New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-02

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and boldly. and emphatically declared that there
,,,era M sneclal precautions TO keep the mechan-
Ism OF the 100 short" gun secret Moreover. "e
added from April 1891. the artillery officers hau
a description OF the hydropneumatc O'nN0
given 70 them Here" said Captain CatVa'"''
is an actual copy Of the manual Which manu-
over TO the court martial ,,,,
NJ Labor then had an animated u's
with Colonel Jouaust. who at nrst relus'U 80
xse,.s request 10 read a letter when '"e '|
had received yesterday evening slshe1 49,.
,,,O,,e " setting forth that the firing mahual nav
seen copied by men referred to as anu
Co,o,el Picouart IN reply 10 NJ LABOR '0''
ARMED the statements named IN the Ie''''
said that he thought Major Lau'" .,.
.onething on that point whereuio" ''' -. o..
rose and declared he did not kno"
~ rohori then asked to be allowed 10 queS''0"
iNfaior Lauth. but Colonel Jouaus' 49,.
- ,,e,s,ed but Colonel Jouaust waved MI"
down. whereupon NJ Labor ''le''
,,ress all awkward questions 49,
IT. Government commissary. Major Carr'ere'
.a,d. 81 desire 70 point out that the deie"ce u
.i,rovs asking to speak. while ! am always ~
,,eod permission to do so when ask
Colonel 1ouaust. out Of patience, retorteo'
,,o hoard enough, BE quiet. The inoioen' IL
closed" This treatment Of the Government
..ornnissarv caused general laughter
,-rxrRAL sEBERT A GOOD WITNESS
,,..o, senort followed He declared that
- ..or,,,r, % the bordereau revealed profess
s,onal Ignorance He also said that the man
.,Do ,,rota # was not an artillery officer ana
chat such an officer as DTeyfus couio "'t
- tho mistakes he referred to. He entered
.rto a long explanation OF his statements point
=. ont that an artillery officer would nave
,,,noyn the interesting parts OF the hTins nun
,,al and would not have written IN '"e O0'
x,erea,, take what interests you
Tne General again declared emphatcaly 'ha'
che hordorcau could not have been WRITE" -
on artillery officer or ny one who had pasS'"
.h-o,,rb the Polytechnic School. THIS uec'ai"-
.,on made a strong impression on the court
,,bicb was intensified when the witness sa'D
~ an, hapry 20 have had the strength 10 carry
.,,oro nv stone toward the edhce Of repaTauon
,rb,ch the court Is building up with so nu'h
care md confidence while holding itseh s'o''
..rorl outside passions 49,
Major pucros said that he COMMANDED He'N
Da+tory that he knew Dreyfus and of1ereo mn"
certain Information. Dreyfus never ASKED "''"
a question. although he knew that 'he VINCE
7,ossessed most interesting informauo"' "',"'''
,,ort,cplars about the hydropneumatc brake
General MERCER here lH'ti 'VI''' or" -,
.t the time Major Ducros was speaking o. '"e
T,,,oros cold niece had been rejected in favor Of
.ho ranort cannon; and. he said, Dreyfus, there
fore could have no object in procuring partcu-
lars OF the DuCr0s gun
More support for Dreyfus was forthcoming il"
the deposition Of Major Hartmann OF the ar
snery who expressed the opinion that inc
author Of tho bordereau did not know what ne
was writing about since he spoke OF the l-o-
short" gun. when ne meant the '12o-long gun
The Major led the court through a maze Of
technical details about artillery until Co'ohe'
gouaust asked him to refrain from 'ec"N'0a''
Hes as far az possible evidently fearing mat
Hartmann might reveal secrets Of the service
11,s evidence was directed entirely to shcw that
Drevfus was not the author OF the bordereau'
md that the artillery information mentioned
in It was accessible TO many officers Of all arms
sn the spring OF 1894.