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Show oo GENERAL UPHOLDS COURTS MARTIAL Adds His Disapproval to That Already Expressed Regard- I ing Changes in Army Rule. WASHINGTON, April 17 Major General E. F Glenn appeared today to present his views before the committee commit-tee of the American Bar association which is studying the army court martial mar-tial system with a view to recommendations. recommen-dations. General Glenn added his disapproval dis-approval to that already expressed by other officers of the line of similar; rank to suggestions of radical changes in the existing court martial system. General Glenn is a law graduate and much of his long army service has been as departmental judge advocate general both at home and in the Philippines. Phil-ippines. "You must judge any system by its results," he said, "and the present system sys-tem is producing the desired results. The fundamental purposes of civil justice jus-tice and military justice are entirely different. "As a rule courts martial have been fair and just. There are exceptions, of course, but they merely go to prove the rule. I say with a great deal of pride that I took across to France the best disciplined body of men I have ever seen. The American array, so far as I was able to measure it against others, was the best disciplined up to the armistice of an army in France." General Glenn commanded the 83rd division in France. |