The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-28
FRICE ONE CENT.
SCHLBY COURT WITNESSES
A Partial List Given Ont by judge
Advocate =. c. Lemly.

| Seven Officers and Two EnIi-ted Men
on the Brooklyn Daring the san
ttaEO Fight. Among the Number 20
TeStigy-Others TO BE Summoned.
The list % witnesses TO be called before
the Schley Court Of Enquiry by Capt. s
/ C. Lemly. the Judge Advocate. containing
46 names. including rear admirals. 10
captains. commanders. lieutenant com
manders. I captain Of marines. lieuten-
ants. Junior Lieutenant. ensign. I act
| ing boatswain, and ] chief Quartermas-
I ter. was given out at the Navy Depart
! ment today
In making public the list Captain LsmIy
said it was not complete. as other Wit
| uesses would probably be called The list
is separate from that Of the witnesses
desired by Rear Admiral Schley. but there
| are number Of names on the Judge Ad-
vocate's list, which were on the one sub
mitted by Admiral sch!ey.
The Judge Advocates list includes nine
officers and enlisted men who were on
the Brooklyn. They are Capt. Francis
Z Cook. the BrookIyn's commander
Capt. John l. Hannum. retired. her chief
engineer; Commander Newton E Mason,
her executive officer: Lieut. Commander
Albon c Hodgson. her navigator. whose
name is principally associated with the
alleged colloGuy with Admiral SchIey on
the BrookIyn's bridge. when the order 20
make the loop" was given; Lieutenants
James c. Doyle and Charles webster:
Lieut. X McAlpine, assistant engineer:
Acting Boatswain Dennis J O'ConneH,
chief Guartermaster. and Chief Quarter
master Niels Anderson. who was the
quartemaster at the wheel OF the Brook
lyn during the euEa cement
The witness list Is headed with the
name Of Rear Admiral Sampson. The 9TH
er witnesses are
Rear admiraIs-R -RobIey D. Evans who
commanded the batteship Iowa in the
West Indian campaign: Francis J Hig-
ginson- who commanded the battIeshfp
Massac chuseJts; Charles s Cotton. who
commanded the cruiser Harvard, and
Henry c Taylor. who commanded the
battleship Indiana
Captains-French F. Chadwick. who
commanded the flagship New York and
was Admiral Simpsons chief OF star;
Caspar F. Goodrich who commanded the
cruiser St Louis and afterward the fag-
ship Newark Charles D Sigsbee. who
commanded the cruiser ST Paul; vii
liam c. Wise. who commanded the cruiser
Yale, Bowman H McCaIIa. who com
manded the cruiser MarbIehead: Theo-
dore F Jewell who commanded the eruls-
CT Minneapolis: William N Folger, who
commanded the cruiser New Orleans, and
Robert II Berry, who commanded the
gunboat Castiue-
nderS-Wiliam P Potter. execu-
tive officer Of the New York, Richard
Wainwright who commanded the gun
boat Gloucester Joseph G. Eaton. who
the cruiser Res0Iute- Seaton
SchrUeder. executive Of the Massachu-
setts. Giles b Harber. executive OF the
Texas James NJ Miller. who commanded
the collier Aerrimac. sunk By Naval Con
structor HobSon- Alexander b Bates,
chief engineer Of the Texas and Lewis e.
IeiIner.
Lieutenant Commanders - sidney A
Staunton. Admiral Sampson's dag lieu
tenant; Nathaniel r. Usher who COM
nanded the torpedo boat Ericsson. which
accompanied the New York on her trip
10 Siboney on the day Of the Santiago en-
Sagement; Albert ". Grant. Of the Mas
sachUseJJS, William r II S0utherIand,
who commanded the gunboat Eagle; VII
lam r. SchuetZe. navigator OF the Iowa;
Templn N Potts. OF the Massachusetts,.
and Alexander Sharp, jr, Of the gunbOat
Vixen.
Captain William c. Dawson. OF the Ma
-ine Corps. who was signal officer Of the
Indiana; Lieuts- Charles c. Marsh. Of
Admiral SIMPSONS stan: Spencer s
Z. q
Dupont; Victor Blue. OF the gunboat
Suwanee; John Hood. Of the gunboat
Hawk; Charles IT. Harlow. OF the guubOat
Vixen, whose notes OF the battle may
form a feature Of the testimony. and
Charles W Dyson engineer Of -he flag
ship san Francisco, Junior Lieut. Ernest
L. Bennett. Of Admiral SIMPSONS stan;
Ensign Henry c. Muslin, Of the New
York.
The name OF Capt Charles r. Clark.
Who commanded the battIeship oregon
70 the West Indian naval campaign IS
lot on the list II Is explained in the
Judge Advocate Generals once that
'aptain Clark name is in the list or
witnesses submitted by Rear Admiral
'ehloy, and as the other Santiago cap
aims would BE- sufficient 10 give all the
esumory required by the Judge Advo-
The Judge Advocates list was prepared
lastily- IL - explained. 20 meet the re-
.-est cf Admiral SchIey-s counsel that
hey De furnished with the names OF wit
.esSes this week. The additional names.
{ Is said, viii be furnished To Admiral
'eh.sy when they are determined upon
nr,e newspaper reporters who served IL
he West Indian naval campaign have
.een notified that Jheir testimony is de-
lred. but the Navy Department has no
uthority In iaw To compel civilian wit
esses 10 appear before naval courts
TO SUCCEED JAMES G. STOWE.
'he President Appoints ". r.. Big
ham Consul General nt Cape Town.
The President today appointed William
2 Eigham. of Kansas. TO be Consul Gen
raj at Cape Town. South Africa
Several weeks ago James c. Stowe. who
las Tor some years held the Office Of Con
I'D General az Cape Town. handed his
tsIguatiUn TO the State D.-.a rr--,arr