The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-07
HONiSON IS NAMED
AS A SCHLEY JUDGE
Admiral Signifies His Willing
ness to Accept.
Is ON RETIRED LIST
HAS GALLANT RECORD AND Is
SATISFACTORY TO ALL.

washington, Aug 6.-The vacancy. in
the SchIey court Of inquiry. caused bv
tiit habIllty OF Rear Admiral Kin1ber-
~ TO serve on account of fll-heaIth. has
DeSH ulled Dy the selection of Rear
-AcInlral Henry L. HOWisOn whose an
pOlhtment was announced bv Assist
ant Secretary Hackett today. At the
same time il was announced that this
az prominent would be agreeable to Ad-
miral Schley.
The department, before taking ac-
JOn had submitted a list of names TO
ADMIRAL Schley, which included that of
Kear Admiral HOwison, and Admiral
Schley had indicated his entire willing
ness TO accept any officer on the list.
The department also communicated
the selection Of Captain Parker before
making il public. Assistant Secretary
HaCkett. before issuing the announce
ment today, communicated with Ad-
miral HOwisOn, who is at present at Sa-
raUOga Springs, n. Y, and aScertained
from him that he had given utterance
to no expression Of opinion regarding
T. the merits Of the SampSon-Schley con-
trOversy- The department was assured
that Admiral HOwisOn would accept
the detail.
Admiral Dewey was notified of Ad-
mtral HOwiSOn's selection, and the de-
partment sent to the latter a copy of
the precept, together with Admiral
Schley'S letter relative to the fifth pa
ragraph of the preCept and the depart
ment'S responses thereto, with CORES
pOndence in part of the official record.
Admiral HOwisOn is one of the
youngest retired officers Of his grade,
1 having been retired Oct. 10, 1899 when
he reached the age of 90. During the
early part of the war he served prin-
cipally on blockade duty, but later par
ticipated in the battle Of Mobile bay
as commander Of the United States
ship BienVille-
Was in Samoa Disaster.
It is rather an interesting coincidence
that he was in command of the cruiser
Nandalia ar Samoa, which later went
down in the hurricane in Apia haTbor
while flying the flag of Rear Admiral
Kimberly, who had succeeded him as
senior officer of the station. and whom
he now succeeds on this court
He was in command of the Boston
yard during the Spanish war, and later
was commander of the South Atlantic
station. He made the famous long dis
lance cruise around Africa in the Chi
CagO as the last act Of his active ca
reeT, arriving in New York the day be-
fore Admiral Dewey arrived in the
Olympia. It viii be remembered that
although he Outranked Admiral Samp-
son. who was in command of the re-
ceiving fleet at that time, he refrained
from assuming command. but cOur-
teously allowed Admiral Sampson TO do
the honOrs on that celebrated Occa-
sion
A preliminary list of the witnesses
who will be called to appear before the
court has been prepared at the navy
department. Some Of these officers are
on foreign station and viii be obliged
! to leave for home almost Immediately,
/ in order to arrive in time. Admiral
/ Schley has submitted a list of wit
| nesses. some # whom are on foreign
/ stations. ard these also viii be or
/ dered home Among the witnesses de-
sired by Admiral Schley is Lieutenant
/ BENJAMIN W. Wells. Admiral Schley $
! flag secretary throughout the Spanish
/ war. There was no Spanish officer on
! Admiral SchleyFs list.