The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-08-31
WITNESSES FOR BOTH
SIDES IN INQUIRY.
sehley's Witnesses include Many
Already Ordered TO Report.
M Aaaoclaled press.1

fBy Associated Press.1
Washington, D. c., Aug. 81.-Cap-
tain James Parker. associate counsel
for Admiral schley in the coming
court Of inquiry proceedings. has
made public the list Of witnesses
originally asked to be summoned on
behalf of the admiral They make a
total Of thirty seven persons in all,
80 which, however. will be added
about six OF seven more names. most.
ly from the navy, whose Identity
counsel for Admiral schley do not
care to disclose just now The list as
made public gives the rank Of the Of
hcials as shown by the naval register
Of July 1898, the period of the battel
Of Santiago. It is as follows:
Rear Admirals j. c. Watson and
A. S. Barker.
Captains c. E. Clark and F. A.
Cook
Commander N Z. Mason.
Lieutenant Commanders A. c.
Hodgson, Alex Sharp, Jr.: James II.
Sears, Thomas D. Griffin. w. r. Rush.
Lieutenants c. II. Marlow, Edward
Simpson.
Lieutenant Ounior grade) Charles
Webster.
Ensign Edward McCauley.
Captain u. S. Marine Corps =. G.
Murphy
Second Lieutenant Of Marines
Thomas S. Borden
Medical Director Paul Fitzsimmons.
Passed Assistant Surgeon Charles
NJ. De Vain.
/ Paymaster l. G. Hobbs.
Passed Assistant Engineers Thos.
F. Carter and John b. Patten.
Naval adets John HalliEan. Jr.;
r. NJ. Marble, Jr.; j. A. Hand, Jr.;
William p. Cronan. q. S. Macy, c. A.
Abele.
Boatswain William L. HILL
Gunner f. T. Applegate.
Carpenter George H. warford.
B. W. Wells, the admirars secre-
tary.
William b. Wells j. p. j. Ryan, Il.
T. Fitzgerald, S. e. Moses, George b.
Rice. formerly in the engineer corps
and still connected with the naval
establishment.
! Chaplain w. II. Helm.
The greater number of these per-
sons served with Admiral Schley on
the Brooklyn. The exceptions were
Admiral Watson, Rear Admiral Bar
ker, who commanded the Newark;
Captain Clark of the Oregon, Lieu
tenant Commander Alexander Sharp.
Jr.. of the Vixen, and Lieutenant
Harlow OF the Vixen.
Several Of the witnesses summon
ed by the admiral also are in the list
furnished by Judge Advocate Gen
eral Lemly of those who probably
viii be called by the navy depart
ment. They include Captain Cook,
Commander Mason, Lieutenant Com
manders Hodgson and Sharp, and
Lieutenant Charles Webster former
| ly lieutenant in the junior grade.
Some Of the naval cadets mentioned
in Admiral Schleys list as witnesses
are now Earving on .he Asiatic sta
tion, anG It may be decided not to
call then unless developments in the
case as It progresses makes this
course necessary.
7 The list given out by Judge Adyo-
cate General Lemly is as follows;
Rear Admirals William r. samp-
son, Robley d. Evans, Francis J.
Higsinson, Charles s, Cotton, Henry
c. Taylor
Captains French u. Chadwick, Cas-
par f. Goodrich, Charles d. sigsbee,
William C. Wise, Francis A. Cook
Bowman II. McColla Theodore +.
Jewell, William NJ. Folger Robert NJ.
Berry John l.. Hannum, retired.
Commanders william p Potter.
Richard Wainwright, Joseph C. Eat
on, Newton b. Mason, Seaton schroe-
der, Giles b. Harber James M.
Miller, Lewis c. Heilner, Alexander
b. Bates.
Lieutenant Commanders Sidney A.
staunton, Nathaniel r. Usher, Albert
w Grant, Albion c. Hodgson William
III. II. Switzerland william II.
schuetze, Templin NJ pitts Alexan-
der Sharp. Jr.
Captain William c, Dawson U. S.
NJ G.
Lleutenants Charles G. Marsh,
Spencer S. Wood Victor Blue, James
G.. Doyle, Charles Webster, John