United States v. Anderson

Opinion of the Court

Quinn, Chief Judge:

On June 27, 1963, the accused, a thirty-six-year-old staff sergeant with seventeen and one-half years of honorable service, was brought to trial before a special court-martial for offenses committed in the period from April 24 to June 11, 1963. There were six specifications of failing to report to work on time, and one specification of failing to obey an order to drain the fuel from a tank and to take the tank to the welding shop for repair, in violation of Articles 86 and 92, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC §§ 886 and 892, respectively. The…