The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-30

the floors of when are covered with
expensive carpets, the walls deliberately
decorated and hung with valuable
paintings of former secretaries, and
which is furnished with mahogany ia
hles, settees and big easy chairs up
hclstered in leather.
The naval regulations provide that
officers of the navy travelling under
orders in the United States shall be al
lowed eight cents per mile while so
engaged i'll lieu of their actual ex-
penses
Expensive Rate for Witnesses.
officers travelling to the United States
| from a foreign station will receive sub
| sistence pay at the rate of from so
cents to 81 per day If travelling on
naval vessel or on an army transport.
But as very few of the officers sum-
nloned from foreign countries can trav-
Ell on government vessels actual trav-
cling expenses will be allow ed for the
sea voyage, and eight cents per mile
| for such part of the journey as is made
| by rail. A naval officer coming from
! the Philippines to San Francisco on a
| merchant vessel would receive about
$500 for the sea voyage, $3.50 for the
| journey from San Francisco to Wash
inRton and the same returning to his
post.
Officers ordered to appear as witness
o. before a court of inquiry or to serve
as members of a court receive no ex-
| ira c. mpensation. Retired officers cr-
dered to duty on a court of inquiry
VIII rec GIVE full active pay for the
time employed. Rear Admirals KIN
herly aIIG Benham, both retired, VIII
receive pay, therefore. at the rate OF
$6,3l5 instead of $5,6T5 year. All oili-
GERS whose presence will be required
in Washington, except those on duty
here, will receive Communication OF
quarters y hale here at the rate of $ie
room Ter month. and are allowet
number 81 rcou.s according to rank
Principal Officers Called.
The principal witnesses to be called
before the Schley court of inquiry and
their present stations are as follows:
Capt. Cook OF the Brooklyn at An
napolis; Capt. Clark of the Oregon,
League Island; Capt. Chadwick. Of Ad-
miral SIMPSONS flagship, the New
York, Newport; Rear-Admiral Evans,
OF the Iowa, Washington, at present on
a catching trip; Rear-Admiral Higgin-
son, of the Massachusetts, now in COM
mand of the North Atlantic station;
Lieutenant Commander Wainwright,
| commander Of the Gloucester, now Su-
perintendent of the Naval Academy at
Annapoliss Lieut.. Sharp of the Vixen,
on duty on the training ship Hartford,
| somewhere off the coast OF Sweden
| Admiral Sampson, Boston. Lieut..
| Stanton, SIMPSONS flag lieutenant,
now in command OF Yankton in Porto
| Rican waters; Lieut. Commander
Sears, Schely's flag lieutenant, hydro
I graphic Office, New York; Lieut. Wells.
! Schley's secretary, on the Kearsarge;
| Lieut.. Marsh. SIMPSONS secretary, on
| the Mayfiower; Lieut.. Hodgson, navi.
| gator OF the Brooklyn, Newport; Lieut..
/ Commander Seaton Schroeder, execu-
| tive officer OF the Massachusetts. Ma
| val Governor OF Guam: Executor Of
| fcer HarbOr Of the Texas, naval at
/ taehe at Paris or st. Petersburg
How many Of the subordinate Of.
/ flcers Will be summoned II yet 20 be de-
1 termined. II In probable that when the
I list Of witnesses ls completed as many
~ ten will BE- called from the Asiatlc
station. and N no warship or govern
ment transport e. available In time
I they viii be directed 20 cOfne on mer-
chant vessels from Hong Kong. Should
ten Officers come on merchant vessels
from the Far East that alone wOuh
entail an Item ~ 200.
HsnnfnE EEpsnses VIII bs Heavy.
~ addition 10 the expense ~ bring
ing witnesses there are fhe running e.
psufef ~ fhe court. fffuofraIhorn
7 sDd q clerical force are required, while
I fbe item ~ stationery viii noi D. ins
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