The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-21
Many Witnesses introduced Who
Declare the Officer Was Under
the Influence Of Liquor on At
ternoon of June 10
SEVERAL WITNESSES ARE
INCLINED TO BE LENIENT
Cant Kanes Said That While the
Colonel Had Been Drinking
During the Drill His Mind Was
Clear and He Performed Du-
ties REQUIRED of Him

New York. Nov. 20.-The court mar
+ial of ca. r. E. Meade, U. ). M. Z.
,,,as resumed at the navy yard today
The FIRST witness called was Sidney e.
Ormsby stenographer who testlneo
to the correctness of his report OF the
nroceedings at the court Of inquiry
regarding Colonel Meade's case.
Mai Charles H. Lauchheimer Oh tne
United States Marine Corps tesIi me-.
He told of a visit to the marlile oS g..
racks in Brooklyn on June 10 laSC -
the purpose of making an lilsP - ~
ana stated positively that Col Mea ~,
was on that occasion seen uiiuet 80, az
There was a review of the battaloli
+bat dav and Col. Meade made several
Yoirtakes while conducting the drill
rrbe witness curtailed the drill Wheh ne
cav that Col. Meades condition was
s,,cb that it would be useless TO CON
tinue 1T. - 5av Col
Meade invited the witness anu Nv. wv
o+ber officers to his quarters Where tney
eocb had two drinks of whiskey The
s1t+,1ase took very small drinks, so
svnaII in fact that Colonel Meade com
asStad on the size of them The Wit
80 said he was not accustomed 10
drinking so early in the DAY anu was
narticuiarly careful when ne mad pus-
mess to transact during the afternoon
nToI T.auchheimer said when ne re-
1898 m washington he reported the
poor drill and the Iacl Iha' O0i'
was intoxicated. - 1901,
O., cross examination Maj. Laucn-
Air.sr said he lunched with Captain
Kana after he had taken the drinks
with Col. Meade on June u ana or 1s,l,1
q 1lass of Rhine wine ana Vlchy. Inns
was prior to the inspection anu pa Ia a..
~, that Col. Meade's condition
80 byoaieht about by indulgence IN
1io,,or He said Capt. Kane had toId
NJ Gol Meade had visions" and that
aiiA fSSone1 mad 'jollied" him and sent
W., a1rav from the parade ground In
GOOD hunor after telling him IuIlny
story. o,+;o,, tho Wit
neee said Col Meade had maze mis-
+ai,es and twice acknowledge them
sa1fne INV mistake. my mistake.
Pryor 70 that time the witness salo
his relations with Col. Meade were OIL
a friendly nature. 20 +t,o mo-
can't. Theodore P. Kane OF the ma
r,ne corps testified that on June 10 ne
had seen Col. Meade early IN I II w.
ond general times subsequently he sald
GaI NFaade was absolutely sober IN the
rnorning but later in the day. he was
intoTicated. He had seen MIN take
two drinks at his quarters In the pres
enca Of Mai. Lauchheimer and anotner
ofscer. The witness said that WINE
tbe Colonel was under the influence Of
Honor during the afternoon drill, ms
mind was clear and he performed an
the duties required of him. In reply to
.Tudge Advocate Niblack the witness 5
would not say positively that Col
Meade was or was not incapable OF at
tendinx to all his duties on the AFTER
noon Of June Is. - +,,a mo-
TJeut- John c. Beaumont OF the ma
r,ne barracks, Washington, was lhe
tions and manner Of Col Meade on
Tune Is led him to believe that ~, sne
colonel was under the influence Oh nq-
nor, but he ascribed the poorness OF tne
drill to be due not only to the cohu li
tion Of the commanding officer, put al,
en- TO the fact that the men were tireu
after a lengthy inspection.
Lieut.. r. w. D4keman OF the ma
rine barracks, Portsmouth, n. d, was
also examined as to the occurrences
on the afternoon Of June Is ana ne