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Show CQUHTS PARTIAL ARE SUPPORTED Present System Needs No Radical Change, General j Mencher Declares. I AYA6I1IXGT0N, April 15. The present system of military justice needs no radi- c.vl alteration, in the opinion of Major Gt-neraJ Charles T. Mer.oher, com:nander of the Forty-second (Rainbow ) division throughout its active service during; the w ar. Appearing: today before tb.e committee com-mittee of the American Bar association, which is conducting an inquiry. General j Menoher said that with somo elaboration of regulations to make the system more J easily understandable to officers srvlr.j? only fcr a 'war emergency ho saw no r.e- eessity of cl.f.r.gii.g courtmartial practice j nnd procedure. ! "I do not recall," he paid, "that in this j controversy it has ever beer, claimed that j any innocent man was tound sruilty. With regard to the lengrth on sent once, however, how-ever, it is ar.o t h e r matter. We al w ay s j felt that adjustment , of sentences would l be made after the war." General Memher was asked what objection ob-jection he saw to creating a system of enlisted en-listed juries to try cases of enlisted men. "I believe it would work." he said, adding add-ing that he had never heard tho suggestion sugges-tion before and was not prepared to present pre-sent a studied reply. "I have great confidence con-fidence m the enlisted man. But I should not want to see any Bolshevik: ideas get into the minds of the eniisted men. Wo have srue evidence now in Russia of what happened in that case.' |