The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-02

| ence at this apparent underhandness
| upon the part of the general. and Lieu
tenant Brugere again emphatically de-
| clared Roget-was wrong
| Labori and Jousaust agreed that tho
| letter should be obtained and read in
| court. The lieutenant expressed sat
| isfaction at this step.
The next witness, Captain Caryalho.
| a handsome young artillery officer.
proved an excellent reinforcement for
Dreyfus. He gave his evidence clear
ly and boldly. He emphaticaIly de-
clared that there were no special pre-
cautions to keep the mechanism of the
''120 short gun" secret. Moreover, he
added, from April 1, 1894, the artillery
officers had description of the hydro
pneumatic brake given them.
Here said Captain Carvalho. sis
an actual copy of the manual which
he handed over to the court-martial
Labor then had an animated discus
sion with Jousaust, who at first re-
fused counsel's request to read let
ter, which the latter had received yes
terday evening, signed "Corningue,"
setting forth that the firing manual
had been copied by men referred to as
"A" and "B''
Colonel Picquart in reply to Labori,
confirmed the statements made in the
letter, and said he thought Major
Lauth could say something on that
point, Whereupon the major rose and
declared he did not know Dominique"
Major Labori then asked to be al
lowed to question Lauth, but Jous-
aust refused. Counsel insisted but
Jousaust waived him down, when La
bori cried. you suppress all awkward
questions" tSensation)
The government commissary, Major
said tn
that the defense Is always asking to
speak. while l am always refused per-
mission to do so when l ask"
Jousaust, out of patience, retorted,
Il have heard enough. Be quiet The
Incident is closed"
This cavalier treatment of the gov
eminent commissary who, however,
makes himself ridiculous whenever he
opens his mouth, caused general laugh
ter.
General Sebert followed. He also
proved a trump card for Dreyfus, as
he declared the wording of the border
eau revealed professional ignorance
He said such an officer as Dreyfus
could not make the mistakes he re-
ferred to. General Sebert en-
tered into lengthy explanations of his
statement perttnently pointing out
That an artillery officer would have
known the interesting parts of the fir
ten In the bordereau, Take what inter-
ests you"
The general declared that the Dor
dereau could not have been written by
an artillery officer, or by one who had
passed through the polytechnic school.
This made profound impression, on
the court, which was intensified when
Sebert, who is venerable looking gen.
tleman, concluded fearlessly:
Il am happy to have had the
strength to carry here my stone to-
wards the edifice of PREPARATION which
the court it building up with so much
care and confidence while holding it
self aloof from outside passions"
Major Ducross deposed that he COM
manded a field battery: that he knew
Dreyfus, and offered him certain in
formation, but, he pointed out, Drey-
fus never asked him a question, al
though Dreyfus knew the witness pos
sessed most interesting informa titon.
notably, particulars about the hydro
pneumatic brake.
MERCER here interviewed and said that
at the time Ducross was speaking of
the Ducross field piece had been reject
ed in favor of the Deport cannon, and,
he said, Dreyfus, therefore, could have
no object in procuring particulars of
the Ducross gun.
More support for Dreyfus was forth
coming in the deposition of Major
Partman of the artillery, who ex-
pressed the opinion that the author of
the bordereau did not know what he
was writing about, since he spoke of
the "120 short gun, when he meant the
"120 long" The major led the court
through a maze of technical details
about artillery, until Jousaust asked
him to refrain from technicalitie.s as
far as possible, evidently fearing that
Partman might reveal secrets of the
service. His evidence was directed en-
tlrely to show that Dreyfus was not
author of the bordereau and that the
artillery information mentioned in it
was accessible to any officers of all
arms in the spring of 1894.
So far as the dispositions were con-
cerned, Dreyfus certainly had every
reason to be pleased with to-day's pro-
ceedings.