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At last the army moved. My counsel was a barrister in civilian life, and a Major in the Army Reserve. It was his view that the army was taking its time because it did not want the publicity, and that even the politicians were distancing themselves from the war. He thought that the longer it took, the better, and made no comment of the right or wrong of the case, and carefully took me through my life prior to my call up, and my service in Vietnam, in minute detail.
“I am anxious that you fully understand what you are being charged with, the army’s case, and our defence.” Jeremy took a lofty, if almost humorous view of it, and had opened a briefcase to extract four bulging folders.
“Read these; they comprise The Army Law Manual 1964, The Defence Act 1903-64, The Army Act of 1881 of Gre
