Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-12
GIVES TOWN BLACK EYE
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ator Foraker

atOr fOraker. 1Hey OOH Cdi IL hiuioSA
down there.
Senator Overman: 1--WE do not want to
get into a trial of all these murders. -
Senator Foraker: But we do want to
show the kind of community fhat Is 10
be found in Brownsville.
The witness also told Of the town OF
Matamoras, across the Rio Grande' from
which place gangs of tough Mex1cans IRE
ouently came to Brownsville at night The
population of that town was nearly All
Mexican. The gangs would come across
the river in canoes. chiefly IN the night
time The men carried knives. as RUE.
At the close of his direct testimony Sena,
tor Foraker asked Capt. Kilbourn II ne mao
ever been connected with the 2otn In1antry'
and he replied that he had not He was ask,
ed II he was present simply because ne nao
been subpoenaed. He said he was.
A long series of questions then followed
in relation to the penetrating Quanues VI
the Krag-Jorgensen rife. micrometeI
was produced and some one being needed
to demonstrate how 1t operates. Senator
Foraker looked around and found his little
son Archie Foraker, who was an attentive
listener to all that was going on.
"Oh here Archie, suppose you snow US
how this works." said Senator Foraker
The micrometer requires a keen eyeslght
in order to demonstrate how 1t measures
the caliber Of a bullet. but Archie was eaua'
to the task.
Senator Scott during this interval and
while the bullets were being exhibited. re
marked jocularly, Better get our bullets
ready 1 see by the newspapers that we
are to have war with Japan.
Marks on Fired Bullets.
The witness testimony was to the enect
that the shooting of bullets intended for
the Krag-Jorgensen rife through the
smaller-caliber Mausers that\ were COM
monly owned in Brownsville by citizens
but were not intended for the use OF spring
field rife ammunition, resulted in growing
ErA6
shown that a bullet fired from Spring
field rifle that had been fired three OF iouI
hundred times before would not SNOW Tile
imprint of the groove.
1t has been stated that the bullets 1ouhu
in houses at Brownsville were grooveu
In fact it Is understood that sucn puilels
have been exhibited before the senate coiii-
mittee on military affairs and have peeh
sent back to the War Department TOT SAFE
keeping. This testimony is regarded as
having an important bearing on the III
vestigation, as in the view of some persons
1t might indicate that at least some OF lns
bullets that had been fired were not hreo
by soldiers.
Capt. Kilburn in his testimony stated
that there were only twelve or 1ourteeh
refined, first-class families in BroWssVnie.
This gave Senator Warner a SUBJECT io'
considerable croSS-eXam1natloi.
II am from the west" said Senator war
ner. land 1 don't know what you mean oy
first-class people.
burn, land / mean people who have some
refinement l mean ladies and gentlemen
You mean people who are church MEN,
bers?' asked Senator Warner.
Sometimes that applies and sometimes
it does not said the captain. -
Il mean people who have some natural re-
finement.'
Capt. Kilburn said that he had married
in Los Angeles, and he thought ne knew
the people of the west pretty well. He
said that Mayor Coombs of Brownsville
was a most excellent gentleman, ready 10
help the soldiers at all times, and he be-
lieved he tried to do everything in his pow
er to assist them.
Loss Of Ammunition.
Senator Overman-'Does ammunition get
out among the men sometimes?
II think it does"
Senator Foster-"How does that happen?
I'VE endeavor to keep account of all am
munition and If man becomes chronic
user of ammunition we try him. car
fridge is worth 21e or 3 cents. and when
they lose their ammunition we give them
additional cartridges. They drop them ou'
of their belts That does not obtain sc
much in conditions now, because the sol
| diers have the clip. which prevents the car
tridges from falling out
/ Capt Kilburn then explained how some
soldiers buck for orderly The competl'
tion to buck for orderly which gives the
men short hours on duty, he said, Is sc
great that the soldiers even polish tnell
cartridges in order to make fine appear
ance They keep ten weil-shined cartridges
| for fine weather and have ten old ones iol
rainy days. Somehow they get ten extra
cartridges in order to do this.
Senator Lodge asked II they were re-
ouIred to account exactly for ammunition
| You cannot always be exact. replied tnt
| captain. when a soldier is on the range
| for target practice and Is told to pick W
| twenty rounds he may probably pick VI
| six extra rounds and put them in his pocket
1t is impossible to be exact in accounting
| for ammunition.
The committee then took recess and as
sembled again later in the afternoon.
Testimony of Joseph Rogers.
| Joseph Rogers of Company was the
/ last witness before the committee yesterday
afternoon Speaking of the shooting at
fray, he said that when he heard shots
he was in the guardhouse reading a novel
His direct testimony developed little thai
| was new but on cross-examination his
| statement made before Col. Leverlng was
! called to his attention. In that statement
Rogers said he was asleep when the shoot'
| ing occurred He denied that he had beer
| asked by Col. Lowering whether he was
| asleep or awake. The committee ADJOURNED
until IL O'Clock today.