The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-06
IS
POSITIVE IN
HIS DEN|ALS

At last evenings session OF the court
martial OF Lieutenant Clarence f. Wood
worth Of the Machine Gun Battery. the
defence nearly completing its case.
Lieutenant Woodwork testified that he
saw nothing irregular In the scoring at
Wakefield. He denied any knowledge of
irres sularity In the scores OF Musician Har-
ris. Sergeant Fletcher or Lieutenant Blair.
or that he received credit not due him i'm
the contest In which he took part.
Lieutenant Woodwork denied that he
used any disrespectful language TO the
officer in charge. and stated that he did
not hold any conversation with Colonel
Frye until the next day.
Witness then gave an account of the
encounter with Colonel Frye on the fol-
lowing day. at the Hale trophy shoot. IL
was one Of the last ones TO shoot" he
said. IL was shooting on "A target with a
man from New Hampshire and had fired
my sixth shot, when the score keeper no.
tiEed me that / had finished. In reality
he had made a mistake, counting a siding
shot made by the New Hampshire man as
being made by me. l pr SHcd and told
the range officer OF it,"
I'm your interview witt t,yl IL Frye did
you use any unchaste or 4 decent Ian
guage?" was asked
IL don't remember" WIS the reply
What i said was conc~!1Iiug the range.
and was entirely impcrsonal. Colonel
FIVE called me TO task for the emphasis
of my protest, and l then returned 20 the
range. He came 10 me a little later, and
told me that | must apologize before
o'clock II was then about I. / apollo
gized at once and Colonel Frye shook
hands with me. General Tanner came up
at this point AM asked what was the
matter. 'Nothirg said Colonel Frye.
The incident is closed "
Witness stated that on his return he
reported verbally to Captain Bixby con-
cerning the expenditures OF the rifle team
and concerning the incident at the range.
He stated emphatically that ne made
no move 10 influence the scorers. He
did not, he said present bottle OF whis-
key 10 a scorer. He admitted that he
had got very nearly a quart OF whiskey
from Lieutenant John f. Gladwin OF the
First Infantry on the first day OF the
shoot, and that perhaps a pint OF IL was
given to the men on the firing line. as
they day was cold and rainy. The rest.
witness testified, was drunk In his tent
that evening by visitors, whom he OBJ
jected to bringing into the case. lie de
MED that he had allowed fake" scores
OF the team TO be recorded
In cross-examination Lieutenant Wood
worth said he had been to camp I'm 1899
and that Captain Walter Budlong was
TIER in command On his return from
camp, he had received some grain, three
or four bushels. Each year. he stated
he had got about two bags OF grain The
captain saw him take the grain and on
one occasion told him that ne might as
well have IL as have the rats get IT. T he
witness at this time owned a horse.
Captain Cram strove TO learn from the
witness the date upon which the grain
was moved from the cellar of the house
where II was originally placed 10 the one
row occupied by the witness, but Leuten-
ant Woodwork could not remember the
date Witness did not remember the
loading OF the baggage wagon upon the
depnIture of the battery from Quonset
in 1865. and stated with emphasis that he
did moi help Mr.. McManus load the grain
into the front OF the vehicle early in the
morning OF the day Of leaving
Lid Captain Bixby ever ask you II
ynu had any grain in your cellar?" in
uuired Captain Cram.
Not previous 10 the charges" was the
reply. He threatened me with the
charges in the officers room at the
armory on the night they were presented
He accused me Of taking 30 or more bags
OF grain, and charged me with taking
money from the company He wanted 10
get the governor TO revoke my commits
being tried on an entirely different set OF
charges"
WAS there not talk afterward OF your
Yes. Captain Blby asked me the next
day II I was not going to resign, and I
said had no intention of resigning"
Thomas Cole OF East Greenwich told OF
selling grain TO the command and testi-
fed as to the usual yearly amount
William y. Arnold. Ernest w Seala nder
Herbert l.. Hart Edward A. Everett and
William A. Stafford, all former mem
bers OF the battery, testified TO the fact
that Lieutenant Wodworth received grain
at different times
Lieutenant John S. GLADDEN. testified 10
giving a quart OF whiskey. with medicine
in IT, TO Lieutenant Woodwork, at Wake
field
The hearing adjourned until Monday at
7:45 p. m.