Show P1MGREE ON WITNESS STAND Governor Testifies at tho Trial of Ex InspectorGoneral Lansing Mich March 21The first testimony wts taken today In the trial of Arthur F Marsh exiuspcclorgen oral for alleged complicity In the State military clothing frauds Two deputy AttorneyGenerals swore to communications communi-cations between the Indicted exofll I cers and the AttorneyGenerals ofllce I in reference lo disposal of clothing In 1 iiiestlon Witnesses lisllfled that the indicted military olllcers did not follow I fol-low the AttorneyGenerals advice which was to turn over such clothlnjc a the military board desired to dis uose uf to the Board of State Auditors Audi-tors Records of thc military boards proceedings were introduced as evidence evi-dence Gov Plngree was sworn as a witness wit-ness at 1 oclock this afternoon and n letter which had nol heretofore figured In the case was produced In evidence I was signed by the Governor and addressed ad-dressed to QuartermaslerGeneral White directing White to enter two contracts for equipping the National Guard und to advertise for bids Coy Pingree said the letter was Genuine Gen-uine He could not remember the circumstances cir-cumstances nor could be remember anything about I nor recall that any ono ever asked him to sign the letter lie said however that he would sign such UL Jeltec lodav if thc Quarter maslerGeneral l asked i lilni l to 07r 3bT He did nol know that such t quantity of clothing was on hand nor tlml the board contemplated purchasing GO000 worth of goods The prosecutor produced a letterhead of the Detroit corporation counsels office of-fice which Is the office in which Col S Lon one of the indicted men Is J em nloved and had the Governor compare It with the paper on which the order was v rillon The paper appeared similar sim-ilar the printed letterhead having been torn from the order The Governor staled that he never dreamed that any Improper use was 10 be mado of the money received from the sale pf State clothing and Judge Cah111 stated on behalf of the prosecu llon that no one ever entertained the slightest Idea that the Governor had slghteHt any knowledge of the affair |