Word: commandant
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...captain loses his ship, he loses his command even when attend- ing circumstances point entirely to his complete exoneration from blame. The Navy can do no less." Each captain that loses his ship must bear a responsibility due to that loss. Even though a court honorably acquits him of blame he must first assume the responsibility for the ship he commanded. Only by maintaining this standard can the high ideals and traditions of the Navy be preserved...
...summer at the Willamstown conference, Major General Allen, who had just returned from his command of the American army of occupation on the Rhine, gave a speech describing his suggestions for a solution of the Rhine-land situation. "I have a plan" he said and declared that it had been submitted to Secretary of State Hughes for approval...
Relations between Berlin and Munich (capital of Bavaria) were badly strained. President Ebert of Germany discussed General Lossow, commander of the Reichswehr (Reich Defence Force) in Bavaria, and replaced him with General Baron Kress von Kressenstein. Dr. von Kahr, Dictator of Bavaria, reappointed General Lossow to command of the Reichswehr, thus openly defying Berlin. By establishing a trusteeship authority over the Federal troops garrisoned in Bavaria, Dr. von Kahr virtually "kidnapped" 12,000 men. Baron von Kressenstein asked the Berlin Government to relieve him of his uncomfortable position. Dr. von Kahr and Minister President von Knilling declared that Bavaria...
Because the Board saw the possibility of suggesting 13 officers for court martial, these had to be exempted from testifying, being given the same rights as defendants in a trial (TIME, Oct. 1). Nevertheless, the 13" interested parties" waived their rights and testified. Captain Edward H. Watson, in command of the squadron which went ashore, took all the blame upon himself, and in the final arguments instructed his counsel to make no defence. The defence of the others was chiefly that, according to regulations, all ships were obliged to follow the leaders course...
...Memorial Chapel to General Robert E. Lee will shortly command the campus of Washington and Lee University at Lexington, Va. The Daughters of the Confederacy, donors, last week pronounced their gift " the tribute of Southern womanhood to the South's ideal hero...