Show WHAT WAR OFFICIALS SAY Do not Believe that Reichman Aided the Boers Washington April 3War department depart-ment officials do not believe the story that comes from South Africa that Capt Carl Reichman Seventeenth infantry In-fantry was ono of the leaders of the Boers at the last fight between the Boers and tho I2ngllsh at the Bloem fonleln waterworks AdjtGen Corbin would not even discus the possibility pos-sibility of the story being true Reich mans brother olllccrs men who know him well say It is very probable that Reichman occupied some conspicuous point of vantage from which to viev tho fight and his discovery In uniform by the British was the basis for tho supposition that he was ono of the Boer leaders Reichman was selected by Gen Miles personally to accompany the Boer forces during the war as an observer for the United States army The Captain Cap-tain was already represented on the British sIde by Capt Slocuni and In the interest of military science It was deemed essential that an accurate aer count should bo had of the Boer method of warfare Jn order that conclusions con-clusions might be drawn that would he useful to the United States army Reichman ranks high as a scientific soldier having been detailed with success suc-cess to observe the grand maneuvers of the German army as a representative representa-tive of thin United States army Ills colleagues In Washington declare that the officer has too much common sense to be led Into a violation of his orders In the manner described for if ho actually threw his lot with the Boers In attacking thin British he violated the rules of war and committed a very grave offense under the army regulations regula-tions |