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ing a lie. what I want to
say is. as far as I can remem-
Der. I do not recall talking
about it," Girard states that
he has qualified as q marksman
(average shot) and q sharp
shooter (better than average
shot with the MI with which
he was armed on the day in
question. and that he twice
has qualified as an expert with
the As caliber pistol; that he
has seen soldiers fire empty
cartridges out Of q grenade
launcher on about 10 occasions:
and he said. II did not have
an exact idea how far an empty
cartridge would travel, out /
knew that it Travelled quite a
ways prior to that incident
! knew that the empty car
fridge fired like that would
travel straight forward"
At a later time Specialist sc
Nickel requested that he be per-
mitted to make a further state
ment with respect to the case.
Upon this occasion he stated
that Girard had asked him tn
gather up some empty car
fridge cases for the purpose Of
Turing the japanese people
closer to their position; that he
and Girard were in q foxhole
together and that at Girard's
request. in order to draw the
japanese closer. he. Nickel,
threw empty cartridge cases
from the foxhole; that Girard
said. throw the brass a little
closer; that Girard motioned
with his hands for the brass
pickers to come closer and said,
"Daijobu," which meant for
them to come closer; that Cir
ard fired at the Japanese man,
and then fired at the japanese
woman and shot her; that
Girard was in a standing posi-
ton and fired from the shoul-
der; that he (Girar0 tried to
get the Japanese to take the
woman's body away after he
shot her: and that Girard told
him (NickeD that If "they"
asked how he held his weapon
to say he fired from the waist
and also to say that I'VE did
not throw any brass"
THE CERTIFICATE AS TO
OFFICIAL DUTY
On I February 1857 Girard's
commanding officer filed q GER
tificate Of, official duty with the
local Japanese authorities.
That certificate read as fol-
lows:
COMPANY F
! 9Th CAVALRY REGIMENT
Z February, 1857
SUBJECT: Certificate as to
official duty.
THROUGH: Provost mar
shall. Regional Camp Whiting
ton, APO 201, 49,.
TO: Chief Procurator, Mae
bashi District. Maebashi City,
Honshu, Japan.
l. Pursuant to the provisions
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passers from the area, so that
normal field training might be
resumed. Up until the early
afternoon. when the shooting
incident occurred. this assist
ance was not forthcoming.
THE SHOOTING INCIDENT
After one squad had attacked
the hill and before the squads
had changed their respective
positions so that the attacking
force became the defending
force. and vice versa, two SOL
diers. Girard and Specialist
&c Victor N. Nickel, of the de-
tending force, were ordered by
their platoon leader, I'd 1t.
Billy M. Mahon, who was per-
sonally directing their activi-
ties to guard a machine gun
and some items of personal
clothing that had been left on
a nearby ridge.
Girard in an early statement
made during the course of the
investigation, stated that he
was ordered to get the Japa-
nese away. He is quoted as hav-
ing stated that he did not re-
ceive orders to fire at them to
get them away. There is no
evidence, other than the state
ment of Girard. that he was
ordered to get the japanese
away.
MahOn Statement
Lieut.. Mahon stated that he
was advised that a machine
gun and several field jackets
had been left on the other side
OF Hill 655 and that he in
structed Specialist &c. Girard
and Specialist &c. Nickel to
guard the machine gun and
keep the Japanese from steal
ing personal equipment. There
were about 20 or 30 japanese
in the area; some we're near
the machine gun. Specialist
BIC. Victor N. Nickel said the
Japanese were lust collecting
the cartridges, so there was no
need OF chasing them away"
Girard had a grenade
launcher on his rifle. He had
been armed with this same
weapon during the morning
exercises in which he had par
ticipated and during which he
had fred 80 rounds of ball
ammunition. After the two
soldiers had arrived on the
ridge, Girard, on two occa-
sions, placed an expended 30
caliber cartridge case in tho
grenade launcher and projected
it by firing a blank. At his
second shot. a japanese wom-
an, Mrs. Naka Sakai, fell. An
autopsy disclosed that an ex-
pended 30-caliber cartridge
case had penetrated her back
in an upward direction to q
depth of 3la-4 inches, causing
her death. The exact distance
between Girard and the victim
at the time of the incident is
uncertain. The Japanese wit
nesses put it about Is meters
approximately 20 YARDS. On
one occasion, Girard stepped
of what he thought to be the
distance and found 1t to be 20
feet; on other occasions, he
had estimated it to be 20-30
Yards. Nickel puts it as $3.50
Yards. Girard has stated that
he did not Intentionally point
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Of paragraph - Of the agreed
views of the Criminal Jurisdic-
ton Subcommittee with respect
to the protocol amending arti-
Gle XVII of the administrative
agreement between the United
States and Japan, / certify that
Girard. William S.. RA is 452
500. specialist &c, Company F,
9Th Cavalry Regiment, APO
20l, was in the performance of
his oficial duty at 1850 hours.
80 January. 1857. Camp Weir
range area, when he was in
volved in the following Incl
dent:
On 80 January, 1857, I'd
Battalion. 9Th Cavalry Regi-
ment. was engaged in routine
training at Camp Weir range
area. Company F was con-
Quoting blank firing exercises.
Specialist &c William S.
Girard was instructed by his
platoon leader to move near q
position near an unguarded
machine gun to guard the
machine gun and items of field
equipment that were in the
immediate area. Girard. fol-
lowing instructions, moved to
the designated position near
the machine gun. While per-
forming his duties as guard, he
fired an expended cartridge
case, as a warning, which
struck and killed Sakai, Naka.
Kami Shinden, Somamura,
Gumma Prefecture, who had
entered the range area for the
See AFFIDAVIT, Page Bill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-12
Atomic Explosion
Postponed Aduin

ATOMIC TEST SITE. New.
July IL tR.-The firing of the
Diablo-the atomic device that
failed to explode June % be-
cause of a power failure-has
been put on at least until to-
morrow morning.
1t was scheduled to be ex-
ploded from a balloon 500 feet
above the desert today. but the
Atomic Energy Commission
said a postponement was made
necessary for technical reasons.
1t did not elaborate on this
explanation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-12
Airline to Open
Service Linking
ID. c. and Mexico

Eastern Airlines announced
today that it would begin serv-
ice linking Washington and
Mexico City through New Or
leans. An inaugural fight is
scheduled for next Thursday. .
The date for beginning of
regular service, which probably
will originate in New York and
include Atlanta as well as New
Orleans. has not been set.
E. v. Rickenbacker, chairman
OF the board. said the Mexican
government had awarded East
ern the first permit to be
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the rife at the woman and
did not believe the cartridge
case would injury anyone II it
hit them.
Action Not Authorized
According to the United
States military authorities in
Japan, the act Of firing an
empty shell case from q gre
made launcher is not author
lied.
Onosaki. q Japanese witness,
stated that Girard. after en-
ticing him and the victim
toward Girard by throwing
some brass on the ground and
indicating that it was all
right for them to pick it up,
suddenly shouted for them to
get out and thereupon fired
one shot in the direction Of
Onosaki. AS the victim was
running away. Onosaki stated
that Girard. holding his rife
at the waist, fired a second
shot at the victim at a distance
Of about 8 to 10 meters. This
testimony is corroborated in
part by other japanese who
were located at a distance of
from 100-150 meters.
Both Girard and Nickel have
made q number of statements.
Nickel at first denied knowing
anything about the incident.
Girard admitted only that he
had fired one round over the
heads Of the Japanese. Both
gradually changed their testi-
mony. Nickel, but not Girard.
admits to throwing brass on
the ground. Girard admits that
he knew his weapon. fired in
the manner in which he fired
it. was fairly accurate at short
ranges, but denies that he knew
Of its striking power; he fur
ther states that he fired from
the waist over the woman'S
head and did not intend to
hit or wound her. but only to
scare the Japanese away.
In one statement Nickel, after
admitting that he had collected
q pile Of empty cartridges and
had on about five occasions
thrown them toward the Japan
csc. the nearest Of whom was q
little over 10 yards away. has
this to say: ITO tell you the
truth I don't know If Girard
had told you this or not, but
Girard told me to throw those.
cartridges. The purpose was to.
scare the Japanese OF by firing
over their heads when they
came to pick up the cartridges"
After stating that about six
Japanese came down to pick up
the cartridges, Nickel con-
Icludes; HE (Girard) stood up
carrying the gun and went
about 2 feet to my right. Jap
lanese people started to run
away. probably thinking that
they were being chased. This
one Mama-San also ran. Then
Girard fired holding the gun at
his hip he held the gun at
the hip and fired In the direc-
ton Of the woman at an
angle Of about IS degrees from
his body. He fired over the
head Of this person I re-
gard myself as q friend Of Cir
ard in my company. II I said
I saw (the incident, I would
be letting him down, so I lied.
Then I went to Camp Drew and
received various advice from
an investigator there. Then
decided to tell the truth. One
other reason is that Girard told
the investigator that Nickel was
watching"
Girard'S Statement
In this connection, Girard
says: g. while ! was going
toward the machine gun, I did
talk to Nickel. I do not recall
what I talked to him about i. .
but I am positive that nothing
was spoken about cartridges
49,. I do not remember telling
him to throw some cartridges.
If I said I did not positively
talk to him about 1t I'd be tell
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-12
Admiral Doyle to Head
u. 5. Formosu Defenses

TAPEI. July IL tR.-An Of.
ficial announcement said to-
day Vice Admiral Austin K
Doyle win take over command
of the United States Taiwan
Formosa) Defense Command
July Is.
Admiral Doyle relieves Vice
Admiral Stuart H. Ingersoll,
who has been named president
OF the Naval War College at
Newport. r. I.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-12
AFFIDAVIT WITH RESPECT
TO FACTS
COMMONWEALTH OF
PENNSYLVANIA
CITY AND COUNTY OF
PHILADELPHIA-SS

PENNSYLVANIA
CITY AND COUNTY OF
PHILADELPHIA-SS.
Robert Dechert. being first
duly sworn. depoSes and says:
I am the General Counsel Of
the Department Of Defense.
Personnel Of my Office collect,
collate, and maintain files on
the arrangements with regard
to the exercise of criminal jur-
iSdiction entered into between
the United States and foreign
countries. have reviewed and
am familiar with the various
communications relating to the
incident involving Specialist
Third Glass William S. Girard
which occurred in japan on 30
January. 1857, and state, as a
result of such review. and upon
information and belief, that
the facts surrounding that in
cident are as follows:
The situation at Camp Weir
firing range, January 80.
On the afternoon Of January
80, 1857. about 80 members OF
Company F, 9th Cavalry Regi-
ment, were engaged in a small
unit exercise at Camp Weir
range area, Japan, involving ar
attack by one squad on a hill
defended by another squad.
Specialist &c William S.
Girard was in the attacking"
force. The Commanding Of
ficer Of the 9th Cavalry Regi-
ment, Colonel Herbert A. Jor-
dan, states that during the
morning he was appalled, at
the large numbers of Japanese
civilian trespassers present in
the area and interfering with
the conduct of the exercise. He
estimates that their number
was in excess Of $50. In one
case a group of six to eight
civilians bounced on a ma
chine gun position as soon as
the gun ceased firing and, be-
fore the gunner could clear
his weapon, physically pushed
him away from the gun in order
to retrieve expended cartridge
cases.
Area Described
The maneuver area consists
Of approximately eight square
miles. 1t is provided by the
Japanese Government for part
time use Of United States
forces. The Japanese Defense
Force uses the same area about
400 Of the time. When the
area is not in use by either the
United States or Japanese
armed forces Japanese civilians
are permitted to farm or other
wise use the area. The Japa-
nese civilians Of the local viii
lage follow the practice Of
scavenging the expended brass
cartridge cases from the ma
newer area.
Upon the failure of efforts Of
military personnel to move the
trespasSers out of the danger
area, Col. Jordan directed that
all ball ammunition be with
drawn from the troops, and
that blank ammunition be sub
stituted in the afternoon ex-
ercise. He also directed that the
Japanese police be contacted
for assistance in clearing tres
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-12

granted by Mexico under the
recently concluded bilateral air
agreement with the United
States"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-12
TEXT OF AFFIDAVIT
U.S.. Stotes Focts
OF Girord Incident

Following the ert of affidavit presented to United
states District Court under seal and made public yesterday
BY the Supreme Court sets forth the Defense Depart
ents statement of facts Ctch the original
to turn oUer Army Specialist BIC William S. Girard to
jurisdiction OF japanese court waS based
Evening star., 1957-08-30

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Evening star., 1957-08-30
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Evening star., 1957-08-30
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LAST DAY! WHITE SALE Than
ISnavdy' Stock and stack on important CO.

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Evening star., 1957-08-30

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Evening star., 1957-04-28
Other andparents
By DONALD FEITEL
GAINESVILLE. FLA.

T grandparents. Percy Thompson take
IL a their grandchildren
their other President Of the United
the Presidents
his lady the relatively little
other Of Iks grandchildren
like his opposite Col
pursuit in
civilian Maulated at the University of Florida Law School and
the colonel hopes begin praccng at
when thinking moving to Florida for
purposes Following husbands footsteps
CONTINUED
Evening star., 1957-04-28

Col. ond Mrs. Percy W. Thompson.
the Eisenhower chiIdren's other
grandparents. They ore chuckiine
over their fomiIy oIbum. which con-
toins the photographs obove Of Bor-
boro Anne and Suson Eloine tleft)
and Mory Jeon. The olbum olso holds
notices Of promotions and tronsfers
dotine from the colonel's ormy coreer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1957-04-11
NOTICE

Notice is Hereby given. That the
following named corporation has
filed an application with the Board
of License Commissioners for Gar
rett County, Maryland, for Glass
ID" License to sell BEER in Gar
rett County. MARYLAND under
Article 2B. Annotated Code of
Maryland
Name of Applicant and Location
of place of Business is as follows:
Applicant: Ralph Smouse. Harry
L. Yost, Jr.. and George w Cod
dington, officers of The Legion
Club, Inc, of The American Legion
Home, Inc, a Corporation.
Location: The American Legion
Home, Inc. on Old Deer Park Rd.,
Oakland. Md
Notice is hereby given, that a
hearing will be held on said ap-
licationon on April 29th at HOO
a. M, at the office of the County
Commissioners of Garrett County
Date of first publication. April
4. 1857
The Board of License Commits
sioners for Garrett County, Md
R. T. BROHAWN, Clerk.
ADV. 5-2t*
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STORE FOR LEASE will
lease my store which is doing an
excellent business. and will show
all receipts from 1853 to 1857 to any
person Interested. For all details
contact Helen NJ. Wiley. Wileys
Store. Jennings. Md, or phone 2422
ADV. 4-4t.
FOR SALE-Threc miles south
OF Red House on Route 219, 82-acre
farm. - acres under cultivation,
rest in pasture: 8-room House, good
basement. electric, good water;
4OX60 frame barn. good producing
farm. known as Anna NIosser farm.
now owned by Carrie Wolfe. Elk
Garden. W Va Contact Ralph
Wolf, Elk Garden. ADV. Aft
FOR SALE - Ford Tractors
Super c. Tractors, PloWs, Movers.
Cultivators. Harrows, Disks, garden
Tractor and equipment Combine,
Prick Threshers, Filters. Sc Balers,
lime Spreaders. milk Cooler, Cans,
grain Drills. corn Planters, good
Horse Willard Feather, Route 50
between Red House and Aurora.
ADV. 5-4t#
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1957-04-11
ADMINISTRATORS SALE .
OF
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
AND Personal PROPERTY

Pursuant to an order Of the Or
phans Court for Garrett County,
Maryland, passed in the matter Of
the estate Of Anna c. Hardesty,
late of Garrett County, Maryland,
deceased, the undersigned Admins
traitors will offer for sale and sell
at public auction to the highest
bidders on
SATURDAY, APRIL Is. 1857
At the Hour of One O'Clock P. M.
the following personal property
located at the home of the said
Anna c. Hardesty on Pennington
street in Oakland, Garrett County,
Maryland, to-wit:
Five-piece wicker Set, lot of
Tables, lot straight Chairs, lot
rocking Chairs, book Case, Mirrors,
8 piece living room Suite, lot
Lamps, window Screens, player Pr
ano, rolls and stool: coffee Table,
l set curtain Stretchers, wine
Rugs, 10X12; l Radio, 10 piece din
ing room Suite, china Closet, Iron
er, sewing Machine, breakfast Set,
Refrigerator, kitchen Cabinet, d
piece bedroom Suite, Wardrobe,
wash Stand, Dressers, chaise
Lounge, 2 white Beds, Typewriter,
Maytag Washer, lawn Mower. coal
Stove, l lot Dishes, lot cooking
Utensils, lot garden Tools, lot
throw Rugs, 1910 Pontiac Sedan,
other articles too numerous to men
ton
TERMS OF SALE: As to person
al property, cash on day of sale.
Allen S. Paugh
Walter w. Dawson
Administrators of the
Estate of Anna c.
Hardesty
On the same day the home prop
erty consisting of Z rooms, bath
and basement, will be offered for
sale, reserving the right to reject
any and all bids
Auctioneer: A. A. Calls & Son.
ADV 4-3t.
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Good quality Pick
up. Baled hay, some NOV cured.
Stanley Baker, Loeb Lynn-Gorman
road.-Adv. 46-tf.
FOR SURGE MIXERS repair
parts and Serviceman contact
Grange Supply Center ut Lake
Park. ADV. Lift
FOR SALE-House, ali modern
conveniences, in Corinth, w. Va.
Henry a. Sisler. phone Terra Alta
1878. ADV SIT"
FOR SALE - Polled Hereford
Bulls. registered, double standard.
Charles Junior Martin. Mt Lake
Park. Md. ADV 3-4tf'
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NOTICE

Notice is Hereby Given. That the
following named person has filed
an application with the Board of
License Commissioners for Garrett
County, Maryland for a Glass ID"
License to sell BEER in Garrett
County, Maryland, under Article
2B. Annotated Code of Maryland.
Name Of Applicant and Loca-
ton of Place of Business is as fol-
lows:
Applicant: Manson NJ. DUR.
Location. DuTs Restaurant, Ne
gro Mt. Grantsville, Maryland.
Notice is hereby given. that a
hearing will be held on said appli-
cation on April 29th. at 10 a m,
at the office of the County Com
missioners Of Garrett County. Md.
Date of first publication, April
4, 1851
The Board Of License Commits
sioners for Garrett County, Md.
R. 7. BROHAWN, Clerk.
ADV. 5-2t"