MITCHELL RESIGNS
SEQUEL TO COURT-MARTIAI. CRITICISM OF SUPERIORS. Reuter’s Telegram. WASHINGTON, January 27. Colonel William Mitchell, the convicted air officer, who is under five years’ suspension from the Army because of his criticism of Government aviation policies, on Wednesday tendered his resignation. The decision as to whether it will be acoepted rests with President Coolidge, who on Monday approved the sentence of the court-martial with certain modifications in regard to the suspension of the officer’s pay and allowances. Colonel Mitchell, formerly AssistantChief of the American Army Air Force, published in the “Saturday Evening Post” some scathing attacks on the Government’s air policy. He was court-martialled on a charge of insubordination, and found-guilty.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12357, 29 January 1926, Page 8
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