The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-28
FORAKER EXAMINES.
Ohio Senator Cuts White Onlcera q
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Ohio Senator G'ufs White Onlcers On
 Witness stand.
 Washington. March 27-Senator For aker today began the examination of white officers of the 25th Infantry in connection with the investigation of the Brownsville affray being conduct ed by the Senate committee on miIi- tary affairs. He called Second Lieu- tenant George Carson Lawrason, who commanded Company B on the night of the affray.
 Lieutenant Lawrason testified that on that night he retired about 10:45 o'clock and was awakened bv the noise of shooting at midnight. He said the firing he first heard appear red to be scattered volleys by a small number of men. Dressing hastily he ran out of his quarters and across the parade grounds to the barracks of Company R. While crossing the grounds he said he met a private of his company who had been sent by Major Penrose to awaken him and that he also heard the call to arms and heard his own trumpter repeat the call.
 Upon the arrival at the barracks of Company B the lieutenant said he found his men in great confusion but in response to a command from Major Penrose he endeavored to form them as rapidly as possible. He said his hAS oCI n1AiiBO SdnQSTS, Cdlleu tue ICil call and checked off the names of the soldiers with a pencil. All were accounted for except three, John Brown, who reported to have been de- tailed to the bakery shop, Elmer Brown, to the corral, and William smith. who was in his bunk in quar- ters in an intoxicated condition.
 Lieutenant Lawrason said that he investigated and found that these ab- sentees were properly accounted for
 Previous to calling Lieutenant Law rason, Senators Foster, Warner and Frazer completed the cross examina- ton of Spotswood w. Taliaferro wno was sergeant major of the 25th In- fantry and who testified yesterday.
 Lieutenant Lawrason told the com mittee that he satisfied himself that no guns of his company had been used the night before and that the men had all of their ammunition
 Senator Foraker called for the six bullets taken from the walls in Brownsville and sent to the commit tee as a part of the Purdy testimony. He had the bullets laid before the witness and Lawrason examined them closely but could not tell whether they were fired from a Springfield or a Krag rifle. The Senator called for the report of the experts who exam ined the thirty-three shells offered in
 
 Roosevelt to the Senate and which were picked up in Brownsville. First the Senator took up the group of shells which bore evidence of having been extracted from a rifle or rifles more than once, as if they had failed in one rifle and then fired in another. Lieutenant Lawrason said that while on the rifle range at Fort Niobrara, the guns were new and the bolts of the guns cased fin oil and that ire quently they missed fire there. He said after this oil was wiped out ard the men had got used t. the new guns there had been no more trouble.
 The witness explained that shells piC ked up at the range are saved and recapped and are then shipped back to the arsenal. He said that at Fort Niobrara there were something the matter with Company B's recapper and the shells. more than thousand Ia number. were put in a box and shipped to Fort Brown to be recapped there. He did not know what had become of the box after the arrival of the company at Brownsville.