Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-29
SAMPSON HEADS IT.
Must Take the Stand at the
Sch|ey Investigation.
List of Witnesses Includes Score!
Prominent in Santiago Battle.
Certain Naval Officers Have Retained Counsel
10 Protect Their Interests.

Washington. Aug. 2S.-The list of
witnesses prepared by Captain Lem
IL. judge advocate of the Schley court
Of inquiry. was made public today. 1t
does not purport to be complete, but
includes the principal witnesses who
will be called by the judge advocate.
The witnesses whom Admiral Schley
has asked to be summoned are not in
Guided in the list. The list is as fol-
lows:
Rear Admiral VIM. r. Sampson. Rob-
ley ID. Evans Francis j. Higginson,
Charles 5. Cotton. Henry C. Taylor.
Captains Frank +. Chadwick. Cas-
per F. Goodrich, Charles d. Sigsbee,
VIM. &. Wise. Francis A. Cook, Bow
man II. McCalla. Theodore ]. Jewell,
VIM. NJ. Folger. Robert NJ. Berry, John
l.. Hannum, retired.
Commanders VIM. p. Potter. Richard
Wainwright. Joseph c. Eaton. Newton
T.. Mason Seaton Schroeder, Giles Il.
Harder. James NJ. Miller. Lewis G.
Heilber. Alexander Is. Bates.
Lieutenant Commanders Sidney A.
!. Stanton. Nathaniel Il. Rusher. Albert
w. Grant, Albion &. Hodgson, VIM. III.
H. Southerland. VIM. II. Schuetze.
Templin NJ. Potts. Alexander Sharp,
Jr
captain VIM. c. Dawson. L. $. NJ. &.
Lieutenant Charles Z. Marsh. Spen-
Ger s. Wood. Victor Blue, James &.
Doyle. Chas. Webster, John Hood.
| Charles T. Harlow. Charles W. Dyson,
! Kenneth McAlpine.
Lieutenant ,junior Erldcl Ernest l..
| Bennett.
Ensign Henry d. Muslin.
Acting Eoatswain Dennis j. O'Con-
nell
| Chief Quartermastor Nicls Andersen
and others.
Edgar May. q clerk in the office of
! he. Judge advocate general, has been
| detailed to assist Judge Advocate Gen
| cral Lemly in the preparation ana
! handling of the papers before the court.
| 1t IS regarded as extremely proba-
| Bile that an assistant attorney general
will he assigned to assist Judge Advo-
| vate Lcmly in looking after the inter-
! csts of the navy department before the
! court.
| Can't. Icmly has expressed his Wiling
ness to conduct the case without assist
| ance. but the officials ~ the navy depart
mcnt have practically concluded that nc
| should have the aid and cooperation o.
| an officer of the department of justice
! learned in the ntricacies Of legal prac-
| ticc.
| 1t is stated here on authority that
Mcssrs Wilson. Rayner and Parker con
| stitute all the legal aid to be employed
| b. Admiral ScEIcy in the approaching
| court Of inquiry.
| The list of witnesses to be called ny the
| Judge advocate throws considerable light
upon the lines Of testimony which he will
seek to adduce before the court. Admiral
! Sampson as commandcr-in-chief of the
| fleet. of course heads the list Then fol-
| low the captains OF all tho ships engaged
| in the San,aGo campaign Win the eEcep-
| ton of Capt. Clarke of The Oregon, and
Capt. Phillip of the Texas. the latter
/ having died since the war.
| Evans was III command of the Iowa,
| iliccinson Of tn" Massachusetts. Cotton
| of the scout Harvard. Taylor of the In
diana. ChaGw.c. Of the New York. Good
rich of the Newark and the scout st.
Louis. SiSshec of the scout st. Paul. Wise
| If tie scout Yale. Cooke Of the Brook
lyn. McCa.la OF the Marbehcad. Jewell
, of the scout Minneapolis. Fo!ger of the
| New Orleans and Barry of the Castine.
Uannur, retired. was chief engineer of
| the Brooklyn. Commander Potter was the
| executive officer of the New York: VAIN
| wright was in command of the GlouceS-
| ter: Eaton of the Resolute: Mason. ex-
| tcutiyc officer Of the Brooklyn: Schroeder,
executive officer of the Massachusetts
! Harder. executive officer Of the Texas,
| Miller. commander of the Merrimac: Hell
! ner navigator of the Texas: and Bales.
| chief engineer of the Texas.
| LENT Commander Stanton was Samp-