On this day, George III approved the 1774 Articles of War. The 1774 Articles were the model for the 1775 American Articles of War. The command-centric concept behind the 1774 Articles unfortunately continues to cast a long (and, at this late date, indefensible) shadow over American military justice. The United States clings to this British legal tradition even though the Mother Country abandoned it years ago.
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