The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-06

day or SO longer, and then we may as well
! look out for fireworks. The old captain,
| by reason of his rank, his unimpeachable
record and the tiimsy nature of many of
the charges against him, has been treated
| with every consideration, and will I'M
doubtedly come through the ordeal with
out scratch; but the younger officers,
/ particularly those who have been most
active in stirring up strife and trouble,
will be handled without gloves.
1.-THE old, experienced men who have
the investigation in charge are not trifers.
| Captain Stodder is the sole survivor of the
| Monitors brave staff of officers, with the
exception of the vessels aged commander,
| the venerable Worden, long since honor
ably retired from the service. Surely a
nan who could hold his own in the great
naval battle between the Monitor and the
Merrimac must have grit enough to make
| the young men in the revenue fleet come
to time. The poor youngsters are shaking
in their boots, too, and no mistake about 1t.
''Then there is Hooper, the admiral and
darling of the feet. He will have his little
say as we'll. Hodgson and Smith, captains
of long experience, are also to take part in
| the investigation which, I tell you, will
already" concluded the bonnie boy in
blue, land if you put MY name in the
paper it would make big trouble for me.
don't want to be hauled over the Goals,
! like poor Captain Heaiy was, for speaking
to newspaper people" and the gentleman
vanished whittier feet profane might not
presume to tread.
The first witness at the investigation
was Lieutenant Emery, who aired seri-
Gus grievance inflicted upon him by his re-
doubtable superior.
.tOn one OCCASION" he stated, Captain
Healy said that Daniels, Derry and L were
not fit associates for captains OF vessels,
/ INI -%A T<tt1d En
enough company for our kind of people.
| He called Derry liar called him up on
deck to insult him-and during June and
August was dreadfully drunk, though the
cutter was amid the ice and in great dan
ger.
''There was no discipline at all aboard
1 the Bear. The captain let the sailors have
bugle and accordion, and they used to
keep me awake night after night with the
diabolical racket they made singing, dane
! ing, blowing the bugle and trying to play
! the other instrument whenever they felt
| like it. The captain used to let Lieuten-
ant Buhner insult me and the other Off
GERS, and used to insult us himself when
! he was intoxicated"
"Did the captains conduct ever inter-
fere with the safety or proper manage
ment of the vessel ?" was asked in o sim
gularly direct and lncisive tone.
Emery ruminated deeply for quite a
space, and then responded:
mo, sir; it did not"
Assistant Engineer Schwartz testified
| that the captain sometimes drank rather
| heavily, but was superior seaman. The
cutter was managed with fidelity and eff
| cheney, and the witness never knew mis-
commander to give an erroneous or mac
curate order. The discipline of the ship,
he said, was perfect At sea the captain
tolerated no nonsense" but was most in
dulgent in allowing the officers to seek
amusement ashore when the cutter was in
port. The witness knew of number of
fishing and hunting expeditions organ
! lied by the officers, which the captain
permitted, and in which he seemed to
! take much interest.
Second Assistant Engineer Derry said the
captain had summoned him on deck and
! called him a liar; also that the captain had
been much intoxicated during the months
of June and August, 1895. When the cap
/ tain arrested White no record was made
on the cutters log to that effect.
/ Lieutenant Wadsworth complained that
! two years ago the captain had shipped a
number of .seameE, which duty, the wit
ness claimed, devolved upon himself, he
| being first lieutenant at that time. Lieu
| tenant George E. Mcconnell testified to the
| same effect.
| First Lieutenant Buhner, temporarily
| in command of the Bear, said he had seen
the captain drink during the months men
toned in the complaint, but never to such
an extent as to incapacitate him for the
performance of his duties. in which he was
scrupulously exact.
After several more witnesses had testi-
| fed in accordance with the statements
made by their predecessors on the stand,
an adjournment was taken until to-day.
In day or two the Healy investigation
will be finished, and 1t is the general
| impression that the Daniels case will be