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court martialCourt convened for the trial of persons subject to military discipline who are accused of violations of military laws.
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If you refused to go into the militia, or to obey after you were in, you would be tried by drumhead court martial and shot down like dogs. The Militia of the Equilaterals was at once called out; and every Triangle suspected of Irregularity on reasonable grounds, was destroyed by Court Martial, without the formality of exact measurement by the Social Board. I was motoring along the road at the time, and I had to attend a perfect court martial next day, with your friend Thomson in the chair. |
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