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john and Mr.. Boyd. but whether as stock
| holders or otherwise to be connected with
| any company witness did not remember.
| Both Mr.. Hawks and Col Heistand men,
| toned these names. In reply to a question
1 1t anything was said In relation to duties
ana controlling the product witness said he
heard nothing about duties, but the con-
| troll was spoken of. Witness could not re-
| member that anything else was DONE
! Mai Hawks asked him if he {Hawks) had
not asked at the meeting who was In the
| com btnatton. and that Col. Heistand wrote
list of names on piece Of paper.
L recollect such question being asked
put do not remember seeing Col Heis-
| tand write. I saw Col. Heistand afterward
hand Mr.. Hawks a piece Of paper. but do
| not know II II had any connection with
| Maj. Hawks question:"
! Witness never talked with Col. Heistand
witness related conversations with Mr..
| Hawks in which he mentioned names Of
| men he (Hawks) expected to get in the
! company. This concluded the young mans
Gen. Corbin Testiaes.
furry of interest was noticeable when
1T was announced IN reply to Senator Cock
rell's question that General Corbin was
coming as soon as he got through with his
! lunch"
THAT matter Of lunch always confronts
| me-" remarked the senator; 81 never go to
| the War Department that they are not all
at lunch.
!
Corbin arrived. He. was cordially greeted
| by committee members and congratulated
| on his return from the Philippines After
! being sworn by Senator Hawley Senator
Cockrell reminded General Corbin that his
| name had been connected, with the hemp
| company affair, and asked him to tell all
| he knew about the, matter
| General Corbn said Col. 4Heistand pre-
sented the matter to. him one day saying
! he had been looking over the hemp situa-
tion. and said he believed that company
could be formed to, aaavantageously manu-
| facture rope in Manila
! Witness said he was favorabiy Impressed
| with the idea and said that If he had
I money he woud invest in such a thing.
He had no money. however, and two days
| afterward he sent for Col Heistand and
| told him he could not go into such vent
ure or have anything to do with it. Moth
| ing further ever passed between witness
| and Hefstand on the subject.
Assistant Secretary.pAMen, he said, came
into his office one day quite excited and
said person named Mai. Hawks was rep
resenting in New York that he (Allen) and
| witness were interested, in a hemp COM
| representation. :, -.
He He had never tailed With Mr.: Meikle,ohn
about the COMPANY He knew Mai. Hawks
slightly He had applied for appointment
In witness department. but had withdrawn
his application. and only time he ever
to see witness about his claim against Col
Heistand. That was alL he said, he knew
about the matter 'S7 81
In response to a question from Senator
Burrows. Gen. Corbfn said there was moth
ing in the army regulations preventing an
omcer from engaging IN private business
Opinions Have No Weight.
After The Stars report. of the Heistaad
inquiry closed yesterday -Mr. Hawks inter-
polated so many expressions of opinion into
his testimony th,a that rMn5 Seedham called st
| tention to lit. SeHatog. CoekreH remarked
| that he had tpfd witRsss in tthe beginning
! that his opinions we're not wanted, and
| that certainly they wouldshaye no weight
with the committee --,->l ss@r
The opinions of Mr. Hawks or Col
| Heistand or any one else will have no ef-
feet or bearing on this hearing" said SEN
ator CockreiLnt'We only want facts and
! will form altr own opinions.
Witness was not allowed to testify as to
| what he was told by Attorney VIM. Cranch
| Mcintyre, whom he had employed after his
interview with Gen. Corbin. He said he had
| called also on Assistant Secretary Allen.
| who had denied emphaticaIy that he had
| ever had any connection with the proposed
company. This was the only time he saw
! Mr.. Allen. Witness said he had numerous
interviews with Mr. Meiklejohn. ir all of
which the subject matter was the settle
| ment OF the claims of witness. Copies OF
| the claims had been sent to all the alleged
| participants In the project. Metklejohn
said Heistand ought to pay the claims.
Alleged Promise Of MeikIejohn.
He further said that he would appoint
me special agent Of the War Department at
Havana with compensation Of $50 a
month and expenses. I preferred to go 10
the Philippines, and he agreed to change it..
| When he came to make the appointment
he made 1t at $l.s00 year and transporta-
! ton. but left out expenses. took the ap-
| polntment to the appointment clerk and
said wanted to see Mr.. Meiklejohn. 1 was
told hot Moth rloS1
| then said to the appointment clerk my
| service would be brief, as my resignation
| was at the service of the Secretary Of War
! The appointment clerk advised me to wait
| minute and went to Meiklejohr's room
| Coming back, he said the appointment
would be changed asI wished. and it was.
This was March !. 1900. and let. for the
| Philippines March g."
| Questioned as to whether he made appli-
! cation for appointment. witness said he
had signed an application. In answer to
| questions by Senator Burrows witness de-
| clared that Mr.. Meiklejohn had suggested
| that he agree to take 1886 from Dudley &.
Michener In settlement of his claim and re-
ceive an appointment. In reply to Ques-
| tion as to what reason Mr. Meikiejohn had
for giving him the appointment, witness
| said:
HE gave no reason 1t was well under
! stood"
AT 1876 O'Clock the committee took re-
cess until o'clock.
The Settlement of january III.
| Mr.. Hawks resumed his testimony after
| recess. He repeated that he had only had
one interview each with General Corbin
and Assistant Secretary Allen. His last
interview with Mr.. Meikiejohn. he said. was
few days preyioYa to the settlement of
January 81, 1860. He read copies of let
ters he said he had written from January
80. 1860, and subsequent dates to Mr..
Meikletohn regardias- this, settlement. In
these letters witness said, he told Mr.
Meik1ejohn that he had Feceiyed from Dud-
ley 6 Kitchener. attorneys for Col. Hei-
stand. $3.50. and htsd f'rsFned over all pa
pers to them. He Dafi ofn one of the let
ters that Attorney iMoIhtyre had been en-
gagged by him at Z. "a tMichener's sugges-
tion. but that McInbyrdthad not been au-
thorized to arrangsaor aan appointment for
| witness, which MIR. dkfctIener had suggest
ed should be got Sofedwitness. Another
letter complained thasdthe compensation at
$3.50 month and TRANSPORTATION was not
| what had been prdmssad: that expenses
! were understood tosDs aopart OF the remit
neration. r,nsI IL
Senator CockrelisYead an. application,
| dated January 3d. 1885, the day OF the set
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