Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-09-01
FOR PREPARATION.
One Venerable Officer Thinks the
Court Is Rearing an Edi6ce Of
Reparation.
MANUAL WAS NO SECRET.
Witness Testifes That Dreyfas Did Not
Write the Bordereau, Because 1t Had
Mistakes He Gould Not Have Made.

trial to-day a groom named Germain
testified that he saw Dreyfus at the
German army maneuvers in Alsace. The
German declared he saddled a horse for
Dreyfus to follow the maneuvers. He
said Major Infreville accompanied
Dreyfus
Jouaust questioned Dreyfus, who said
he could not remember whether he
hired horses Of Germains employer OF
not Germains employer, named Kuhl-
man, declared that all German had said
was untrue. Major Infreville declared
he never knew Dreyfus.
Captain Lemmonnier, probationer on
the headquarters staff at the same time
as Dreyfus, deposed that the prisoner
told him he was well acquainted with
certain German position, because he
followed the Alsatian maneuvers.
Dreyfus replied that Lemmonnier
must have mixed up his remarks. He
added that he was acquainted with that
part of Alsace, because he spent his
youth there.
A witness named Villon then told how
he overheard a conversati tion in a Ber-
lin cafe between two German officers,
in which the remark was made that
mobilization plans were expected from
Dreyfus.
Commissary Fischer testified that he
was charged to investigate the leakage
of documents at the gunnery school at
Bourges, and found nothing to incrimi-
nate Dreyfus.
Lieutenant Bernheim testified that he
lent Esterhazy documents dealing with
the artillery, and was unable to get
them back.
Artillery Lieutenant Burgers, who at
tended the gunnery course at Chalons,
testified that 1t was easy for an out
slider to obtain particulars about guns.
He said he himself on one occasion lent
his firing manual to an infantry officer.
General Roget said this witness wrote
M. Cavignac, then minister of war, a
violent letter of resignation, in which
he declared it was a dishonor to serve
in the French army.
Lieutenant Bruger cried: II protest
against General Roget's words. l affirm
I never said any such thing
Roget then said: well, that was the
general sense Of the letter"
M. Labori and Colonel Jouaust agreed
that the letter should be obtained from
the minister of war and read in court.
Captain Carvalbo emphatically de-
clared there were no special precautions
to keep the mechanism of the 1920 short
gun" secret. Moreover, he added, from
April, 1894, artillery officers had a de-
scription of the hydro pneumatic brake
given them. Here said Captain Car
valbo, sis an actual copy of the manual
which 1 hand over to the court-mar-
tial"
Labori then had an animated discus
sion with Colonel Jouaust, who at first
refused counsePs request to read let
ter the latter received yesterday even
ing signed Comingue, setting forth that
the firing manual had been copied by
men referred to as "A" and "B." Col
Picquart confirmed the statements
made in the letter, and said he thought
Major Lauth could say something on
that point, whereupon the Major de-
clared he did not know "Comingue."
Labori then asked to be allowed to
question Major Lauth.
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suppress all awkward questions" (Sen-
sation.)
General Sebert testified that the writ
er was not an artillery officer, and such
an officer as Dreyfus could not make
the mistakes he referred to. General
Sebert entered into lengthy explana-
tions Of his statements, pointing out
that an artillery officer would have
known the interesting parts of the firing
manual, and would not have written vt
in the bordereau, take what interests
YOU"
General Sebert, who is venerable
gentleman, concluded fearlessly: II am
happy to have had strength to carry
here my stone towards the edifice of
reparation which the court is building
up with so much care and confidence,
while holding itself aloof from outside
passions
Major Ducros deposed that he COM
manded field battery. He knew Drey-
fus offered him certain information, but
Dreyfus never asked him question,
although he knew he possessed partic-
ulars about the hydro-pneumatic brake.
Major Hartman Of the artillery, ex-
pressed an opinion that the author of
the bordereau did not know what he
was writing about, since he spoke of
"L2O short" gun, when he meant "12O."
His evidence was directed entirely to
showing that Dreyfus was not the au-
thor Of the bordereau, and that the ar
tillery information mentioned in 1t was
accessible to any officers Of all arms in
the spring Of 1894.