Quick questions about courtroom and charge

[Marty L.]

Thanks, Roger. Yes, I'm aware of Kauffman's assertion, too -- indeed, that's one of the things that prompted me to write here: A great number of accounts attribute the charges, and the appointments to the commission, to various officers, but I've yet to see any primary documents resolving which of these accounts is correct. (The formal detailing of the members to the commission was effected by Assistant Adjutant-General W.A. Nichols; but I don't think he was the one who chose the officers.)