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"Fighting Billy" Mitchell Faces Judges

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[[caption]] COLONEL WILLIAM MITCHELL, famous flyer, listened thoughtfully yesterday as charges of "conduct prejudicial to military discipline" against him, were droned off by the clerk of the most distinguished court martial, from point of personnel, in American military annals. [[/caption]]

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[[caption]] AS THE TIME CAME for "Fighting Billy's" counsel, Representative Reid, of Illinois, to make initial defense moves, Colonel Mitchell raised his head in keen attention. He and Reid had planned carefully their preliminary maneuvers, as was shown a moment later, when--- [[/caption]]


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[[caption]] MITCHELL CONFRONTED the judges, the old indomitable look upon his face, and Reid removed one of the court martial members, Major General Frank W. Slayden, by peremptory challenge. Shortly thereafter, Major General Summerall, president of the court. [[/caption]]

Mitchel Pleads Not Guilty Ten Times Before Court

Free Speech Denied by Court Martial Jury
Huald-10/30/25

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[[caption]] JURY THAT HANDED DOWN YESTERDAY'S DECISION ON FREE SPEECH. Army and Navy officers lose their constitutional right of free speech, according to the decision handed down by the court-martial jury at the Mitchell trial yesterday. The jury is (left to right) Colonel Blanton Winship, General Frank McCoy, General George Irwin, General R. L. Howze, General E. E. Booth, General W. S. Graves, General E. B. Winans, General B. A. Poore, General E. L. King and General Douglas MacArthur. 
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