Paint Cadet Whittaker . . . . .
The Court-Xartial of a Judge Advocate General: Brigadier General David G . Swaim ......................
Asa Bird Gardiner-Advocate and War Hero .........G . Norman Lieber: Acting Judge Advocate General
(1884-1895). Judge Advocate General (1896-1901) ....
Brigadier General Thoma8 F . Barr ....................
Brigadier General John W . Clous .....................
"The Murr
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Manual" ................................
Colonel William Winthrop .............................
Chapter VI . Sew Responsibilities and New Artxles af War ................................................
Major General George B . Davis, Judge Advocate General (1901-1911) .....................................
The Brormsville Incident .............................
Major General Enoch H
. Crowder. Judge Advocate Extraordimzre ....................................
Chapter VI1 . The First World War. Further Revision af the Articles. and 20 Years of Peace. .....................
Samuel Tilde" Ansell-Progenitor of >ladern Reform ...
World War I Judge Advocates .......
Other World War I Judge Advocates ..................
The Houston Riots ..................................
Between the Wars ..................................
Majar General Walter A Bethel ......................
Major General John A . Hull ...........................
The Court-Martial of Brigadier General William "Billy"
Xitchell ...........................................
Major General Ednard A . Kreger .....................
Major General Blantan Winehip ......................
Major General Arthur W . Broiu-n ......................
Allen W . Gullion ....................................
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101 102
114 117 120 126 138 139 143
143 148 149 163 155
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Chapter VI11 . The Second World War and Two Ken Military Codes .......................................
Major General Ilyron C . Cramer-R'artime TJAG ....
Arm? JA's in World War I1Administering Justice .............................
House Counsel ..................................
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Buying the Xaterialr far Defense ..................
Claims By and Against the Gorernment ..............
The Theft of the Crown Jewels of Hesse-Darmstadt ....
Technology for Defense .............................
The Montgomery Ward Case .......................
Real Estate for National Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
International Law ............................
The Executive ani Judicial Branchef at Loggerheads Martial Lsiv in Hawaii ..........................
The Prosecution of German War Cnmmals ............
Helping the Individual Soldier .......................
Legal Bibliopaph) ................................
The Worlds Largest Lau Firm ......................
The Army's Own Lau School ......................
The Legal Training of World War I1 Judge Advocates . .
ThomaaH Green .................................
The Execution of Private Solrik ....................
Major General Ernest 51 . Brannan ...................
Chapter IS . Korea and the Uniform Code of Military Justice ............................................
The Korean Conflict: More Wartime Demands on the
Judge Advocate ..................................
The Gilbert Case ..................................
Military Legal Education ...........................
The Army in Peacetime ...........................
Major General Eugene Mead Caffey, Judge Advocate
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