Minotaur: French Military Justice and the Aernoult-Rousset Affair

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Index *Boldface indicates illustrations. Académie Française, 10 Aernoult, Albert, 111; Alix’s inquiry into death of, 153; antimilitarist conversion of death into political capital, 123–124; beating of, 114; cerebral congestion as cause of death, 118–119, 123; Crespin’s examination of head of, 158; criminal conviction and appeal of, 109; death of, in Djennan-ed-Dar, 3, 116–118, 123; demonstrations on behalf of, 150; disciplinary infractions of, 110; Dorange’s autopsy of, 118–119, 136, 244; early life of, 109; effectiveness of funeral demonstration in Paris of, 194; efforts to revive, 119; enlistment of, 109–110; exhumation of remains, 134; funeral obsequies of, 190, 194–197; informing parents of death of, 119; inquiry into death of, 134; internment (original) of remains of, 119; as labor militant, 109; Lafeuille’s examination of remains of, 171; military record of, 110; mistreatment of, 115–116; parents of, in burial possession, 195–196; prisoner reaction to death of at Djennan-ed-Dar, 118; public agitation and, 8; punishment detail for, 3, 112, 114–115, 116, 117, 154; Rabier’s report of circumstances surrounding death of, 153–155, 171, 243–244; reinterment of body in Romainville, 135; restraining devices use on, 114; return of body to parents, 134–135, 140, 154, 184; Rousset’s testimony on, 114–126, 127, 128; short life of, 109; storage of body at Beni-Ounif, 143; transfer of body to Père-Lachaise, 195; trial of alleged assassins of, 159–160 Aernoult-Rousset affair, 6, 8–9, 128, 129–145, 184, 197–198; antimilitarism in triggering, 232; attempts to co-opt, 220; central theme of, 232; commissioning of Rabier report as turning point in, 153–154; as historical phenomenon, 231; initiation of, 121, 232, 233; leadership of, 130; as loss of control for military jurisdiction, 233–234; movement coalescing around, 125–126; outcome of, 233–235; setting of stage for, 107 Aernoult-Rousset coalition, pragmatists within, 181–182 “Affaire des fiches” (“index-card affair”), 98 Affiche rouge (red poster) trial of 1905, 138 Agadir, arrival of German gunboat at, 181 Agde, 104 Agents of military justice, primary function of, 45 Aïn-Beida, 204 Aïn-Sefra, military district of, 143, 204 Albert, Charles, on signing of “Down with Biribi!” poster, 146 Algeria. See also Djennan-ed-Dar (Algeria): compagnies de discipline in, 58; Kurz’s trips to, 143, 152; military justice in, 123; pillage and rape of civilians in, 49; press in, 172–173; Zenaga tribesman attack on governor-general of, 108 Algiers, 208 Alix, Captain: antimilitarist conversion of Aernoult’s death into political capital, 123–124; charges against Rousset, 124–125; charges of malfeasance against, 159; inquiry into Aernoult’s death, 153; interview of Rousset, 122; as officer of the highest integrity, 159; as rapporteur, 158, 171; removal from case, 159–160 278 Index Alix, F. M. (Lieutenant), 20 Alix, General, 120–121; delivery of relevant dossiers and, 159; exhumation of Aernoult’s body and, 143–144; legal competence of, 158–159; on Rabier report, 155–156; Rousset’s correspondence with, 123 Allaire (prisoner), 118; testimony of, 140, 147, 152 Allemane, Jean, 70, 123, 125; concerns of, 135, 147; at “Down with Biribi” trial, 147 Alsace-Lorraine, struggle with Germany over, 48 American military justice, treatment of non-nationals in, 8 Anarchism, 137; conversion of Darien to, 60 Ancien régime: Bourelly on, 23–24; ecclesiastical and seigneurial courts of, 23; lack of military justice under, 24 André, Louis, 147; as war minister, 95–99 Anti-Dreyfusards, 79; on Rennes verdict, 81 Antimilitarism: association of Rousset’s case with, 3, 186–187; conversion of Aernoult’s death into political capital, 123–124; differences in tone and content, 69; French military justice and, 199; government’s record in prosecuting, 138; of Hervé, 72–73, 229–230; on the left, 48–49, 71–72; in 1905 legislation, 181; press laws and, 137–138; strength of, 133; “three year” law and, 229; in triggering AernoultRousset Affair, 232; Young Syndicalists and, 238 Assize courts, military offenders in, 102 Association de la Paix par le Droit (Association for Peace through Law), 48 Babeuf, Gracchus, social leveling envisioned by, 47 Barboux, Henri, 45; as champion of military justice, 87–90; on Dreyfus Affair, 88; on Massé proposal, 89–91; program of, 94 Barnoux (character in Biribi), 63 Barrès, Maurice, 47, 48; appeal to educated French youth, 228–229; new right under, 93; signing of petition defending liberty of expression, 138 Barrot, Odilon, on the army, 53 Barthou, Louis (justice...