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YD-BROCK INQUIRY FEATURED EXPENSES TESTI[ONY AS TO ACCOUN5TS FIL ED BY COL. BROCK. Number of Witnesses Examind Charged That Vouchers Were Padded. Columbia State. That William T. Broc.., the assist and adjutant general of the State, had enlarged his expense accounts in making the inspections3 of the Natio; 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 Arf, was dire The inspections of 1909 were re viewed in detail by the witness and according to witness' expeiise accoui.t which he filed with the war depart ment, Col. Brock ov.ercharged the State at nearly every placa visited by the two officers last year. The main admissions frort Lievt. Cabaniss were that Col. Brock had charged ain expense to ths State while he was the guest of the military offi cers in several instances. It was also testified th t- Col Bron had not used four mileage books af 1,000 miles each in 'making the in specition trip of the State. Cross Examinati., The cross-examination of Lieut. Cabaniss Tuesday afternoon marked the opening of Col. Brock's defence. Several matters much to the credit of Col. Brock Were brought out in this examination. That Col. Brock was boarding here at one time during tue inspections and that his wife - was away fr6m this city during the inspec tions 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, "yes," 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 cross-ex amination was the detailing of the items of expense that are allowed by the government "Hotel" means room and eating, and ndry is allowed by the department. t., -Cabaniss had no entry of the om Cheraw to Chesterfield be he could not charge this up, but found it scratched in pencil in te book, the amount being $1.75.. iece of , testimony much in 0ol. 's favor was that there are 11 3 rifle ranges in the- State and the vernment provides for the inspec 'on of sites, this accounting very probably for some of Col. Brock's items, but on the othler hand, Lieut. Cabaniss stated. that he had not gone on any of these trips in 1909. *Another piece of testimony in Col. Brock's favor was that he and the army officer had stopped at Clemson -Club 'hotel after leaving Ande'rson on April 25, and the exp.. :e there was $2 -each. By adding up Col. Brock's ac .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: "I did not turn in any expense to the government for oard and 'lodging in Columbia." The ouirt stated that it was for it to say whether this should or should not be done-.and not be be based upon what the go rernment man did. It was stated by the bookkeeper in the offide of Comptroller'- General Jones, J. E. Holmes, that Col Brock during the present year had filed amended expensje accounts. Lieut. Cabaniss, who ranks as colo nel in the National Guard of the State, used his receipts received in the dif ferent towns of the State in testify ing and reviewed the time spent in each town and the amount that lie had expended for expenses. His state ments were clear, and the cross-ex amination failed to shake -any state ment that he had made ini connection with the inspection trip. The star witness in the Boyd-Brock controversy, Mrs. V. G. Moody, stenog r?pher 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 tigation. Her testimony was, straight forward, and could not be shaken in any particular, upon cross-examina *tion. She it was who saw Col. W. T. /rock open the private drawer of the adjutant general and take therefrom the original expense account of Lieut. C. H. Cabaniss, Jr., the United States army officer, located in Columbia, who had taken a trip to Washington ith Col. Brock. It was to her that o1 Brock had given orders to write duplicate expense account for $50, tiimself and Lieut. Cabaniss, al ~ ~' though, according to the testimony, Lieut. Cabaniss's expense was shown to be only $30.57. The secret of the variation in the expense accounts was explained by the testimony of Mrs. Moody that she saw Col. Brock take from Gen. Boyd's private drawer in his desk the orig inal expense account of Lieut. Caba niss for this one trip. Mrs. Moody testified that Col. Brock gave her the list to copy to make out the warrants for Voucher "523," the voucher which has been the subject of so much comment during the investi gation. "He told me," testified Mrs. Moody, "to make another account exactly like the one he gave me." "This," she tes tified, "was to be for Mr. Cabaniss's expense to Washington." Under Col. Brock's itemized account was shown to the court an exact copy of the items in Mrs. Moody's handwriting, according to her own testimony. Mrs. 1foody said that the original expense account of Lieut. Cabaniss for $30.57 had already been submitted, and that Gen. Boyd had placed this in his pri vate drawer in his desk. Col. Brock's Defence. William T. Brock, who is charged with wasting ,the money of the State in making the inspections of the com panies of the National Guard of the State as assistant adjutant general, on Wednesday, gave to the court of inquiry his version of the expense ac counts which he incurred during the past four years. He was on the stand nearly the entire day and his cross examination was not concluded when the court adjourned late Wednesday. On cross-examination, Col. Brock did not make any definite statements as to the details of his expense ac counts as filed with the comptroller general for the years 1907, 1908 and 1909. He produced a note-book from which he read his statements for the inspections of this year. He also stat ed that the bookkeeping system in the office was defective and in many in stances no records were kept.by Gen. Boyd. Col. Brock stated to the members of the court that his itemized accounts were not correct, but that the total alnounts put. down as expended had, been expended, and that they were absolutely correct. He stated to the court that he' could. not remember all of the money that he had spent as assistant adju tant generallI in making the inspec tions of the State militia.t States Positon. At the morning session he stated his,\ position clearly to the court. Th*e history of the controversy,. was re-: viewed. He said that the most of his itemized statements were for his ac-; tual living expenses and that when he~ put down an item as. "hotel," it means all that he spent, such as hotel bills, shining of shoes, laundry, polishing of leggings and other incidentals. He placed a liberal construction upon his expense accounts. The Washington trip was the sub-' ject of special explanation at the aft ernoon, session. Col Brock reviewing the entire matter, stating that he re ceived $50 before he left here. He detailed his expenses, which included Pullman (two way), $6; suppers, $2; breakfasts, $2; hotel in Washington, $20. Col. Brock said that altogether, in the time from Monday afternoon until* Friday afternoon, when he left Wash ington, he spent .$65, but only charg ed. the State up with $50, for which amount he prepared a statement on his return. Expense of Trip. In explanation of the difference in Lieut. Cabaniss' expenses and his own, Col. Brock said that the army officer had a smaller room, withouti bath; Col. Brock's room being with bath; that Lieut. Cabaniss did not stay as long as he did. Col. Brock testified that he prepar ed a statement of his expenses and handed same to Gen. Boyd; that the latter told him, "Well, I guess Lieut. Cabaniss' expense was about the same, so prepare his also." That: he did prepare it, and the money was paid on both. That Col. Cabaniss later prpsented the $3057 statements, whic hhas been* a casus belli, was Col. Brock's state ment on the stand. "Some time later," said Col. Brock, '"Genfi Boyd came across the Cabaniss statement." Col. Brock said he told Gen. Boyd that Col Cabaniss had already receiv ed his money and that the warrants, were for a larger amount, and then: the difference was in the bank to the' credit of Gen. Boyd and had possibly been expended in the usual run of the office. Not a Private Drawer. "Gen. Boyd's drawer in the desk was never private until the last two weeks," said Col. Brock. "I am not positive whether there was any lock on it or not. A duplicate key was on Gen. Boyd's desk. I often went into the drawer. I don't recall having un locked it at any time." Asked directly about the Cabaniss tified Col. Brock took out of thed raw er, Col. Brock said he did not recall having done so; in fact, was positive that he had not, and added that if he cared to take it out he would not have done so in the presence of witnesses. Gen. Boyd came in for criticism from Col. Brock, who said that the general was practically helpless when he took the oath of office as adjutant general. "In my opinion, with all due deference,' said Col. Brock, "Gen. Boyd was not in physical condition to attend to the affairs of the office." Further questions brought out the statement that Col. Brock himself had practically attended to the affairs of the office for several years. LODGE DiRECTORY. I Woodmen of the World. Maple Camp, No. 437, W. 0. W., meets every first and third Wednes day -veLing at 7.45 o'clock. '.it ing brethren are cordially welcome. D. D. Darby, T. Burton, Clerk. C. C. Newberry Camp, No. 542, W. 0. W, eets c%ery second and fourth Vied-. nesday night in Klettner's Hall, at 8 o'clock. B. B. Leitzsey, C. C. J. J. Hitt, Clerk. Amity Lodge, No. 87, A. F. N. Amity Lodge, No. 87, A. F. i ,1 meets (--ery first Monday night at. 8 Jelock in Masonic Hall. Visiting brethren cordially invited. Harry W. Dominick, J. W. Earhardt, W. M. Secretary. Signet Chapter, No. 18, R. A. M. Signet Chapter, No. 18, R. A. M.7 meets every second Monday night at 6 o'clock in Masonic; Hall. Fred. H. Dominick, Harry W. Dominick, E. H. P. Secretary. Golden Rule Encampment. - Golden Rule Encampment, No. 23,! I. 0. 0. F., will meet at Klettner's Hall the 4th Mo-nday night in each month at 8 O'clock. - W. 0. Wilson, Chie,f Patriarch. W. G. Peterson, Scribe. Polaski Lodge. Pulaski Lodge, No. 20, I. 0. 0. F., will meet Friday night, May '27, I In Klettner's' Hall, at 8 o'clock. Let; every member attend. C. G. Blease, W. G. Peterson, iNoble Grand. Secretary. ANNOUNCEMENTS. ' For Treasurer. I hereby announce myself as a can didate for reelection to the offic3 r,f county treasurer, subject to the Dew ccratic primary. Jno. L. Epps. For Judge of Probate. I hereby announce myself as a can didate for reelection to the of.fice of judge of probate, subject to the Dem ocratic primary. F. M. Schumpert. t For Magistrate Nos. 1 and 8.. 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