Show ARMY EXPERT GOES GOE'S ON TRIAL W WASHINGTON Feb Eeb 17 11 p-o p Colonel Joseph 1 L McMullen the tho army's authority on patent law waS was placed on trial tod brother officers on charges of ot offending good military order The accused appeared before the th general court ourt martial in uniform with tho the silver t of a colonel on his shoulder The charge against him was ns that ho le accepted wb round trip railroad tickets to San Francisco as a reward for l legal gal advice given a a. interested interest d in hi army contracts His attorney opened proceedings with a motion that tho the case be thrown out on grounds there waS was Insufficient basis for three of ol lot for four i specifications in tho the formal charges charge Major General Upton Birnie Jr chief of ot the field artillery presided About him sat Bat seven other officers with their swords placed before them on a black table The Tho mili tary court met in a classroom of ole the army medical center at Walt Walten Waitea Reed hospital Secretary of ot War Dern may l be e called as a witness The charges against McMullen whoso whose residence is Palo Alto CI CaL 1 i g grew cw out of ot inquiries conducted l laj last f year by the house military affairs affairs' I subcommittee into army contracts and expenditures The court martial mar mar- is limited to charges connected with the tickets the colonel Is af- af t- t to have havo accepted as reward and gift for tor legal advice v g givEn hr Joseph Silverman Jr while the lat latter latter ter was was was' seeking concessions from the war department |