The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-09-02

| if he was not the officer who wrote NJ
Cayaignac. then minister OF war. n violent
/ letter rendering his resignation and de-
claring 1T was dishonor to serve in the
/ French army. (Sensation)
Lieutenant Brugere energetlcally pro-
| tested against such meaning being given
1 to his letter, which was quite contrary To
/ it's effect.
General Deloye, TO whom General Roget
appealed, said he had been consulted by
/ the minister OF war as TO what ought to
be done In connection with the letter and
with the report he made on the subject Ia
I the president of the republic, who. he
added Immediately signed an order rele-
eating Lieutenant Brugere to the terri
torial army. After this Lieutenant Bru-
gere again rose and emphatically main
tanned that he made no statement in the
sense indicated by General Roget, but
| had only alluded to some personalities and
! had not mentioned the French army. 1t
would have been absurd to do SO, he con-
tinued since the French army consists OF
all citizens over 20 years old.
| NJ Labor said he thought it would be
advisable TO produce the letter In question
and Colonel Jouaust promised TO ask the
minister of war for the document.
Captain Carvalho OF the artillery also
testified to the ease with which the "120
short gun" could be inspected
| AT this juncture NJ Labor read letter
from spy named Dominique, stating that
he had copied the firing manual In the
room of Major Panlzardi, the Italian
military attache at Paris in the presence
of Colonel Schwarzkoppen, the German
military attache at Paris. referred to as
"a" and "B' He said he was not certain
whether this was the 1894 or the 1895
manual, and begged the prisoner to ques-
ton Colonel Plcquart on the subject.
/ Picquart said he believed 1t was the
1895 manual and that the copy was made
/ In 1896 In Major PanizardPs room in the
presence of Major Panizardl and another
person. Colonel Plcquart added that Ma
jor Lauth ought to know something about
certain mark on the manual. All the
manuals at the Versailles mansions were
ordered returned to headquarters In order
to see which one was missing Major
Deloye admitted that he was not sure
whether 1t was the 1894 or 1896 manual and
corroborated Colonel Picquarts state
pens
Major Lauth expressed surprise at the
fact that Colonel Picquart's recollectlons
were so vague, and added that Plcquart
had relations with the spy Corningue who,
he said was doubtful character. 49,
NJ Labori asked to what spy Major
Lauth was able to give good character,
to which the major replied: Why, none"
NJ Labori-Major Lauth insinuated that
Cornngue was trying TO levy blackmail.
Was that his idea?
Colonel Jouaust refused to allow tins
question, and NJ Labor exclaimed: you
disallow every awkward question" (Sen-
sation.)
The stir caused by this lively retort had
not yet subsidized when the government
commissary, Major Carriere, rose and
begged to point out that the defense was
constantly asking leave to speak and that
when he, the comnlissary. asked to do so.
he was refused the necessary permission.
To which Colonel Jouaust replied: u
have heard enough Be quiet. The In
cident Is closed" prolonged laughter)
Addressing Colonel Picquart, NJ. Labor