The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29
CONTINENTAL TO BE PUBLIC.
THE MDGE ADVOCATE AND HIS As
sIsTANT HERE.

81 ~ Ns@AAa~s
Col. CIons Comes in Advance Of the
Trial for the Purpose of Preparing
His Case-To BE Assisted in the
work by Capt. HeCIure-The on
GERS Of the Court VIII Arrive Next
Table Daring the Trial With the
Presiding Oncer Al the Head.
Col. J. II. cions. deputy judge advocate
general. who viii appear - judge advo-
cate At the court martial before which
Capt o. n Carter viii b. tired. and
Capt. Charles Mcclure. Eighteenth Infan-
try. On duty In the Judge advocate gener-
ais once. vino viii assist him 10 the de-
tails OF minutise OF this work. arrived in
the city last night from Washington. Tney
arc stopping al Mrs. Heyward's on Whit
sker street
1t has been expected that Col. CT Us
would come 70 Savannah in advance Of
the court martial for the purDose Of pre-
pairing his case. 1t was not known, how
ever, until day OF two ago that Capt
Mcclure would accompany him. or in fact
tBat-any other officer from the Ju5ge ad-
yOcate generals Office would take part 10
the proceedings. Col Clogs will have the
full management Of the case bef5re the
court martial. while Capt Mcclure VIII
assist In the details and IT. tho preparation
of the case.
Il have come down in advance Of the
trial" Col. Clous said when seen By q
representative OF the Morning News LAST
night. 'simDly for the purpose ot Drepar-
Ing my case. Just az any lawyer would
do in a proceeding he might have before
court All Of the records IN the case and
nearly all Of the witnesses are here and
d was of course necessary On that ac-
count.
NO, there Is nothing that I can say
about the trial In advance u H. Judge
Speer has very kindly rendered the court
the use Of his court room for the trial
and Il viii OF course take place there. The
thai VIII be open 70 tbs public IS all mil /
ttary trials are noWsdsya-"
Col Cio0s expressed himself az willing I
70 give any information about the pro-
ceedings that II is proper for him % give. /
and said also that arrangements would II. j
made for newspaper men. r has been an I
derstood that the court martial would Dc 4
pubic, though 1t Is known, Of course, that +
Under the military regulations the officers I
OF the court have the right 10 clear the 4
court room 81 any time they see TT As a /
rule. however, IL u said this is done on.v
a. times when the court has TO decide /
upon points Of law or evidence upon which /
there IL a dispute between the contendfue
attorneys
The court. a. has been stated, will be
composed Of thirteen officers, ali Of whom
rank the accuse1 either In title or I'm the
GATE OF commission, IL they have the same
Tue These thirteen officers will arrive
in Savannah. Col. Clous says next Tues
begin.
Al the trial the officers Of the court win
oe seated around a table. az the head OF
which will SIC the presiding officer. while
on either side will sit the other cdflcerg
OF the court in the order Of their rank /
the higher officers being nearest to the
presiding officer The Judge advocate vyit
sit at the other end OF the table. probabiy
with his assistant near him. To one side
there VIII be arranged conveniently q ia /
De for the accused and his counsel All
Of the officers Of the court viii spr,ear in
fun uniform with side arms. while the ae-
cused VIII appear in uniform, but without
side arms
The trial Will be conducted very much
IN accordance with the rules followed IN a
civil court except perhaps a little moro
Ihutnde is permitted IN the Introduction
o. testimony The common rules Of evi-
oence, however are usually strictly ad-
hered 10. The court has no officer CORE
spending to bailin or deputy. and IL ia
not known Just what Will be done WITH
regard TO provisions for preserving order.
There is no doubt that order viii he nre-
served. but whether any formal arrange
inents will be made to this end remains to
BE- seen
Capt. Carter is SIN busy with his eoun-
sei' Aessrs Charlton, MackaH & Ander-
son, engaged in the preparation of Ria
1eiense. The time between now and the
IA, ,ll WIN De pretty well consumed, no
ioubt, In the examination OF fha records
d the United States engineers Office here
~ both sides, as they viii, no doubt he
frequently produced in evidence. cant
-arter II ~ said, will have free access
% these records in the preparation of his
defense. - no