COMMANDANT'S ANNUAL REPORT 1964 - 1965 The Judge Advocate General's School United States Army Charlottesville, Virginia "This Association [ABA] . has been interested in the [Judge Advocate General's] School since its inception. It has made a notable contribution to the high quality of personnel in the Army Judge Advocate General's Corps." LEWIS F. POWELL, JR. President A merican Bar Association "I hope you 'will be able to bring to the attention of the legal pro­ fession more generally the very fine job which the [Judge Advocate General's] School is doing in training and scholarship in the broad and complex field of military law. It would seem to me that our country very badly needs much more of the kind of work which you have so effectively begun." MYRES S. McDOUGAL Sterling Professor of Law Yale University Law School "I take this opportunity of thanking you and your staff for making the stay of Major Bostan Khan and Major Hasan most enjoyable and fruitful ... _ Both of them speak very high[ly] of all that they saw in your School and 1 am sure that others who follow would equally benefit from their visit ... _ " . .. 1 will most certainly make an attempt to VlSlt your famous School and acquaint myself with the activities there. Needless to say that we are very happy over this link between this office and your School." A. A. KAZI Brigadier Judge Advocate General Pakistani Army 1 FOREWORD This Annual Report for the Fiscal Year 1965 is my first as Commandant. As in the case of the past three issues, this report summarizes the operations of the School; provides a printed record of the School and its personnel; and describes the courses of in­ struction. However, equally important, the Annual Report, by its prepara­ tion, requires the staff and faculty to review the past year; to evaluate and revise the courses and projects presented; to consider the implementation of new instruction and services which would aid the judge advocate. By distribution of this report, it is hoped that it will stimulate interest in the School and will stimulate those already interested to suggest changes so that the School will better serve the Corps. The scope of the instruction and projects undertaken by the School have continuously broadened. The level of instruction and the planning and presentation of projects have been increasingly strengthened. However, we at the School realize there is, and always will be, a place for criticism and improvement. We ask for your assistance. ~~ ~ - JOHN W. BURTCHAELL Colonel, JA GC Commandant 346279 !! Commandant's Annual Report FISCAL YEAR 1965 Table of Contents Page Section I-History of The Judge Advocate General's School ..................................................... Section II-Organization of The Judge Advocate General's School ........................................................ 3 The Academic Department .......................................... 3 The Nonresident Training Department .................... 3 The Plans and Publications DepartmenL.................. 4 The Office of the School Secretary.............................. 4 Board of Visi'tors .............................................................. 4 Section III-Academic Activities ..... ,.................................................. 6 General .............................................................................. 6 Judge Advocate Officer Career Course ........................ 7 Judge Advocate General (Special) Course .................. 12 Procurement Law Course .............................................. 14 Military Justice Course .................................................. 15 International Law Course ............................................ 16 Civil Law Course ............................................................ 17 Civil Affairs Law Course ................................................ 17 Military Affairs Course .................................................. 17 Law Officer Seminar ...................................................... IS Judge Advocate Officer Refresher (Reserve Component) Course .............................. IS Guest Speaker Program .................................................. 19 Text Preparation Program .......................................... 19 Thesis Lending Library ................................................ 19 Foreign Student Orientation Program ...................... 20 iii Section IV-Nonresident Training ____________________________________________________ 21 General ______________________________________________________ -_____________________ 21 Administration of Extension Courses ---- ____________________ 21 Support of Reserve Component Organization and Functions ______________________________ 23 Planning and Career Guidance ____________________________________ 24 Miscellaneous _________________________________ ... __ ._________ ._. _____ .._.... _._ 24 Section V-Plans and Publications _... _. ___ .. ___ ._______ ._. ____ ._ ... __ ._ .... __ .__ .__ 26 General ___________________________________________________________ .. ____ ..... __ ._____ 26 Publications __________ .______ .. ______ ._____________ .______ .__ .__ ._. __ ..... _._ .. ___ 26 Special Activities ________________________ ._____ .__ .__ .. ___ .... _... _.._.... _._ 30 Section VI-Administration _. ________________ ... ______ .__ .___ .___ .. __ .____ .. ______ .. _. ___ ._ 34 General _______ .__________________________ ._. _____ .______ ._ .. _. ____ .__ .____ .______ .__ 34 Facilities of the School ________ .__________ ._____ .... ___ ... ________ ... _._. 34 Quarters _______ ._______ .. ________________________ ._ .. _..... ___ .._.. _.. ____ .___ ._.___ 36 Messing __________________________________ ,___________ ._____ .___ .___ ._ .... _______ .____ 36 Officers' Open Mess __________________ .__ .___ ._ .. _._ ... __ ._._._. _________ .__ 37 Bookstore ______________________________________ .__ .. ______ ._. _______ ._. __ ._________ 37 Logistical Support __ ._____________ .__________ .______ ._____ ._________________ 37 Adjutant's Office __________________ ._________________ ._______ ._._. ______ .______ 37 Medical and Dental Facilities _._ ........ ______ .__________ .__ ._. __ ._ 38 Athletic Facilities ________________________________________________ .__ .______ 38 The Alumni Association ___ .____ ... __ ._ .. _. ___ .____ .____________________ 38 Section VII-Combat Developments Command, Judge Advocate Agency _______ .______________ .__ ..._.. _. __ ...._.. 39 Section VIII-Appendices .._.. _._ .. __________ .__ .. ________ .____ ._____________ ._. ______ .. __ ._. ___ . 40 Appendix I (Organizational Chart of School) ._.... ___ .. ___ ._. ____ ._ .... _____.______ .... ___ .____________ ....._. 40 Appendix II (Organizational Roster of School) .___......_..._.. ____ ._____ .______________ .___ ._____________ .___ ._ 41 iv Appendix III (Changes in Military Personnel, FY 1965) ________________________________________________ 43 Appendix IV (Background Statements of Officer Personnel) ______________________________________________ 46 Appendix V (FY 1965 Course Cycle Chart) ______________________________________________________________________ 56 Appendix VI (Resident Students, FY 1965) ____________________________________________________________________ 57 Appendix VII (FY 1966 Course Cycle Chart) ______________________________________________________________ 58 Appendix VIII (Thesis Topics) __________________________________ 59 Appendix IX (Awards) __________________________________________________ 69 Appendix X (Guest Speakers) ______________________________________ 71 Appendix XI (Distinguished Visitors) ________________________ 77 Appendix XII (Text Book Program) ___ .____ ... __ .__________ 78 Appendix XIII (Visits to Reserve Units) .. ___ .. __ .__ .. _._ .. 80 v J\fA.J0R GE:\ER.\L ROBERT II. :\fcC;\w The J/ldg!' ;I d,l()ell ti' GI'I/eral, U. S. Anny MAJOR GENERAL HARRY J. ENGEL The Assistant Judge Advocate Geneml, ['. S. Army COLONEL JOHN \\'. BURTCHAELL C0777111!1ndant, The Judge Advocote Celltra!"s School HISTORY OF THE JUDCE ADVOCATE GENERAL'S SCHOOL Although judge advocates have served the United States Army since 1775, no effort was made to provide them with formal training in military law until the opening days of World "Var II. In preceding years, newly appointed judge advocates were trained empirically, but the Army's swift expansion soon emphasized the need for in­ structing attorneys entering the Corps in the manifold aspects of their new specialty. In February 1942, as the uniformed lawyer's burden increased in complexity, specialized and refresher training courses for active duty personnel were commenced at the National University Law School, Washington, D. C. In August 1942, operations were trans­ ferred to The Judge Advocate General's School, physically located at the University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and commanded by Colonel Edward H. Young, JAGC. In the following months, hundreds of officers were trained at Ann Arbor. Indeed, by June 1944 over two-thirds of the active duty strength of the Judge Advocate General's Corps were graduates of the School. The end of the war, however, substantially reduced the need for trained military lawyers, and in 1946 the School, which had been initiated only on a temporary basis, was discontinued. Nevertheless, plans were soon being devised in the Office of the Judge Advocate General to implement the recommendation of a committee, appointed in 1946 to study the administration of military justice, that provision