The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-08

nesses. the soldiers In the court room II
\ response to the word OF command of tn,
1 lieutenant In charge carrying and pre-.
senting arms, the judges leaving and re.
entering at the rattle OF the rifles as the
line of soldiers brought their weapons. like
a piece OF machinery. smartly to the
present" and then dropped their butts
| heavily to the ground. This performance
i was repeated every time the court retired
Dreyfus was withdrawn into an inner
room during the courts retirements.
On the final return of the court Major
Carriere said he thought the absence OF
Esterhazy ought not to prevent the trial
proceeding.
"Let him come, or not" he said. ut
| matters nothing to us"
Dreyfus' voice was harsh, nasal and no
wise sympathetic. He spoke low at first
and later as he grew more used to his
! surroundings, he spoke more loudly, more
! confidently and distinctly. The prisoner
! responded with military precision to the
I first question of the judge, who opened
with an abrupt order to stand up. Drey-
! fus thereupon stood UP, and Colonel
Jouaust continued.
Your name2"
"Alfred Dreyfus."
Your agep"
Thirty nine years.
your profession"
Captain OF the artillery"
where were you born?"
"Maulhouse"
Colonel Jouaust treated Dieyfus
brusauely, almost brutally, and It was
matter of satisfaction to the friends Of
the prisoner when the latter set the judge
himself right on certain dates connected
with Dreyfus' service on the general stan.
1t was an unlmportant point, but 1t was
eloquent testimony TO the keenness of
Dreyfus' intellect
IT, ,,v.t-n NJ In ttt,Na "a ~,
his legs stretched out, his spurs resting on
the ground his hands joined and resting
on his lap. He repealed the insnuations
that he had relations with German officers
during his stay in Alsace in indignant
terms.
Colonel Jouaust then read the bor-
dereau and afterward asked: I'm 1890
you were at Bourges?'
Dreyfus replied: Yes, my colonel"
Jouaust--The l20 brake was then made
and you were in a position to know the
construction OF the brake.
DreyfusI knew the principle of it,
Jouaust-Had you any Information re-
specting its workings?
Dreyfus--I did not know the details,
never having worked 1t.
Jouaust-Did you have the brake at
military school?
Dreyfus-f do not remember.
Jouaust-At the beginning of 1894 you
entered the general stan?
Dreyfus-Yes. my colonel.
Jouaust-Have you talked on gun 10
and it's brake?
Dreyfus, who then had gained his COM
posure, spoke distinctly and in a way
which carried conviction with 1t, answer
ing the last question. he said: No,
never HAD any knowledge of this gun while
l was N the bureau OF the general staff.
Jouaust-The second document or the
you any knowledge thereof?
Dreyfus--I was not in that part OF the
bureau dealing with mobilization.
Jouaust--You had to do with the trans
ports. Now, when the regulations con-
corning the conveying of troops in 1894
were modified there were difficulties in
insuring the transportation of troops and
provisional measures were taken, which
were changed in the following spring. Did
you know OF these difficulties?
Dreyfus-I have no knowledge or this
question in 1894. ! had certain documents
concerning the provisioning and conveying
of troops.
Jouaust-You had papers in your pos
session intended for print?
Dreyfus-Yes. | sometimes made mis-
take in the bureau to which they should
be sent.
Jouaust--You had these papers twice,
Dreyfus-I did not have any confidential
documents.
Jouaust--You must have known the con-
tents OF these documentsy
Dreyfus-I never asked for them from
anyone.
Jouaust-The third document relates to
artillery formation. You ought to be ac-
uuninted with these mattersy
Dreyfus-No.
Jouaust-Major NORM wilon sent you
special documents from July 10 to July
20. 1894. month before the date of the
bordereau?
Dreyfus-I only had incomplete Informs
ton.
Jouaust--At the end OF 1894 you had
knowledge OF Information sent to Lieu
tenant Bac by the third bureau on the
effectiveness OF the batteries of the 10
gun?
Dreyfus-No
Jouaust-Cwith a movement of i'm
is astonishing. The
bureaus knew what documents passed from
one to the other
Dreyfus--What say is correct.
Joua,st--I turn to the fourth document,
n note referring to Madagascar. There are
two papers. A corporal who copied them
saw you pass through his office going TO
the colonefs room.
Dreyfus-l went through occasionally.
Jouaust---You could have obtained this
document from the corporals desk?
Dreyfus--This is not usual.
Jouaust-No, but II could be done. Cory
ing was finished ON the 2sth and the bor-
dereau dates from several days later.
Now for the fifth docum ent-the proposed
firing manual for field artillery. Did yHi
know the contents OF the manualf
yfus-Emphatically, never.
JouaustA witness says you commune
Gated II to him.
Dreyfus. N-EmphatNeally, |
never.
JouaustA major lent this firing man
ual to you?
Dreyfus--No. my colonel, l deny 1t abb
Dreyfus then entered into an explana-
ton of dates, but his memory failed him.
Jouaust then took up the favorite
phrase: Il am starting for the man
euvers."
He said you had never been to the
maneuvers because 1t was the custom for
only probationers to so. But at the dare
OF the bordereau you did not know you
would not 60"
Dreyfus-There had been fresh orders
given.
Major Carriere here intervend, saying;
but there were two sets OF orders given. I
II was In September when It was decided
not to send the probationers 10 the man
euvers."
Jouaust-At the military school you
were reproached with saying Alsatians
,,o,o 10 npiar nc raru,auo than Ivronch-