The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-15
Way INTRODUCE WITNESSES.
80, GRIT TEAM WILL HAVE THAT
PRIVILEGE.

Cen. spencer Informs Col Brooks
.r,.ot the GeOrgians VIII BE Al
I'D "a submit Testimony at the
,urostigation of Their Charges by
-,.o executive Committee of the
~ Jersey Rifle AssOciatiOn-The
NJ. for the Investigation Not Yet
,,,..J-C;en. Spencer COntradicts
,.,.Iisbcd Statements Attributed
o Him.
rne Georgia Sea Girt Team will be al
Ind TO produce personal testimony in
~. 4,,ss+ieation to be held by the Execu-
'.... committee of the New Jersey Rifle
,.-o.ist,on of the charges of unfair deal
an The part of the markers at the 600
,ar5 range in the Hilton Trophy contest,
Itch according to the score sheets, was
won by New Jersey.
The Morning News announced recently
ts,t Col. J. F. Brooks had been notified
No. an Investigation had been granted at
49,. rsouest. and that afidavits and other
.,o,ers desired TO be introduced in evil
7.nce night be forwarded. This was not
satisfactory to Col. Brooks, and the MEM
ters of the Georgia team, as they desired
T., have their most important witnesses
orosar before the committee, and give
,botr testimony in person. Col. Brooks
,,ro-e Gen. Bird Spencer, of the Executive
Committee to this effect. Gen. Spencer
ronlv has been received by Col. Brooks.
and Comedies the request. The following
l.tter from Gen. Spencer to Col. Brooks
is self explanatory:
Passaic, ~ j., Oct. II, 1S99.-Lieut. Col.
e. Brooks, First Regiment Infantry,
Georgia Volunteers, Representing Georgia
Team savannah, Ga.-My Dear Colonel:
vour esteemed favor of the 9Th is at hand.
We understand that you desire to produce
evidence that during the contest for the
Hilton Trophy at 800 yards, greater scores
were credited to the New Jersey team by
the marker in the pit than were made by
Them as appears by the score sheets.
We also understand that you desire &c
have the action in regard to prohibiting
certain members of your team from fur
Their COMPETITIONS, considered and review
ed and to this end you desire to present
an argument at the meeting of the Exec
utive Committee of the New Jersey State
4 Rifle Associ5 lion.
The committee will be very glad to give
YOU the opportunity to produce such tes
timony as will tend to prove your claim
and they will also be very glad to have
YOU present any argument you may think
desirable, as to why the decision in the
iudividual cases should be reviewed. Your.
truly Bird w. Spencer
For the Executive Committee.
Col Brooks in discussing the matter
yesterday, said that this is satisfactory. Ii
common with other members of the Geor-
gia team, however, he desires that the
hearing shall be in public, so that the evil
d. nee submitted by both sides may be oper
to all who are interested in the matter
1--WE shall at once proceed to put oul
case in shape" said Col. Brooks, 80 thai
we may he ready 10 appear before the com,
mittee when notified of the time Apo ntet
Tor the hearing"
Col. Brooks has also received another
letter of interest recently from Gen. Spen
Ger m reply to one which he had writer
him, inquiring if he had authorized GER
tain statements credited to him in the pub
he prints with regard to the Georgia team
In one of these Maj. Harvey was quoted a!
saying that Gen. Spencer had stated to hin
that he had proof that the targets at tht
6o0-yard range had been changed by the
Georeians The other was a statement il
the New York Sun in which Gen. Spen
Ger was made to say that if the Georgians
had appealed from his decision in the mat
ter he would have made known certain
things that would have made it unpleas
ant for them, inlimating of course, tina
these things would have been discreditabl,
70 the members of the Georgia team.
In replying to Col Brooks Gen. Spence
stated that he had no recol ection of hav
ing made any such statement as that re
ported by Maj. Harvey, and that the exec
utlye officers of the association had mad,
no such charge as was alleged in tn,
Sun.