The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-05-27
RYD-BROCK INQUIRY
! FEATURED EXPENSES
TESTIMONY AS TO ACCOUNTS FL
ED By COL. BROCK.
Number of Witnesses Examined
Charged That Vouchers We're
Padded.
Columbia State.

making the inspections Of the Natlon-
al Guard of the State during the past
several years was the point towards
which the testimony given before the
court of inquiry on Tuesday by Chas.
H. Cabaniss, a retired lieutenant Of
the United States arE1V, was direcIs
The inspections of 1909 were re-
viewed in detail by the witness and
according to witness expense account
which he filed with the war depart
ment, Col. Brock ~ovsrcharged the
State at nearly every place visited By
the two officers last year.
The main admissions from Lieut..
Cabaniss we're that Col. Brock had
charged an expense to tho State While
he was. the guest Of the military off,
GERS in several instances.
II was also testified tn = Col Brock
had not used four mileage books Of
1000 miles each in making the in
Specltlon trip or the State.
Cross Examination,
The cross-examination Of Lieut..
Cabaniss Tuesday afternoon marked
the opening of Col. Brooks defence.
Several matters much to the credit
Of Col. Brock were brought out in This
examination. That Col. Brock was
boarding here at n time during tie
: inspections and that his wife was
away from this city during the inspec-
tons so that Col. Brock had to go to
the hotel was the explanation brought
out in. reference to, the items Of ex-
pense charged up, at Columbia hotels.
Asked the question whether it
would be alright for Col. Brock to
charge up his Columbia hotel bill, the
witness said, Eyes," but the court it
self objected to this testimony, it be-
ing stated by Col. Lewis that this was
for the court to decide.
Important testimony on c~ross-e2-
animation was the detailing of the
items of expense that are allowed by
the government.
"Hotel" means room and eating, and
asIndry is allowed by the department.
Alt. Cabaniss had no entry Of the
rom Cheraw to Chesterfield be-
he could not charge this up, but
q b found it scratched in pencil in
Bite book, the amount being S1.75-
Rpiece of testimony much in Col.
)ek's favor was that there are II
Yi3 rifle ranges in the State and the
6vernment provides for the inspec-
ion of sites, this accounting very
probably for some of Col. Brooks
items, but on the other hand, Lieut..
ECabaniss stated that he had not gone
on any of these trips in 1909.
Another piece Of testimony in Col.
! Brooks favor was that he and the
army officer had stopped at Clemson
Club hotel after leaving Anderson on
April %, and the expe- e there was 81
each. By adding up Col. Brooks &C
tual expense at Anderson with the
Clemson expense which he did not
| turn in, the total would make what he
: did turn in for the Anderson expense
showing that he combined the two in
to one item. .,.
The court objected again to this
from Lieut.. Cabaniss: Il did not turn
in any expense to the government for
hoard and lodging in Columbia" The
eourt stated that it was. for it to say
whether this should or should not be
done>and not be be based upon what
/ the government man did
It was stated by the bookkeeper in
the office of Comptroller. General
Jones, J.. E. Holmes, that Col Brock
during the present year had fled
amended expense accounts.
Lieut. Cabaniss, who ranks as colo
mel in the National Guard Of the State,
used his receipts received in the diff
ferent towns of the State in testify
ing and reviewed the time spent in
each town and the amount that he had
expended for expenses. His state
! ments were clear, and the cross-ex-
/ animation failed to shake any state
ment that he had made in connection
with the inspection trip.
The star witness in the Boyd-Brock
controversy; Mrs. V. G. Moody, stenog-
rapher in the office of the adjutant
general, told the court of inc'iry the
inner workings of the Office in con-
nection with the matters under inves-
tfgation. Her testimony was straight
forward, and could not be shaken in
any particular, upon cross-examina-
ton.
She it was who saw Col. W. T.
3rock open the private drawer of the