The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-09-26

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The Schl-y court of inquiry ws
caiicl tu oryl-r Friday s-tI. mt-f
goth At Washington 10y . simple
Nufd iram Admiral lA-a-y. Tho
/ lrrt order at bu-iI,-' wA- the r,sd-
I ing 10y Judge Advocate l>rniy II
the urd-r UI IA" navy d~I~rtm-nt
appointing Rear Admiral Ramsay
\ 20 = piAo- un the court in plsC~ al
7 Rear Admiral How t-bn, aud when
. this IA, inpli-hc,i. CspiAin I'm.
7 ~ turned to Admiral Schl~y ard
A-ked ham u neither he had objection
Z 10 urgv Again-, auy member OF IN.
court. TIE Adu.iral Arr- Gs thi.
. question Ma A-k-d aud rcs,icd. II
have not"
/ The judge EdVUraic then s~ore
the meml--r- of the court collective
. ~ and Wa la turn sworn In a. Iudgr
advocate. TIE vuuft then Irtird
Tor consultation. The Withdrawal
Ma foT the purPo-, Of discussing
the methods Of rrun'lun..
u \, II o'clock the court rclurnssl
frum it, cuu-Jes alton. Judge Al.
v,cIte Lemly, Gldr-~-ing Admiral
Schley a. 1.-The applicant" Ask-d ir
] ht. Hasl I'll 81 ~.
10 the method u pruc,s-iing. ~h-ih-
or kc had something Ia ofi.r or de-
sired that hc ll>-mlyl pr"os-i. The
admiral Responded Nnh nul at
the head aud move oi the hand.
'-Gio ahead"
Mr.. LInly then presented the r.
port Of the bureau of nav NigAiion for
1895 a hydrogrArhic chart of the
Wet lndio- and AdjAo-nt -'as and
other chart. lie stated explicitly
that they were introduced not A.
testimony, but a. book OF reference.
"Wiil they pr$lud. the intro
ducliOn of Original durum.nt-g''
Judge Wilson A-k.d.
"Not al all" wA- the reply. ''On
the contrary, We shall d,-irc 10 In
troduce the original document when
. opportunity offer"
Admiral Higgin. ON, commander
; ia chief of the North Atlantic
squadron. Uas the first uitBc-- cali
= cd. lie said he had. a. captain,
: commanded the bAttle-hip Mass
chu-ett- during iie Spanish war and
f"r part of the Time the Mass
chusctts had been part Of the fly
ing squadron, OF which Admiral
Scnlcy had been commander. The
squadron arrived at Cieuiurgos May
%.
Before AdjournmeDt the follow
ing wilne-se- were ekAmincd-Ad-
miral HiggiEsOn, Captain Ch. st.-r,
Major ThU-. Wood, OF the Marine
force, and Captain Gil.s T.. HArbor.
r Tue most important incident of The
day Was the decision OF the court
: Withdrawing a question, put 10y the
court itself, a-king a " itne-s to give
his opinion concerning a pIinI la
J. controversy.
The witness was Resr Admiral
H,ggiuson, who pArticil laied in the
I San iagO campaign H. captain Of the
J.. baltleship Massachusetts. This ves-
81 al one time was part Of the
: flying squadron commanded 10y
,Comm"dore Schley, and the court
a-ked him 10 state whether all pr
: sible measures we're taken To capture
= or destroy Ihe Spanish vessel Uristo-
bal Colon a. IL lay in Santiago bsr-
TOR from May 20 To June 1, 1895.
j. Counsel tor Admiral Schiey Oh
iected to the question on the ground
4 that reply would Involve an opin-
/. ion aud not a statement Of fact.
Judge Advocate Lenly admitted
= that the preoedents were against
ic questions of this character, and the
court Withdrew the intesrogziory.
a. IL il generally admitted that thi.
r decision will have the effect oI
materially shortening the t-rm oI
j, the court, b. will also the court,
:. manifest intention Ia cut out irreley
ant questions aud all hearaxy testi
mony. la several cs-- the Wit
a ne-ses were sdmonished 10 relzt,
;" only events coming within thei
own observation. Admiral Dewe,
< showed himself prompt and meth'
J. dical s-iding officer. lie cAIle'
the court Ia order exactly at tn
u designated hour and adjourned !
a just a. promptly at O'Clock. Tn
Attendance of the public was small
u second Days Troo.-dipEs
- Washington, Sept. 2l.-Only on
new witm-s was introduced toda,
a 10 the naval court which Is invest
&c eating the conduct Of Admin
Scnley during the Spanish war.
a. This witness was Commando
of Seaton schroeder, VINO was executiv
officer Of the battleship Massachu
u setis during the war aud Is no'
IA Governor Of the Island of Guau
His testimony dealt with the cruis
-a of the flying squadron" fror
ps Cienfuogos TO Santiago and III
bombardment Of the Spanish shi
Cris;obal Colon as she lay in th
y mouth of the harbor at Santiago O
May 31st. The Commander sai
su that the cruise was not as exped
eu- tious as IL should have been. h
also said that i'm the bombardmel
in of the Colen the a. ct had not acte
as as deliberately as the commander
chief had announced ii to be h
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