New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-31

the right to reply"
The General then returned to his seat ana
General Deloye Director OF Artillery at the
War once was called to the witness bar lie
repeated his explanations given before the
Court of Cessation as to the various pecuiari-
ties Of the artillery particularly with reference
to the brake Of the "120 short" guns. The wit
noes aaid he considered that In 1894. II would
have been impossible for any officer serving
with his regiment to communicate anything In
regard to the brake OF this gun. He added that
although the gun was in use At Rennes. the OFF,
GERS forming the court martial, among whom
was an officer commanding "l2O short" gun.
while In 1894 the details OF the pneumatic
brake" could only have been known to very
few officers.
The Court closely questioned General Leloye
and n Judge asked when it was known that the
German she'll &C. Of" presented analoges to
the Robin shell.
General Deloye-In 1898.
The Judge-Not before 1So47
General Deloye-No.
The Judge-It was the information in regard
10 the pneumatic brake" contained in the pro-
visional instructions for the 10 short gun,
which communicated?
General Deloye-Yes.
The Judge-was II possible for an officer Of
manual?
General Deloyc-It was not impossible II he
adduced a plausible pretext
The Judge-was the brake manufactured at
Bourges?
General Deloye-Yes at the foundry.
The Judge-And the Robin shell?
General Deoye-At the Gunnery School
NJ Demange-Was the distance between the
two establishments great
General Deloye-The foundry was contiguous
to the Gunnery School.
DREYFUSS EXPLANATION.
When Dreyfus was asked II he had anything
to say, he replied: Il do not intend to discuss
the terms Of the bordereau advance theo-
ries 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 100 short
gun. I state briefly for the second time all
that I knew In 5000 at Bourges Of this gun.
I knew the principle Of the pneumatic brake
General Mercier's 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 Gun
merry School and foundry and all the depart
ments Of Bourges and the officers OF the garri
son artillery. He must recollect the final lect-
ure 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 lect-
ures All my knowledge OF the pneumatic
brake was derived from the lectures AS re-
CARDS the brake Itself / have seen II twice,
once in the courtyard Of the Gunnery School
at Rourges and once in the School Of War.
have not seen It In action. have not seen thu
100 short gun fired. I have never been present
at the firing trials. but the probationers at
tended.
Mention had also been made Of the shrapnel
shell Of 1891. The knowledge Of General De-
loye on this point Is much more extensive than
mine. and everything he has said is quite cor
rect In 1894 studied the shell. and in
necessarily incomplete study reached the con-
clusion that the shell Of the 1891 pattern was a
she'll in which the bullets were kept In place
by a smoke generating substance ipended to
produce dense clouds Of smoke on bursting In
order TO facilitate range finding. These are the
conclusions I reached in 1891. and chronicled
them in a report made at the time
When the prisoner was reseated Major Car
riere announced that he had received letter
from General Chanoine. informing him that by
order Of the Minister of War the Third Artillery
Department had prepared dosser OF the docu-
ments the defence requested. and that these
documents could be submitted to the Court by
General Deoye under the same conditions as
were observed In regard to the secret dossier.
The Major therefore asked the Court to sit in
secret or behind closed doors. NJ. Demange
asked that Majors Hartman and Ducros be per-
mitted to attend when General Deloye com
municated the documents.
After the Court had deliberated In private
Colonel Jouaust announced that 1t would sit in
secret tomorrow morning. in order to consider
the dossier, and that Majors Hartman and Du-
eros were authorized to attend The Court ad-
tourned at II 10 o'clock.
DU PATTY DE GIANTS REVELATIONS.
Paris, Aug 3O-Major Tavernier acting under