Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-31

Estsrhszy trled Is entsf ths ~ once
aud almost succeeded and Il was then
that be wrote to Col. Schwartzkoppen
| the letter since known as the border
eau IN reply to the writer OF the bor-
dereau. added M. Picot, Col. Schwartz
koppen wrote the telegram card. known
as the Petit Bleu. but on reflection ne
crumpled it up and threw it in the fire.
place.
| At this juncture Gen. Roget asked
leave to speak, and stationing nimseH
BESIDE THE WITNESS.
/! he said he must strongly protest against
| M. Picot's evidence regarding the mill
tary attaches surprise that French OF
| ficers did not believe their foreign col
leagues. what does the witness think,
continued Gen. Roget, "of the foreign
officer who, having caused the publlca-
| ton in the Figaro of an emphatic de-
NAL of a statement of Gen. MERCER,
was aftefward obliged to acknowledge
the authorship of a document, the pa
ternity of which he at first denied?'
M. Picot retorted that he had only
| repeated statements made to him ana
had abstained from comments on them.
He had, therefore, nothing to say in re-
ply to Gen. Roget's questions.
| M..Demange intervening, asked Gen.
Roget if he did not think the foreign
officers mistake was excusable, since
the word report had been applied TO
a document not possessing the charac-
| ter of report.
ut is not for me to accuse or ex-
cuse," replied the general. Il CONNIE
myself TO pointing out to the court that
the conversation repeated occurred IN
May-that is to say, at the time the IN
yestigation of the court of cessation
was already known. For my part,
only interviewed because French OIL
GERS had been arraigned, and when be-
| ing accused, French officers. have the
right to reply"
The general then returned to his seat
and Gen. Deloye, director of artillery at
| the war Office, was called to the witness
bar. He repeated his explanations
| given before the court of cessation as
| to the various peculiarities of the artil-
lery, particularly with reference to the
brake of the 1920 Short guns. The
witness said he considered that in 1894,
it would have been impossible for any
officer serving with his regiment to
communicate anything in regard to the
brake of this gun. He added that al
though the gun was in use at Rennes,
the officers forming the courtmartial,
among whom was an officer command
ing "120 short" gun, had only
THE VAGUEST IDEAS
about this gun, while in 1894 the details
of the pneumatic brake could have
been known to very few officers
The court closely questioned Gen.
known that the German shell &c 81"
presented analogies to the Robin shell.
Gen. Deloye-In 1885,
The Judge-Not before 1894?
Gen. Deloye-No.
The Judge-It was the formation in
regard to the pneumatic brake contain
ed in the provisional instructions for
the "120 short gun which was commu-
nicated?
Gen. Deloye-Yes.
The Judge-Was it possible for an
officer Of the headquarters staff to pro-
cure the firing manual?
Gen. Deloye-It was not impossible if
he adduced plausible pretext.
The Judge-Was the brake manufac-
tured at Bourges?
Gen. Deloye-Yes, at the foundry.
The Judge-And the Robin she'll?
Gen. Deloye-At the gunnery school.
NJ. Demange-Was the distance between
the two establishments great?
Gen. Deloye-The foundry was contig-
uous to the gunnery school.
When Dreyfus was asked if he had any
thing to say, he replied:
II do not intend to discuss the terms of
the bordereau, nor advance theories about
it. 1t must be known what is in the notes
and what is their nature and their value
before theories can be suggested. Men
ton has been made of the s120 short gun.
l state briefly for the second time all that
knew in 1SS9-1S90 at Bourges of this gun.
l knew the principle of the pneumatic
brake'
Gen. Mercier's deposition recalled the
fact that he was inspector general at Bour-
ges in $780, He must
REMEMBER THE LECTURE
given in the presence of all the officers
both of the gunnery school and foundry
and all the departments of Bourges and
the officers of the garrison artillery. He
must recolect 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 pneu-
matte brake was derived from the lectures.
"As regards the brake itself. I have seen
it twice, once in the court yard of the gun
merry school at Bourges and once in the
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