p. 1 |
Previous | 1 of 10 | Next |
|
small (250x250 max)
medium (500x500 max)
Large
Extra Large
large ( > 500x500)
Full Resolution
All (PDF)
|
This page
All
|
Loading content ...
G.I.OFFICE
tell (202) 244-2831 P.O.Box 9746
Washington. D.C. 20016
NEWSLETTER I November 16, 1970
The Gl Office is, in briefi OMBUDSMAN for active duty service men and women and veterans,
appointed not by a legislature, but by necessity.
The GI Office is a non-profit organization independent of any other, but which works with
any and all in order to assist its constituency. It is dependent, as is its constituency,
upon the concern and contributions of private individuals for support» The Office has no
political affiliation or prejudice.
The Office *ln no way attempts to pre-empt, displace, duplicate, or compete with other
organizations in or out of the field of assistance for service men and women. Rather it
fills many gaps left by organizations working in specialized areas. The Office, in
addition to helping GI's and veterans directly, functions to assist other organizations
within the field.
Through this newsletter, the Office will seek to exchange information and ideas among the
various projects, in the hope that through better communication, problems will be dealt
with in a better «anner*
Comments, suggestions, corrections and opinions concerning this newsletter or the problems
we are trying to come to grip with are most welcome.
MILITARY JUSTICE PROPOSED LEGISLATION
Currently there are three major bills before Congress relative to Military Justice» Bill
S.1266 submitted by Senator Sam Ervin; Bills S.4168 thru S.4178 submitted by Senator Mark
Hatfield; Bill S.4191 submitted by Senator Birch Bayh. A synopsis of each follows:
1. The Ervin bill places Administrative Discharge procedures under U.S. Code 10 as
Chapter 48. (The Uniform Code of Military Justice is Chapter 47). The bill
provides for due process* the application of Rules of Evidence—in short, addresses
itself to most of the gross inequities contained' in current service regulations.
2« Mr» Bayh1s bill rewrites the procedural, or non-punitive, articles of the UCMJ»
The bill removes courts-martial convening and review authority from the commanders
and places them under the Office of the Judge Advocate General of each service»
It provides for a Courts-Martial Command subdivided into Regional Commands» This
is a bold attempt to erradicate command influence from courts-martial» It seems
to be a popular idea with everybody except the commanders.
3» Collectively Senator Hatfield's bills cover much of the same ground piecemeal as
Senator Bayh's single bill but with two important additions! The Hatfield bill
removes all but 19 of the current 49 punitive articles from the UCMJ (the remainder
to be punishable only by local or Federal courts); makes violations of Article
133 (Conduct unbecoming an Officer and a gentleman) and Article 134 (General
Article—the infamous catch-all which allows for punishment for laws which may
not exist, "not specifically mentioned in this chapter (UCMJ)...") no longer
Object Description
| Title | GI Office newsletter |
| Place of publication | Washington, D.C. |
| Publisher | G.I. Office |
| Publication date | 1970 |
| Language | English |
| Country | United States |
| Digital Format | XML |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2017 |
| Rights | Copyright belongs to the individuals who created them or the organizations for which they worked. We share them here strictly for non-profit educational purposes. If you believe that you possess copyright to material included here, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. Under the fair use provisions of the U.S. copyright law, teachers and students are free to reproduce any document for nonprofit classroom use. Commercial use of copyright-protected material is generally prohibited. |
| Owner | GI Underground Press Collection, Walter Reuther Archives Of Labor And Urban Affairs, Wayne State University |
| Full text | GI Press Project/Private Collection |
| Type | Text |
| Digital identifier | giNewsletter1029000 |
Description
| Title | p. 1 |
| Language | English |
| Digital Format | JPEG2000 |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2017 |
| Rights | Copyright belongs to the individuals who created them or the organizations for which they worked. We share them here strictly for non-profit educational purposes. If you believe that you possess copyright to material included here, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. Under the fair use provisions of the U.S. copyright law, teachers and students are free to reproduce any document for nonprofit classroom use. Commercial use of copyright-protected material is generally prohibited. |
| Owner | GI Underground Press Collection, Walter Reuther Archives Of Labor And Urban Affairs, Wayne State University |
| Full text | G.I.OFFICE tell (202) 244-2831 P.O.Box 9746 Washington. D.C. 20016 NEWSLETTER I November 16, 1970 The Gl Office is, in briefi OMBUDSMAN for active duty service men and women and veterans, appointed not by a legislature, but by necessity. The GI Office is a non-profit organization independent of any other, but which works with any and all in order to assist its constituency. It is dependent, as is its constituency, upon the concern and contributions of private individuals for support» The Office has no political affiliation or prejudice. The Office *ln no way attempts to pre-empt, displace, duplicate, or compete with other organizations in or out of the field of assistance for service men and women. Rather it fills many gaps left by organizations working in specialized areas. The Office, in addition to helping GI's and veterans directly, functions to assist other organizations within the field. Through this newsletter, the Office will seek to exchange information and ideas among the various projects, in the hope that through better communication, problems will be dealt with in a better «anner* Comments, suggestions, corrections and opinions concerning this newsletter or the problems we are trying to come to grip with are most welcome. MILITARY JUSTICE PROPOSED LEGISLATION Currently there are three major bills before Congress relative to Military Justice» Bill S.1266 submitted by Senator Sam Ervin; Bills S.4168 thru S.4178 submitted by Senator Mark Hatfield; Bill S.4191 submitted by Senator Birch Bayh. A synopsis of each follows: 1. The Ervin bill places Administrative Discharge procedures under U.S. Code 10 as Chapter 48. (The Uniform Code of Military Justice is Chapter 47). The bill provides for due process* the application of Rules of Evidence—in short, addresses itself to most of the gross inequities contained' in current service regulations. 2« Mr» Bayh1s bill rewrites the procedural, or non-punitive, articles of the UCMJ» The bill removes courts-martial convening and review authority from the commanders and places them under the Office of the Judge Advocate General of each service» It provides for a Courts-Martial Command subdivided into Regional Commands» This is a bold attempt to erradicate command influence from courts-martial» It seems to be a popular idea with everybody except the commanders. 3» Collectively Senator Hatfield's bills cover much of the same ground piecemeal as Senator Bayh's single bill but with two important additions! The Hatfield bill removes all but 19 of the current 49 punitive articles from the UCMJ (the remainder to be punishable only by local or Federal courts); makes violations of Article 133 (Conduct unbecoming an Officer and a gentleman) and Article 134 (General Article—the infamous catch-all which allows for punishment for laws which may not exist, "not specifically mentioned in this chapter (UCMJ)...") no longer |
| Type | Text |
| Digital identifier | giNewsletter1029001 |