Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-11-01

\ fore the Schley court OF inquiry
| Thursday was received too late for pub
lication In our issue Of yesterday
COURT RECONvENES.
When the court reconvened, Admiral
| Dewey announced the decision on the
| question Of rebutting testimony, hold
| ing that witnesses may be called at
any time or recalled for the purpose of
| making corrections OF former testimony
or additions In the nature of corree-
tons, They cannot, however, reiterate
! former evidence. The language OF the
court was as follows
'grhe court has considered matter
which was before II at the time Of the
recess and decides as follows; Admiral
| Schley requested the department to
take such action as may bring under
discussion and review Of his brothers.
alarms certain criticisms made upon
him. This request indicated that he
desired the department to order court
| OF inquiry to investigate the portions
| OF his naval career to which such critl-
cisms referred.
In pursuance OF this request the de-
partment ordered court of inquiry to
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stances bearing upon the subject OF
the investigation, directed the atten-
ton of the court TO certain important
points. and ordered the court to report
all the pertinent facts which II may
deem established. The court is there
| fore requested to examine all witnesses
who have any knowledge OF the matters
brought TO its attention and Ia not
bound by any teachEical laws regard
Ing evidence or procedure, and to this
end witnesses may be called at any time
or they may be recalled 10 make cor
rections TO their testimony, that the
facts OF the case may, II possible, be
| placed clearly before the court, but no
witness shall reiterate former state
ments."
CAPT. sIGsBEE ANSWERS.
The latter part OF this decision was
repeated by Capt. Lcmly TO the witness
In order that he might conflne his an
swer In accordance Herewith. Capt.
Lemly then asked him to proceed to
make such corrections OF his testimony.
with his additions in the nature OF cor
rections. as he might desire. Capt.
Sigsbee answered as follows:
Il have carefully since my last tes-
timony. gone over all OF my official doc
uments, all OF my private letters and
the records OF the ST. Paul. have no
correction to make In the testimony
then gave, 80 far as II was given, ex-
cepting that I said could not recollect
whether there were one or two assem-
blages Of commanding officers aboard
ship off Santiago before the arrival OF
the flying squadron on tne 18th. and
II there were two visits one must have
been on board the Yale. My log shows
there were two assemblages, both on
board the Harvard, and that | went
ON the second visit with the captain OF
the Yale. and fSom that the second Wis
II was on board the Yale. That Is the
only correction desire TO make.
Il desire TO state, however. that
Informed ccmmodvre Schley on the oc-
casion Of my visit to him on the 2eth,
first, that | thought the st. Paul had
been chased By torpedo boat on the
night OF her arrival or the subsequent
night: second, that ! detailed to him
the conversation between Capt. Good
rich OF the ST. Louis and myself on
board the st. Paul as we passed each
other. whfn I was bound from Cape
Haytien to Santiago. and the St Louis
was bound from Santiago to Cape Hay
ten"
The witness said that since he was on
the stand he recalled that he did see
the press boat Somers n Smith on May
"a. and he aisc saw the press boat
Premier that evening. and had warned
those against remaining where they