The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-03-21
FOUR. GUNS
y = , l,)sGd at
!: BEr 81 OWN,
Msaat Have Been From Barracks
Say Experts, After a Careful
.-...> Examination

sWfashtHgtOn, D. e., Mar,T1 8..=Four
r1nes from Company B., TWenty-flfth
infantry, WeEas used in the Browns
,vfAe, ARRAY IL the Ordnance Depart
ment} Of the Army can substanttate
reports sent to the Senate Committee
on Military, Affairs today concerning
the microscopic examinations Of the
33 shells picked up in the streets Of
the town on the morning following
the shooting: : =! - -.
J. All of the rifles in the possession.
OF the battalion at 1T, Brown on the
night Of August Is were sent to the
Springfield Arsenal and two shots
were hred from each The shells
used were theEe compared with those
picked: nD at BroWhsXiIIs,, and the
oftlcers ma king the tests reported
La t9at IL J has l been demon strated beyond
a. so1snure thRtS fogf galrssss IS of. Conl nlRaly
= We're used In diseharging all Of the
.33 shells The REPORTS were made a
part. OF the. committee record, and
Lieutenant: Hawkins, Of the Ordnance.
Department. ID and G. a.. SHnoner. ex-
pert thspector Of gauges used in the
manufacture OF muskets used in the
manufacture of muskets at the
Springfield Arsenal, are ready to 20
on the stand to explain the reports
ana be cross-examined concerning
them. =. ,,t M -. e -.
Ordered Subpoenas.
TWO Of, Company BIS rifles, said to
have been used in the affray, were
kept In the storehouse under lock,
the key Of which was in the posses
sion Of former Quartermaster Ser
geant- -McCurdy,[ and the other two
rifles were said to have been issued
to privates J. L.. Wilson and Thomas
Iayaor. Senator Foraker Immediate
" had subpoenas3 issued for Taylor
and Wilson and for the recall of Nc
Curdy. He also asked that the War
department be instructed to send for
Lieutenant Laurison, who command
ed Company B at the time Of the af-
fray. ~ ,,....
Secretary Taft, in letter to the
committee, pointed out, that the men
who did the shooting may have used
any guns they could secure, and that
Taylor and Wilson cannot be held
to be guilty because of the showing
by the tests at the arsenal.
The alleged confession Of ed. w
Gray" supposed to be a member Of
company =. which was printed at
Galveston, Texas. was formally de-
MED, today in telegram from Major
Blocksom, at San Antonio, to the
War Department Major Blocksom
said in HIS dispatch that he had re-
ceiyed telegram from, the Chief Of
Police at Galveston, saying that the
publication was q fake. Senator For
sker had the alleged confession put
In the record with the denial which
had been furnished to Chairman War
rem by the War Department.
Z, Neither Confessed.
The Ohio Senator also had record
ed the fact that, there was not MAI
named ID. w. Gray" In the discharg-
ed battalion, but that there were two
men named Gray, one q. w. and the
other J. H. Gray, In Company G. Both
OF these men were heard from today,
denying that they had made confess
91ons.. One Is In West Virginia and
the other in Pennsylvania
No members of the Twenty-fifth
Infantry were examined today, and
no testimony was given which had
any dtrso&t tsearittS on the shooting,
except that of. Henry Watson, pri-
yate Of Company. :, M. Twenty Sth
Infantry. He testified that he was
left behind as guard at the post when
the Twenty-sixth infantry moved out.
and that he saw loose shells Of both
the Kras AMI Springfield type lying
about in, tho barracks. He said he
also saw 38-caiber revolver ammuni-
tion lying around, and that the bar
racks were open so that citizens
could secure access to the ammuni-
tion, On crosscexaminauon he ad-
mitted that it is always easy for SOL
dters to secure extra ammunition If
they desire it. --.-----t ,.----
IS The committee today took up the
question, of going to Brownsville in
connection with the investigation. 1t
was decided that it probably would
be necessary to visit Brownsville, but
no action was taken toward fixing
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