Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-02

brake given them. Here" said Capt.
Carvalho, is an actual copy of the
| manual, which l hand over to the court
| martial
M. Labor then had an animated dis
cussion. with Col Jouaust, who at first
refused counsel's request to read let
ter which the latter had received yes
terday evening, signed "Corningue.
setting forth that the firing manual
had been copied by men referred to as
"A" and 3D.
COL Picquart, in reply to M. Labor,
confirmed the statements named in the
letter and said he thought Maj. Lauth
could say something on that point,
whereupon the major arose and de-
clared he did not know "Corningue."
NJ. Labori then asked to be allowed to
question Maj Lauth, but Col. Jouaust
refused. Counsel insisted, but Col.
Jouaust waved him down. whereupon
NJ. Labor cried You suppress all
awkward questions"
The government commissary, Maj.
Carriere, said: 81 desire to point out
that the defense is always asking to
speak, while am always refused per-
mission to do so when | ask.
Col. Jouaust retorted: Il have heard
enough. Be quiet. The incident is
closed"
This cavalier treatment of the gov
eminent commissary, who, however,
makes himself ridiculous whenever he
opens his mouth, caused general laugh
| ter.
Gen. Sebert followed. He also prov
ed a trump card for Dreyfus as he de-
clared the wording of the bordereau re-
vealed professional ignorance. He also
said the man who wrote it was not an
artillery officer, and said such an officer
as Dreyfus could not make the mistakes
he referred to. Gen. Sebert entered
into lengthy explanations of his state
ments, pertinently pointing out that an
artillery officer would have known the
interesting parts of the firing manual
and would not have written in the Dor
dereau take what interests you"
The general again declared emphat-
| ically that the bordereau could not have
been written by an artillery officer or
| by one who had passed through the
polytechnic school. This made a pro-
found impression on the court, which
was intensified when Gen. Sebert, who
is a venerable looking gentleman, con-
Guided fearlessly:
81 am happy to have had the strength
| to carry here stone toward the edifice
| of reparation which the court is build
ing up with so much care and conf
dence, while holding itself aloof from
| outside passions"
Major Ducross deposed that he COM
manded a fiel@ battery, that he knew
Dreyfus and offered him certain infor-
nation. But, he pointed out, Dreyfus
never asked him a question, although
| he knew he, the witness, possessed in
| teresting information, notably particu
| lars about.the hydro-pneumatic brake.
Gen. MERCER here interviewed and
said that at the time Major Ducro5s
was speaking of the Ducross field piece
| had been rejected in favor of the deport
cannon, and, he said, Dreyfus, there
| fore could have no object in procuring
particulars eff the Ducross gun.
More support for Dreyfus was forth
coming in the deposit On of Major Hart
| man, of the artillery, to express the
| opinion that the author of the border
eau did not know what he was writing
about, since he spoke of the "120 short"
gun, when he meant the "120 long" gun.
The major then led the court through
a maze of technical details about artil-
lery, until Col. Jouaust asked him to
refrain from technicalitieS as far as
possible. evidently fearing that Hart
man might reveal secrets of the service.
His evidence was directed entirely to
show that Dreyfus was not the author
of the bordereau and that the artillery
information in it was accessible to
many officers of all arms in the spring
Of 1894.
After Germans testimony had been
heard. Dreyfus, in reply to the usual
question, admitted that about 1886 or
1887 he spent furlough at Muhlhaus-
en-, adding: Every year, both while
studying and attending the gunnery
and artillery schools, l passed one or
two months at Muhlhausen. But l
can positively affirm that I was never
present either in an official or semi
official capacity at the German man
| oeuvres. was never invited to attend
the German manoeuvres and I never
dined or lunched with any German Of
ficer. On each visit / called on the
general commanding at Muhlhausen,
with my regular passport, in accord
ance with my duty. l would like to
point. out, in regard to the Vancouver
ing ground to which reference is
| made, that the Muhlhausen ground is
not ground over which manoeuvres
could be carried off 1t is merely a
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