New-York tribune., 1895-09-12
FORNEY WILL FIGHT.
THE CoURT-MARTIAL HAS A LONG SEES
SION IN PROSPECT
ITS MEETING YESTERDAY TAKEN UP IN ORGAN
IzING AND ARGUING OVER oBJEcTloNs-
CONGRESSMAN FRANKLIN BARTLETT
ONE OF COUNSEL FOR THE Ac-
c1-sEp oFFICER-CAPTA1N SUM-
NER DETACHED.


c1-sEp orFIcER-cAPTA1N SUM-
NER DETACHED
m. Forney court-martial held Its second session
yesterday IN the Brooklyn Navy i"'u' an" |
go session resulted In the development OF the
~, Colonel Forney intends 70 fight every
-. &, ,hs charges against him. Congressman
Trsnklin Bartlett has Joined W. h. s'ay'on d,
co,,nsel for lhe accused ofcer OF marines anu
a.gan the fight by objecting to the court itse %.
the ground that 1t was no' properly 0,s a,,,os
THE court did go into actual session On
g., haceuse IN, precept had not arrived from
Washington This precept arrived al tne .>a'.
Ward Yesterday, and when the court asse'"o.eu
Nos read by Lieutenant Waller. the Juoge-AuFo
cate who filled the same once at the coui' "a m
-. Tbe nrecept ordered that This court Will
on,,a,a for the purpose OF trying Captain George
" summer and all other persons that may oe
brought before H. .,, mana
Two members OF the Sumner court-mar"ai "e'e
not included IN the court which met yesoeiuas
Can,a,ns Alfred T. Mahan and Winfield ;. Schley'
y, ,..o, having been the president Of the court
=, ,nou,rv which Investigated the charges against
Colonel Forney. Mr.. Bartlett. IN MS opJecuohs ~
the formation OF the court salu' a"oie 80
th,nrs. 1T has been held by the Supreme court Oh
tho United States that the requirements Vi INC
.a,,,os IN reference TO all these proceedings must
he strictly and absolutely followed lh's orue' "
defective as this is no longer the ofIs'Hai so"e
court-martiaL Il Is different Dooy' anu as
nd
.ake, from the court since Captain sumner was
tried This body. therefore cannot meet eA0ep' ~
vir,ue Of some new order or precept'
80. Advocate Waller replied that the spirit OF
,bs statutes had been carried out IN me pTecep''
rbe -oo,, was then cleared. and after some uelo-
Grafton Commodore Sicard annouhceu ''a' '"' w
clsion was against the objections. r,
The Judge-Advocate then asked Co'onei ro',,e.
II he objected TO any member Oh t'e ooui
before he could reply Mr.. Stayton said' MY o'e.'
objects TO the fact that there are only ee'.i o,'
GERS in this court instead Of thirteen According 10
the original nrecept no other officers coud DE de-
tached on this court without injury 10 'ne SCI
Two officers Captains Schley ana Nana''' nov
been taken OF the court ana Herbert why they
eoud not Be allowed to ssTve W sand Dn s upon our right
injury 70 the service we o,rt ~ thirteen officers
and respectfully ask for court oi '"' 'e''
consuIfation and Lieutenant Waller went aa on
with ihc business Of The aSd Solrs speccaton he
read and they were then read 20 Coionei p,; porne;
He prepae;d 70 pssdi peiore wAsn my @ eicn, PLEADS
there are Certain objections TO which hsVs w0uia bnm
lay these Objections before it;, Il wa, TOO late
DO any business In the te afiernoon
6tes would be raad and the court took them into
The discussion r0ss GSs SD SD she
a w Gsn JAMES Sands ore
i S,cara Sestv''ay, ~ Captain sumner who has
While the ssnfs 1sSeny er tried have not
been made public fact that Captain pr6of that the
been detached is taken as r, wni nrobably be
verdict unfavorabie 70 ,,o, MN, ~ CantaIn Sum-
time before ,he dlspoei'Jhs ~ na,ers Will 20 10
,eI easy u MAJ ~. has been exceedingly pans
ne Seasn ev.ry case involving the future
OF a naval officer charged WI" .nd no speedy ac-
at.er h,e''n1 % by him in this matter captain
ron VIII De taaen snan he Portsmouth Navy Yard
The coang Of the colgmOs Is ,oSaH sS and
completed that she will be reaay la ion The Norm
Atlantic squadron the vacancies IN hsr hs sn on the
by Illness having been made up iro" '"e '"'
Vermont. -, ~-.v, Ward employes,
Olsen Anderson OF the Nsvy faru nnd after be.
Ing removed TO the Homeopathic hosp'A'
there