The Dreyfus Affair (61 page)

Succeeded Colonel Sandherr as head of the Statistical Section in July 1895. Attended the first court martial as representative of the Ministry of War.

Poincaré, Raymond

Minister of Finance at the time of Dreyfus’s arrest. Belated Dreyfusard. President of France during the First World War.

Profillet, Major

Judge at the second court martial at Rennes.

Reinach, Joseph

Radical politician and early Dreyfusard. Nephew of Baron Jacques de Reinach, compromised by the Panama Canal scandal. Wrote
Histoire de l’Affaire Dreyfus
.

Roche, Jules

Nationalist Deputy. Patron of Esterhazy. Possible Minister of War.

Rochefort, Henri Marquis de

Former Communard who escaped from the penal colony in New Caledonia. Nationalist and anti-Semite. Founded
L’Intransigeant
.

Roget, General Gaudérique

Assessor of Dreyfus at the École Militaire; chief of the Fourth Bureau of the General Staff; Adjutant to Cavaignac at the Ministry of War. Anti-Dreyfusard.

Rothschild, Baron Edmond de

Fellow pupil of Charles Walsin-Esterhazy at the Lycée Condorcet. Sent him 2,000 francs.

Sandherr, Colonel Jean

Chief of French military intelligence, the Statistical Section. Replaced by Picquart on 1 July 1895. Died in 1897.

Saussier, General Félix

Military Governor of Paris from 1884 and later Vice-President of Army Council, i.e. commander-in-chief designate in the event of war. Friend and patron of Commandant Maurice Weil.

Scheurer-Kestner, Auguste

Deputy for Haut-Rhin (Alsace) in National Assembly in 1871, last representative from Alsace before its annexation by Germany. Vice-President of the Senate and Senator for Life. Early Dreyfusard. Died in 1899.

Schwartzkoppen, Lieutenant-Colonel Maximilian von

Military attaché at the German Embassy in Paris, 1891–7.

Schwob, Suzanne

Wife of Mathieu Dreyfus.

Straus, Geneviève (née Halévy)

Dreyfusard
salonnière
.
Widow of the composer Georges Bizet; wife of the Rothschilds’ lawyer Émile Straus.

Targe, Captain Antoine

Officer charged with the final analysis of the Dreyfus file.

Teysonnières, Pierre

Handwriting expert. Judged that the handwriting of the
bordereau
was that of Dreyfus.

Trarieux, Ludovic

Minister of Justice in 1894. Founder and first President of the League of the Rights of Man.

Val Carlos, Raimundo Marquis de

Second military attaché in the Spanish Embassy in Paris. Supplied information to the Statistical Section.

Waldeck-Rousseau, Pierre

Lawyer and politician. Prime Minister, June 1899–June 1902.

Walsin-Esterhazy, Commandant Marie-Charles-Ferdinand

See Esterhazy, Commandant Marie-Charles-Ferdinand Walsin.

Weil, Major Maurice

A Jewish officer serving on the staff of General Saussier. His wife was Saussier’s mistress.

Zola, Émile

Novelist and journalist who took up the cause of Dreyfus.

Zurlinden, General Émile

Minister of War, 5–17 September 1898. Later Military Governor of Paris.

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