The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-06
DREYFUS DEGRADED.
"YoU ARE ADJUDGED UNWORTHY
TO BEAR ARaIs.v
Epau1ets Torn Off--EIis sword Broken
-aIarchedAround the square Bare
headed-was of Jevish-Alsatian
Extraction.

Paris, Jan. 5.-Captain w. Fred Dreyfus,
of the Fourteenth regiment of artillery,
recently attached to the general staff of
the army, who was tried by court martial,
convicted of treason in disclosing war
official documents to foreigners and sem
fenced to deportation and Imprisonment
for life in fortress. was publically de-
graded this morning in front of the mill
tary school of this city. Dreyfus turned
deathly pale as he signed the prison regis
ter. When this forrnality was gone
through two gen d arlnes With reviewers
in which, surrounded by guards with
drawn Sabres, Dreyfus was driven to the
military school. The route was lined
school Dreyfus was. placed in an impro-
Vised cell. DetachmentS from every
branch of the garrison of Paris began as
sembling in Place de Fontoye, and by
9 a. m. fully 10000 troops were ranged
about in a quadrangle. AT Dreyfus was
conducted to the square and led before
General Darres, in command OF the troops,
and the sentence of the court martial was
said: You are adjudged unworthy to
bear arms. In the name of the French
people, degrade you.
The Epaulets Torn on.
J General DarTes gave a sharp word of
command and q non-commlssioned officer
fus, the infantry presented arms, the
cavalry presented swords and there was
a long solemn roll from the massed drum
CorpS. DreyfuS started back as the nom
commissioned officer touched him and
shouted: II am innocent, [ swear 1t,
Vive Ia France" The commissioned
officer then tore off Dreyfus' epaulets and
all distinctive marks OF his rank as cap
tain of the artillery, ending with breaking
the prisoners sword in two and throwing
the two halves at his feet. Dreyfus was
then marched bareheaded around the en-
tire square, in front of the troops. He
was greatly excited and shouted repeated
ly 81 am innocent, swear il" but every
time the prisoner spoke in accordance
! with orders previously issued, his voice
was drowned by the roll of the drums.
AS Dreyfus passed in front of the place
occupied by representatives of the press
he shouted: Tell the whole of France
am innocent This caused some OF the
officers of the army reserve standing near
TO retort: Down with Judas, silence the
traitor" 1t was evident Dreyfus felt
these words keenly, for he turned sharply
ening manner, but before he could do or
say anything further he was seized by
the soldiers and forced to continue his
humiliating march around the square
The crowd outside of the square on hearing
the prisoners voice when he protested his
innocence raised fierce cries Of Death &c
the traitor" The cries Of the populace
were accompanied by shrill whistling pc
culiar to Partisan mob. When The
proceedings we're ended Dreyfus was
handcuffed, taken to the prison van an(
driven to an ordinary prison, escorted by
a. squad of gen d armes amid cries o.
death to the traitor.
Story of the Arrest.
The arrest of Albert Dreyfus in October
| last caused a sensation Throughout
France and found an echo in Berlin which
at enc time threatened to have seriou:
consequences The assertion that Dreyfu:
sold the plans of various strongly fortified
PAGES to the German government ha!
. been vigorously denied by the representa-
, tiVeS of that nation. Similarly 1t ha'
, been claimed and denied that the plans
referred to were sold 10 an agent OIL I'M
, Italian government.
| The plans which DreyfuS is alleged II
Rave disclosed include those relating Y
: the mobilization of the French army II
case of war, plans for the mobilization o
: the Fifteenth army cops. covering tn
j., departments of the l0.ritime Alps, Ar
deche, Bouches du Rhone, Corsica, CARD
. Vas, Vanclear and Marrseilles as Well a
[ the plans for mobilization of the F'renc
:, forces around Briancon, the Alpine Glib
raItar. near the Italian frontier. The for
tress of Briancon, which is connected b.
Indergro11ud galleries with outlying fort
fcations and with the town itself, is
most important place in view OF til
possibility of an invasion of France upo
= the part of Italy
Dreyfus is of Jewish-Alsation eXtrac
ton He was born in 1859 at Mulho0s
e where his brothers own large ,cotto
i summing factory. It is expected tina
6revfus will be confined in the Isle d
saint. off the coast of French Guinee
D South America, which will be converte
q into penal settlement.