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admitted having written to NJ, Beaurapaire
| giving information which the latter had
| published in the Echo de Paris.
! In reply to the usual question, Dreyfus
admitted that about 1856 or 1887 he spent
a few days at Mulhausen, adding: EVERY
year. both while studying and attending
| the gunnery and artillery training schools
passed one or two months at Mulhausen.
But l can positively affirm that / was
never present either in an official or
| semi official capacity, at the German ma
neuvers; ] was never invited to attend the
German maneuvers, and / never dined OF
| lunched with any German officer On each
visit I called on the general commanding
at Mulhausen with my regular passports.
in accordance with my duty.
81 would like to point out with regar !
| to the maneuyering ground to which ref
erence is made, that the Mulhausen ground
| is not ground over which maneuvers could
be carried out 1t Is merely a small drill
ground. nothing more than a clearing in
| the Hart forest on the road from Mulhau
sen to Basic. 1t is true that in the course
OF my excursions In 1856 might have seen
regiments drilling, but | emphatically de-
clare that while out riding in 1886 or IN
1887 never dlned or lunched with German
officers. was never invited to do so by Dr.
egn officers and never spoke to foreign
officers
Replying to Colonel Jouaust. Dreyf;is
said that while he was at Lninlusen lie
rode his brothers horse and lid not e.
member anything about the horse men,
toned by German.
| kaufman, the livery stable keeper who
employed German at the line, testified
that he never rode with Drcyfus, MS stated
by German; that he never went TO the
maneuyers in company with Dreyf IS, ADD
absolutely denied all of Germans state
ments.
German. the livery man added, who wan
In his employ, possibly accompanied Drey-
fus but the witness had no knowledge OF
ii. In conclusion Kullmann emphaticalIy
reiterated that he never rode with Drey-
fus. He said he was well acquainted with
the whole Dreyfus family.
Major DIntreville testified that he had
known German since 1894. He added that
German informed him that Dreyfus at
tended the German maneuyers. Witness
/ had never said that the officer German
saw in Bots de Boulogne was Dreyfus. for
the simple reason that he did not know
-DreyflIs.
German. on being recalled, asserted that
he certainly thought Major DIntreville
told him the officer referred TO was Drey-
fuS.
Captain Lemonnier of the headquarters
staff, who was q probatoner on the stan
at the time as Dreyfus, deposed that while
they were at the school of war In 1894
Dreyfus. In the course of conversation
referring to the movement OF troops in
the Vosges region and the movement nee
essary for the invasion OF Alsace. be was
well acquainted with certain positions to
which the Germans attached great import
ance as means OF checking French adj
vance. This position, witness continued.
was westward OF Mulhausen and Dreyfus
said he reached this opinion after following
the German maneuyers on horseback. The
prisoner at this point quietly pointed out
that the position mentioned by Captain
Lemonnier was situated entirely in diff
ferent locality from where the prisoner
Is supposed 10 have followed the maneu-
yers.
Dreyfus added: Captain Lemonnier
must have confused II with position
which described from knowledge acquired
when traversing the whole district on
horseback while youth"
The prisoner reiterated that he never
attended maneuvers in questions.
NJ. Villon. tripe merchant. and another
OF the friends oil NJ De Beaurapaire, de-
clared that when In Berlin dGring the year
1894 he overheard conversation between
some German officers. who were lunching
In an adjoining room. One OF the officers.
the witness said, expressed Indignation
that French officer should be guilty Of
treason. and his companion replied: 1T
10 good thing for US. You know we