The Washington times., 1925-11-13
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upon newspaper men and spectators
at the Mitchell trial today.
On orders from Major General
Robert l.. Howe, president Of the
court. officers with swords and sol
diers with side arms went through
the crowd, warning against all out
bursts.
mo laughing, no smiling, no ap,
plause," was the edict. This IS no
vaudeville show"
May Call Mrs. Steele
As a result of the courts ruling
II was learned that Mrs. George W.
steele. wife of the commander at
Lakehurst, n. j., and Captain Foley
would be summoned as witnesses.
Mrs. Lansdowne in her testimony
said CAPTAIN Foley attempted to in
fluerrce her testimony before the
Shenandoah board by preparing
false" statement for her. The state
ment was delivered to her, she said,
by Mrs. Steele.
The motion for ruling out the
testimony of Mrs. Lansdowne, made
by Colonel Sherman Moreland, trial
Judge advocate, was overruled first
by Colonel Blanton Winship, saw
member Of the court. His decision
was objected to by Major General
BENJAMIN A. Poore, and the court
retired, only to return ana uphoid
Winship's opinion.
In offering his motion, Moreland
declared:
Her testimony Is incompetent, i'm
material and irrelevant" said More
land. II do not believe the testi-
mony Of Mrs. Lansdowne should be
left in the record"
Proves Charge, Reid Says
Congressman Frank r. Reid
Rep.) of Illinois. chief of Mitchell's
counsel. defended her testimony.
He declared the flying colonel was
on trial for predicting the Navy
Department will attempt to white
wash the Shenandoah disaster"
Now the accused has proven the
truth of his prediction, Reid added.
1T is a violation of every right
and justice to try to keep this tes-
timony out of the record"
Reid charged the Shenandoah
board has failed to bring in vo--
dict even though the time for a
verdict has long gone past" This
delay, he cited, was additional proof
of Mitchelps charges.
Calls Drum Wrong
J. Edward Cassidy. gas expert,
and a colonel in the gas warfare
reserves, was the first witness. He
the House Military Affairs Com
mittee by Major General Hugh A.
Drum, assistant chief of staff, on
gas warfare.
Listen to this Reid told the
witness, General Drum told the
House Committee that to effective
ly gas an area of sixty square
miles, equal to the District of Co
lumbia, it would take 3,439, $50
pounds OF mustard gas or 9,,573,-
$50 pounds of mustard gas to
cause evacuation. 1t that cor
rect?"
1T is absolutely incorrect said
Cassidy.
General Drum also said it would
take 1000 planes or 5000 planes,
each carrying a 2,000-pound gas
bomb to effectively gas the District
of Columbia or to force it's evacua-
ton" Reid added. rs that true?"
Absolutely not"
Quoted Text Book
On cross examination, Moreland
failed to shake Cassidy's testi-
mony.
1t was brought out that General
Drum, however, had based his
testimony on a statement contained
in gas warfare text book, ap-
proved by the chemical warfare
section, which said 1856 pounds OF
mustard gas were necessary to ef-
fectively gas an area Of 100 meters
square and SIS pounds TO force its
evacuation.
If General Drum based his test1-
mony upon that text book. would
he be correct2''
mo. sir, he was wrong"
Testimony showing high military
officers used the Lives of aviators
as pawns" will be presented by
Colonel WILLIAM Mitchell before his