Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-01

The Examining Board Has Engaged Room and Will Spend Much Time in Examining the 1,600 Pages of Eyl- dence-schley Will Probably Cor rect His Five Days Testimony on Monday.
 Washington. Nov 1.-The Schlcy court of inquiry began its proceedlnSs fo-dav with the understanding that with the exception of some witnesses who will be recalled to correct fhef testimony on Monday next. the last testimony would be taken before ad- iournment There were only two Wal nesses on the listsfOr to-day. and me understanding when the court openeu was that after they should De h2dIu the court would adjourn over nntll Monday next The witnesses called for to-day wereboth summoned by the department and were Lieutenant John Hood who commanded the dispatch boat Hawk during the Cuban cam paign. and Sylvester Scoyel, wno was newspaper correspondent in Cuhd during the Spanish war. Lieutenant Hood was summoned for tine purpose of relating his version of his interview with Admiral Schley of CienIue2os- and MT Scoyel was called to answer questions concerning the message which Captain Sigsbee of the St Paul is said to have megaphoned to tie press boat Somers '. Smith on May 2S Photographer Hare testified that at that time Captain Sigsbee stated that the Spanish fleet was net in the harbor of Santiago, and gave the name Of Mir Scoyel as one of the correspon- dents on the press boat with himself at that time.
 Admiral Schley was in the court room half an hour before proceedings began, but he announced that Ee would not be able to undertake the correc- ton of his testimony before next Mon- day.
 There were five whole days of it" he said, 'and to go over it and make the necessary corrections is not light task
 It is probable that he will have something more to say concerning his interview on May IS with Admiral Sampson. relative to which Captain Chadwick spoke yesterday.
 It is not now intended to call any witnesses in surrebuttal, and it is eX- Dected that the argument will begin soon after Admiral Schley concludes the correction of his testimony. How long the court may take to consider the evidence is entirely problemat;cal. The members of the tribunal are eyi- dently preparing to devote considera- ble time to the consideration of the testimony, for they have taken rooms in the city for this purpose. TlIa tes- timony covers 1,600 printed pages, and the court sat thirty-six days in listen ing to it. With the additions yet to be made in the way of argument aEd documents the record probably will run over ], 100 pages.
 Judge Advocate Lemly announced that the counsel had agreed on the or der of speeches ill closing the case. Attorney Hanna will open for the gov ernment and he will be followed by MT Parker and MT Rayner for Admiral Schley. Judge Advocate Lemly will close the argument for the govern ment. Admiral Dewey said that this arrangement was satisfactory to the court. At 12:45 the Schley court ad- journed until Monday when Admiral Schley will go on the stand to correct testimony. Judge Advocate Lemly had one more witness to examine. but he was too ill to appear. The defense will examine no more witnesses except Admiral Schley.
 Sylvester Scovel was the first wit ness of the day. He was examined concerning the conversation between the press tug and Captain Sigsbee. The latter testified that he did not tell anyone that the Spaniards were not in Santiago harbor. ScOvel said it was possible that such a conversa- ficn might have taken place, but as the boat he was on was a small one the conversation must necessarily have been loud and could have been heard. He would not say that Mir Haire. who testified that such q conversation took place. had testified falsely.
 4 number of other witnesses were recalled by the court to testify. Cap tain Chadwick said that there had been a practical abrogation by the navy department under precautionary orders concerning the bombardment of the Spanish shore batteries, in order to permit the bombardment of San .Iuan. Porto Rico He added that in his opinion there was q general abro- gation of the orders. His opinion was objected to by Attorney Rayner Lieutenant John Hood was also re- called to correct testimony.
 WASHINGTON, Nov. In the schley court of inquiry yesterday . aumber of witnesses were introduced sy Judge Advocate Lemly to testify n rebuttal of the evidence given i'll Admiral Schley's behalf. The court decided early in the day that no wit aesses could be introduced at this ytage of the proceeding to give testi-- nony on immaterial points. This an aouncement was made in connection with an effort to prove a conversation sn board the Massachusetts in which Lieutenant Sears, who was Admiral schley's flag lieutenant, was reported D have said:
 ssFor Gods sake, don't discourage iim.v meaning Commodore Sehley. It is ali that we have been able to do 10 work him up to this.''
 It had the effect of relieving Lieu ,enant Commander Grant, Lieutenant Commander Potts and other officers sf the Massachusetts who had been talled to testify concerning this con-