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[[caption]] COURT MARTIAL OF SIXTY-THREE MEMBERS OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH INFANTRY U. S. A. ON TRIAL FOR RIOTING AND MURDER OF SEVENTEEN PEOPLE AT HOUSTON, AUGUST 23, 1917 in Gift Chapel, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Trail started November 1, 1917. Brig.-Gen George K. Hunton, presiding; Colonel J. A. Hull, Judge Advocate; Major Harry S. Grier, Counsel for defense
Thirteen of the Defendants were hanged, December 11, forty-one sentenced to imprisonment for life, and four for short terms; five were acquitted.[[/caption]]

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