The Portland daily press., 1899-08-31

the ouurt Of cessation was already known.
For my part. | only intarvaned because
French officers have been arTai gned, and
when, being accused, French officers have
the right to reply
General Deloye. director OF ar tillery at
the war office, was called 10 the witness
bar. He repeated his explanations aiveu
before the court Of cessation as 70 the
various peculiarities OF the artillery, par
ticulnrly of the 100 shot gun.
He had only the vARuost ideas
about this gun while In 1924 the details
OF the pneumatic brake could only have
been known TO very few officers.
The counsel cl0sely questioned General
Deioye and judge asked when II was
known that the German shell &C 81"
presented analogies to the Robin 8 hell.
General Deloye-'sIn 1885,"
The Judge--HNot before 1S9i2'
General Deloye-"No.'
The judge Was IL possible for an Off.
Ger Of the headquarters staff to procure
the firing manualf"
General Deloye-"It was not impossible
II he adduced a plausible pretext."
When Drsyfus was asked II he had any
thing to say, he replied: 81 don't intend
to discuss the terms of the bordereau nor
advance theories about it IL must be
known what Ia their nature and their
value before theories can be suggested.
mention has been made Of the l20
shortgun. / state briefly for the second
time all that | knew in 1SS9-1590 at
Bourges of this gun. / knew. the rrinci-
pal Of the pneumatic brake. General
Mercier's deposition recalled the fact that
he was inspector general at Bourges In
1890. de must remember the lecture
given In the presence of all the officers
both of the gunnery school and foundry
and all the departments of BourRes and
the officers OF the garrison artillery. He
must recollect the final lecture 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 lectures. All my knowledge of the
pneumatic brake was derived from the
lectures.
"As regards the brake itseR have
| seen it twice. Onoe In the court yard of
the gunnery school at Bourges and once
In the school Of war. / have not seen
1t In action. have not seen the 100
| short gun fired. have never been pres
ent at the firing trials but the probation
ers attended -
When the prisoned was reseated Major
Carrier announced that he had received
letter from General Chanoine inform
ing him that by order of the minister
OF war the third artillery department had
prepared dossier of the documents the
defense required and that those docu-
ments could be submitted to tine court by
0eneral Deloye under the same conditions
| as observed In regard to the secret
dossier The major, therefore, asked the
court to sit In secret, or behind closed
doors.
Nj. DemanRe asked that Majors Hart
man and Ducros be allow ed to attend
when General Deloye communicated the
documents.
Colonel Jouaust announced that the
court would sit in secret tomorrow
morning in order to consider the dossfer
and that Majors Hartman and Ducros
were authorized to attend.
The court adjourned at 1i.15 o'clock.
DE FREYOINET'S OPINION.
Paris. August S0.-M. GarbieI Monod
In the Figaro today relates a conversa-
tion he had with NJ. De Freycinet after
the latter's deposition at Rennes.
/ NJ. DE Freycipst said:
TT was not for me to dictate verdict
| to the judges, but all should desire an
acquitai as conviction would be the
perpetuation OF our discords. AS for the
legend Of the syndicate It is absurd"
DE CLAN TOLD SOME THINGS.
Paris, August 30 Major Tavenier, act
ing under the interrogatory commission
issued by Col Jounust, president of the
Dreyfus court martial, questioned Col
Du Patty de Clam yesterday afternoon
aud continued the examination today.
According to tho MAtin, Col Du Pat
de Clam made RenFatiOuRl rorolrbtouu.