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COX v. WOOD

No. 833.

247 U.S. 3 (1918)

38 S.Ct. 421

62 L.Ed. 947

COX v. WOOD, COMMANDANT OF CAMP FUNSTON, IN THE STATE OF KANSAS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 6, 1918.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Hannis Taylor, with whom Mr. Joseph E. Black was on the briefs, for appellant.

The Solicitor General for appellee.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

The appellant, conformably to the Selective Draft Law of May 18, 1917, c. 15, 40 Stat. 76, was called to compulsory military duty and in December, 1917, was engaged in performing it at Camp Funston, Kansas. On the third of that month he petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus to be directed to the general commanding the camp to discharge him from further service. The...

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