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28 Judge Advoc. J. 1 (1959)

handle is hein.journals/jajrnl30 and id is 1 raw text is: LAW DAY U. S. A. AT THE PENTAGON • With the reading of the Presi- dent's proclamation by Major Gen- eral Reginald C. Harmon, The Judge Advocate General of the Air Force, Chairman of the event and spokesman for the military legal community, followed by a Color Presentation by the Joint Armed Forces Color Guard and a resound- ing rendition of the National An- them by the world famous U. S. Army Field Band and Chorus, mili- tary observance of Law Day U.S.A. was inaugurated at the inner court of the Pentagon on 1 May 1959. In a ceremony reminiscent of an old-fashioned Fourth of July, area members of the various military services and Defense Department employees took a short time out from the business of running the Nation's military establishment to pay tribute to the body of law under which we live. The program, sponsored by the Institute of Military Law, the Judge Advocates Asociation and the Pen- tagon Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, was conspicuously marked by the inspiring address of Associats Justice Stanley F. Reed, of the U. S. Supreme Court. Jus- tice Reed, commenting on the con- cept of the Rule of Law and of Government under law, took the opportunity to describe significant developments in the rule of law be- tween nations arising out of the United Nations organization. At- tention was also drawn to the body of military law which governs our Armed Forces and the role that the military lawyer regard. Mr. Justice is set forth in full: plays in that Reed's address Americans gather today in nu- merous groups, at the suggestion of our civil and military chief, President Eisenhower, to rededicate ourselves to the principle of Gov- ernment under Law. It is a sat- isfaction to have this opportunity to participate in this ceremonial Law Day. It is gratifying to have this reconfirmation that our citi- zens, civil and military alike, fully realize that we are a people whose Government thus seeks freedom and justice for all under our Constitu- tion. We cherish our liberties as matters of right, not as grants of a benevolent autocracy. Today our military forces must necessarily be large. We are no longer isolated from the danger of sudden attack. Modern technology has so contracted the world that infractions of our peace, without time for long preparations, are pos- sible. These forces are our protec- tors, however, with members drawn generally from our families, not a special military clique for enforce- ment of military rule. Our Found- ing Fathers felt little need for standing armies and deprecated their establishment for fear that arrogant militarism might get a foothold here and weaken civilian resistance to military usurpations of power. That danger seems imag- inary now and will continue to be, so long as the whole people, will to live in ordered liberty under law.

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