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COL. MITCHELL PLACED ON TRIAL
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In the upper photo, Colonel William Mitchell, stormy petrel of the army air service, is shown surrounded by his counsellors at the court-martial proceedings. Below is shown a small portion of the crowd that thronged the entrance to the Emery building, where the court-martial is being conducted.

A Disgraceful Trial
The People Are With Mitchell
Two of the important, high-sounding generals that were to try Mitchell have been put out of the case, for good reasons. Good riddance thus far. Crowds that gather cheer Mitchell to prove they are with him. They show common sense and patriotism.
The entire trial is a disgrace to the army, the Administration and the Government.
A brave officer who showed his courage flying and fighting in France, when men that now try him were loafing in the United States, had the courage to tell the truth about the country's danger, caused by idiotic management of national aircraft.
He exercised his right as an American citizen to FREE SPEECH.
President Coolidge ought to advise the war office authorities to read the Constitution of the United States and if they can't understand it, get Attorney General Sargent to explain it to them.
It says that Congress shall pass no laws to prevent freedom of speech. And it doesn't say that officers of the army, or pastry cooks, or Presidents of the United States are excepted.
The trial is annoying to the common sense of the citizens. But it will do good. It proves to the people of the United States what perhaps a few of them diddn't know, that the management of their army and their navy is miserably incompetent, a discredit to the whole country, and a great danger if anything should happen to this rich, fat, well-stuffed United States of America.