The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-31

as to the various peculiarites of tn
artillery particularly with reference t.
the brake Of the "120 short" guns. TIL
witness said he considered that in 1885,
1t would have been impossible for an.
officer serving with his regiment T.
communicate anything in regard to tn
brake Of this gun. He added that al
though the gun was in use at Rennes
the officers forming the court martial
among whom was an officer command
| ing "120 short gun, had only tn
vaguest ideas about this gun, while il
1894 the details of the "pneumati,
brake" could only have been known tt
very few officers.
The court closely questioned Genera
Deloye and a judge asked when it wa
known that the German shell &c. 81
presented analogies to the Robin shell.
General Deloye-In 1896.
The Judge-Not before 1894.
General Deloye-No.
| The Judge-It was the information in
regard to the pneumatic brake" con-
tanned in the provisional instructions
| for the "120 Short gun, which was COM
municated?
General Deloye-Yes.
| The Judge-Was it possible for an Of
| ficer of the headquarters staff to pro-
cure the firing manual?
| General Deloye-It was not impossible
| If he adduced a plausible pretext.
The Judge-Was the brake manufac-
tured at Bourges?
General Deloye--Yes, at the foundry.
The Judge-And the Robin she'll?
noT1y
school.
M. Demange-Was the distance be-
tween the two establishments great?
General Deloye-The foundry was con-
tiguous to the Gunnery school.
When Dreyfus was asked If he had
anything to say he replied: II do not
intend to discuss the terms of the Dor
dereau, nor advance theories about it.
1t must be known what is in the notes
and what is their nature and their value
before theories can be suggested.
Mention has been made of the 120
short gun. state briefly for the second
time all that l knew in 1S89-90 at Bour-
ges Of this gun. l knew the principle
of the pneumatic brake General Mer-
ciers deposition recalled the fact that
he was inspector general at Bourges in
1890 He must remember the lecture
given in the presence of all the officers,
both Of the gunncry school and foundry,
and all the departments of Bourges and
the officers of the garrison artillery. He
must recollect the final lecture given on
the subject of the pneumatic brake, of
which he made the customary rough
sketch. This is to be found in the st.
Cyr lectures. All my knowledge of the
pneumatic brake was derived from
the lectures. AS regards the brake it.
SELF l have seen it twice, once in the
school at Bourges and once in
the School of War. l have not seen it
in action. have not seen the '120 short
gun fired. have never been present at
the firing trials, but the probationers
attended
Mention has also been made of the
shell of 1891. The knowledge
If General Deloye on this account is
much more extensive than mine, and
In 1894 I studied the shell, and, in
necessarily incomplete study, reached
he conclusion that the shell of the 1891
pattern was shell in which the bullets
we're kept in place by smoke general
ng substance intended to produce /
tense clouds of smoke on bursting, in
rider to facilitate range firing. These
re the conclusions l reached in 1891, |
nd l chronicled them in a report made /
It that time"
When the prisoner was reseated Ma
or Carriere announced that he had re-
eived a letter from General Chemoin
Informing him that by order of the min 4
ster of war the Third artillery depart
1ent had prepared dossier of the doc T.
ments the defence requested, and that
hose documents could be submitted to
he court by General Dcloye under the
anne conditions as were observed in re-
ard to the secret dossier. The major,
therefore,, asked the court to sit in Sec
ct, or behind closed doors. NJ De-
lange asked that Majors Hartman and
'ucros be permitted to attend when
eneral Deloye communicated the doc
ments.
After the court had deliberated in
rivate Colonel Jouaust announced that {
would sit in secret tomorrow MORN
g, in order to consider the dossier, and
lat Majors Hartman and Ducros were
lthorized to attend. The court ad- ;
urned at HIS o'clock. =