The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-25
COURT OF ENQUIRY NAMED.
Secretary Long Appoints the Tri-
bunal for the SchIey Case

admiral Dewey to BE the President
and Rear SdmirsIs Kimberly and
Henhnm His ASsociHtc>-CO OmmaF'-
der PiIiSbury VIII Act as Judge
Advocate TO Commence ut
the Navy Departm in September
Secretary Ions today announced the
names of those VINO are TO serve on the
Court of Enquiry requested by Rear Ad-
mirai w s. Schiey for the purpose Of
thoroughly investigating the charges that
have been made against the victor of
Santiago in NacIay-s History Of the
Navy" and in various other quarters
concerning his conduct during the West
Indian naval campaign
The court VIII he constituted as follows:
Admiral Dewey. president
Rear Admiral Lewis AshfieId Kimberly.
retired.
Rear Admiral Andrew EIHcot Kennedy
Benham, retired
Commander John B. PiIlsbury, judge
advocate
It was also announced that the court
will meet in the large reception room of
Secretary Longs office. the opening ses-
sion to be held or September L. next
Rear Admiral Kimberly was retired for
age on April >. 1882. and is now seventy
one years old Rear Admiral Benham
was retired on April 10 1884. and is now
siXtS-ni-,c years old. Both these Gft'c@Ts
are hale and hearty. despite their ad-
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oroS- ''itsslol's''iS Dis" ''i'si ~ '''s-
mirai Kimberly lives at west Newton
Mass. and Admiral Renham in Washing
ton
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to Samoa IN 1885 IN command OF squad
ron to protect American interests The
friction hefUaen the American and Ger
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N'''-s7'i - d o'''E7--' '-'
by tne authorities in Washington IN kim
berIy's ability to proceed dipIomatically
Or if absolutely 7ecassarz to defend tae
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March, lSS9, renewed the politica4 Sltua-
tion. The three ships under KimbeTly's
conlmand-the Trenton. Vandalia. and
N-f-,si,-yrare sJesrrozaF as were also
tbret. German war vessels.
Admiral Kimberly was born in Troy. y.
Y in 1saa In he civil war he served as
.xecr7+iz-e officer of Admiral Farragllt-s :
famous fapsh;n the Hartford and mar
4icinated in many important actions. in
,l,,5i,o Mobile Rav Admiral Dewey was
n f,rfcr officer Of tF. Hartford with Ad-
y,fraI Kimberly, at that time In the Ko-
roam azne5ff5on Admiral Kimberly COM
rna,7,iad the landing force that capt11red
4he C-bernuTn, forts For his services in
,o,r,r,a,detor, letter from the Secretary
If tba Navv
admiral Renbarn is hest known to his
co,5n+r1-rnen as the man who broke the
blockade at Rio de Janeiro in the Brazil
ian rebellion of 1Sq5. and not orIv enabled
An,eric7n r,ercbarfrnen n discharge
rbeir careoes b,r+ gave the deathblozv
- ,re. s++e-,n+ +c Establish the Portr1[
r7,zsa r,or,arl.by, in F2raz5I Penban, made
fr,7itIess Efforts through dfplornatfc means
r. -ao,,~4 -,arr7ission from the rebels who
controlled the navy Of the republic. for
some American vessels laden with -four
10 discharge their cargoes at the Rio
vharves. Finally. he served notice on the
rebel Admiral de Cana that ne intended
10 CONVOY the flour vessels to the city
The little second-class cruiser Detroit.
under Commander Willard II. Browuson,
now Of the battleship Alabama, started
by Benham's orders, 10 escort two Ameri-
line Two rebel bartIeshfps with shorted