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War Legislation Pertaining To The Army, Alfred A. Gillette Dec 1918

War Legislation Pertaining To The Army, Alfred A. Gillette

Michigan Law Review

At the time we entered the present war, we had approximately 1oo,ooo men actually in the federal service. We were confronted with the problem of raising and training a large army in a short time. There were in general two possible courses of action open before us. The first, which might seem to be the traditional method, was that of voluntary enlistment. But for I number of years, there had-been a growing sentiment among our people that the system of voluntary enlistment was neither right in principle nor in accord with the best interests of the nation. The plan these …


Alien Rights In The United States In Wartime, W C. Hunter Nov 1918

Alien Rights In The United States In Wartime, W C. Hunter

Michigan Law Review

The large number of aliens in the United States presents one of the many problems with which the Government has had to deal in the present war. Technically every immigrant from Germany and Austria-Hungary who has not taken out papers of naturalization and who therefor still owes allegiance to the Fatherland is an enemy alien. But while the great majority of these aliens are naturally sympathetic with German war aims, or at least are not ready to give their wholehearted support to the Allies, they are not a source of danger to the United States. Only a small section have …


Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 2, No. 4, Western Kentucky University Aug 1918

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 2, No. 4, Western Kentucky University

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter and course catalog promoting Western Kentucky University. This issue focuses on rural education and military training.


Newton D. Baker Scrapbook, January 14-February 13,1918, Newton D. Baker Jan 1918

Newton D. Baker Scrapbook, January 14-February 13,1918, Newton D. Baker

Newton D. Baker Scrapbooks

No abstract provided.


Newton Baker Scrapbook, January 25-May 9, 1918, Newton D. Baker Jan 1918

Newton Baker Scrapbook, January 25-May 9, 1918, Newton D. Baker

Newton D. Baker Scrapbooks

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Newton D. Baker Scrapbook, February 28-March 22, 1918, Newton D. Baker Jan 1918

Newton D. Baker Scrapbook, February 28-March 22, 1918, Newton D. Baker

Newton D. Baker Scrapbooks

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Newton D. Baker Scrapbook, March 19-June 21, 1918, Newton D. Baker Jan 1918

Newton D. Baker Scrapbook, March 19-June 21, 1918, Newton D. Baker

Newton D. Baker Scrapbooks

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Newton Baker Scrapbook, May 8-November 5, 1918, Newton D. Baker Jan 1918

Newton Baker Scrapbook, May 8-November 5, 1918, Newton D. Baker

Newton D. Baker Scrapbooks

No abstract provided.


Newton D. Baker Scrapbook, October 25, 1917-March 9, 1918, Newton D. Baker Jan 1918

Newton D. Baker Scrapbook, October 25, 1917-March 9, 1918, Newton D. Baker

Newton D. Baker Scrapbooks

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Anglo-Saxon' And 'Teutonic' Standards Of Justice, Edson R. Sunderland Jan 1918

Anglo-Saxon' And 'Teutonic' Standards Of Justice, Edson R. Sunderland

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In The Kaiser Wilhelm II, 230 Fed. Rep. 717, the British shipbuilding firm of Harland & Wolff filed a libel against the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm II, owned by the North German Lloyd, a German corporation, for repairs made on the ship in libelant's shipyard in England. This suit was commenced before the United States entered the war, and the court made an order dismissing the libel on the ground that Great Britain and Germany had each enacted laws forbidding its subjects from making any payments to the subjects of the other, and as these enactments were merely declaratory of the …


Disloyalty And Treason And Their Punishment As Provided By Federal Laws, Thomas W. Gregory Jan 1918

Disloyalty And Treason And Their Punishment As Provided By Federal Laws, Thomas W. Gregory

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


British War Cabinets, John A. Fairlie Jan 1918

British War Cabinets, John A. Fairlie

Michigan Law Review

During the progress of the present world war there has been a remarkable series of developments in the British Cabinet and, ministry, involving not only many changes of personnel but also fundamental alterations in the constitution of the Cabinet and its relations to Parliament. An analysis of these is not only of interest as an important phase of the history of the war, and the evolution of political institutions; but is also of value in dealing with problems and proposals for governmental reorganization in the United States.


What Lawyers Can Do Toward Winning The War--Letters From Gov. John J. Cornwell And Maj. Geo. S. Wallace, John J. Cornwell, George S. Wallace Jan 1918

What Lawyers Can Do Toward Winning The War--Letters From Gov. John J. Cornwell And Maj. Geo. S. Wallace, John J. Cornwell, George S. Wallace

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


The National Army Act And The Administration Of The 'Draft', Henry M. Bates Jan 1918

The National Army Act And The Administration Of The 'Draft', Henry M. Bates

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In Arver v. U. S., and five similar cases attacking the validity of the so-called National Army Act of May 18, 1917, Public Statutes, No. 12, 65th Congress, c. -, - Stat. -. ) the Supreme Court unanimously sustained the validity of the Act so far as attacked. The contention that compulsory military service as provided in the Act is contrary to our fundamental conception of the nature of citizenship, and that such compulsion is repugnant to a free government and in conflict with the guaranties of the Constitution as to individual liberty, the Court disposed of summarily and completely …


Who Is An Alien Enemy?, Edson R. Sunderland Jan 1918

Who Is An Alien Enemy?, Edson R. Sunderland

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One Gustav Muller, a native German, resided in England on May 20th, 1915. He had never been naturalized. He owned a leasehold house in England, and on the date just mentioned he executed a power of attorney to one John White to sell this leasehold house and make proper conveyance of the same. Six days later he was permitted by the British Government to return to Germany, and he started the same day, May 26th. He was known to be in Germany on June 11th, but the date of his arrival was unknown. On June 2 the leasehold was sold …