The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-29
SCHLEY'S WITNESS LIST.
Names of Persons to Be Summoned
for the Rear Admiral.
Testimony of the Vixcn's Officers
Expected to BE of Great Import
ancc-Tbc Wnrship's Log. Dcscrib-
Ing the Battle. Tempered With.


Rear Admiral Schley has asked the
Navy Department to summon thirty-sev-
en- witnesses to testify in his behalf be-
fore the Court of Enquiry. Their names
are as follows:
Rear Admiral J. C. Watson, who com
manded the naval station at Key West:
Rear Admiral A s Barker, who COM
manded the Newark during the Santi-
ago campaign; Capt &. L. Clark, who
commanded the Oregon: Capt. +. A.
Cook. of the Brooklyn: Commander n.
L. Mason, executive officer of the Brook
Ign; Lieutenant Commander A. c. Hodg
son, Lieutenant Commander Alexander
sharp. jr. Lieutenant Commander James
H Sears, Lieutenant Commander I. ID.
Griffin Lieutenant Commander w. X.
Rush. Lieut.. c. II. Harlow. Lieut.. Ed
ward Simpson, Chaplain w. 7. Helm,
Lieut. b. w. Wells, who was Admiral
Schley's secretary; Lieut.. Cunior grade)
Charles Webster, Lieut.. Uuuior grade)
Edward McCauIey aid to Admiral Schley;
Lieut. Uunior grade) ]. z. J. Ryan, Lieut..
Cunior grade) L. T. Fitzgerald. Lieut..
S. h Noses Ensign George b. Rice. Ma
jor Y. st. c. Murphy. L. S. NJ. C.: Capt.
Thoiiias Borden, L. 5. NJ. c.: Ensign VIII
liam B. Wells Medical Director Paul
Charles NJ DeValin. Pay Inspector |. q.
Hobbs, Lieut.. Thomas F. Carter. Lieut..
John B. Patton Ensign John Halligan,
jr, Ensign r. NJ. Marble. Ensign James
A Hand, jr, Ensign William p Cronan,
Ensign L. S. Macy. Ensign c. a. Adele,
Chief Boatswain William L. Hill, Gunner
+. Z. Applegate. and Carpenter George
H. Warford.
There are several enlisted men of the
navy and three or four civilians who viii
be called by Admiral Schley whose names
are not included on this list All of the
officers named with the exception OF
Rear Admirals Watson and Barker Cap
tain Cook. Chaplain Helm, and Lieuten-
and Commander Sharp and Lieutenant
Harlow, were aboard the Brooklyn during
the fight Sharp and Harlow We're aboard
the Vixen.
The testimony of the two officers last
named is expected to be of much i'm
portance to Admiral Schley. BY them il
will be shown that the log of the Vixte.
as it now appears in the Navy DeparI.
rlent records. does not accord with N.
notes CT the battle as it progressed, mace
by Lieutenant Commander Sharp and
Lieutenant Harlow. The original notes.
it is said. were edited in the Bureau of
Navigation and then made part of the
Nixen's log.
The Vixen was on the extreme west of
the blockading line, and, realizing that
she was no fit match for the big Spanish
cruisers her commander withdrew be-
yond firing distance and carefully OBJ
served the operations of the running
fight. debating the incidents as they &C.
CURED. This is admitted to have been
the most accurate and complete report of
the battle. These notes described the part
which the Brooklyn took. its position. and
the time when Sampson arrived half
hour after the last Spanish ship had
struck her colors. These original notes,
it Is charged. have been so altered that
they are scarcely recognizable. and made
to suit the side of Admiral Sampson. The
discrepancy between the original notes
made at the time of the battle by officers
aboard the Vixen and the log of that
vessel as it appears in the Navy Depart
ment will. it is expected, go a long dis
lance toward substantiating the charge
of conspiracy against Admiral Schley.
An incomplete list of the Navy Depart
meBt witnesses was announced yesterday
by Captain Lemly, the judge advocate of
the court. The list is made up of forty
six names, and includes rear admirals,
10 captains. commanders lieutenant
commanders, captain of marines. lieu
tenants. l junior lieutenant, / ensign, /
acting boatswain, and l chief quarter
master
The name of Rear Admiral William T.
Sampson, concerning whose appearance
before the court there has been much |
question and speculation. heads the list
Others in the list are: Rear Admirals
Robley D. Evans, who commanded the |
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paign; Francis J. Higginson. who COM
manded the battleship Massachusetts; |
Charles 6. Cotton, who commanded the |
cruiser Harvard, and Henry c. Taylor, |
who commanded the battleship Indiana.
Captains-French E. Chadwick, who |
commanded the flagship New York and |
was Admiral SIMPSONS chief of staff; !
Caspar F. Goodrich. who commanded the /
cruiser St. Louis and afterward the flag |
ship Newark; Charles D. Sigsbee. who /
commanded the cruiser St. Paul; Will |
liam c. Wise, who commanded the cruiser /
Yale; Bowman II. McCalle. who
manded the cruiser Marblehead; Theo- |
dore +. Jewell, who commanded the cruis- |
er Minneapolis; William NJ. Folger. who |
commanded the cruiser New Orleans. and |
Robert NJ. Berry, VINO commanded the |
gunboat Castine.
Commanders-William p. Potter execu- |
tive officer of the New York; Richard |
Wainwright, who commanded the gun
boat Gloucester: Joseph G. Eaton, who |
commanded the cruiser Resolute; Seaton |
Schroeder, executive of the Massachu- |