The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-29
WITNESSES FOR SCHLEY
COURT OF INQUIRY.
Navy Department Makes Public Names, With
SIMPSONS at Head of List.

General Lemly in looking after the in
terests Of the navy department before
the court, but so far no selection has
been made. Captain Lemly has ex-
pressed his willingness to conduct the
case without assistance, but the officials
Of the pavy department have practi-
cally concluded that he should have
the aid and cooperation Of an officer
of the department of justice, learned
in the intricacies Of legal practice.
1t is stated here on authority that
Messrs. Wilson, Raynor and Parker
constitute all the legal aid to be en-
ployed by Admiral Schiey in the ap-
preaching court of inquiry.
Admiral Schley's Witnesses.
Captain James Parker. assistant
counsel for Admiral Schley in the com
ing court of inquiry proceedings, today
made public the list Of witnesses Origf-
nally asked to be summoned on behalf
of the admiral They make a total of
thirty-seven persons in all, to which,
however, will be added about six or
seven more names, mostly from the
navy, whose identity counsel for Schley
do not care to disclose just now. The
list as made public gives the rank OF
the officials as shown by the naval reg
lister of July. 1898, the period of the
battle of Santiago. It is as follows:
Rear Admirals, J. c. Watson and A
S. Barker.
Captains. E. c. Clarke and F. A.
Cook.
Commander N. z. Mason.
Lieutenant commanders, A. 9. Hodg-
son, Alexander Sharp, jr., James H.
Sears. Thomas D. Griffin, W. r. Bush.
Lieutenants, c. H. Harlow. Edward
Simpson; lieutenant. junior grade,
Charles Webster; Ensign Edward Nc
Cauley; Captain u. S. Marine Corps P.
c. Murphy; Second Lieutenant of Ma
rines Thomas S. Borden; Medical Direc-
tor Paul FitzsimmOns; Passed Assistant
Surgeon Charles NJ. Devalin; Paymas-
ter 1. G. Hobbs; Passed Assistant Engi-
neers Thomas F. Carter and John B.
Patten; Naval Cadets John Halligan,
jr., r. NJ. Marble, jr. j. II. Hand, jr.,
William P. Cronan, L. s. Macy, c. A.
Adele; BOatswain William L Hall; Gun
ner F. L. A. Applegate; Carpenter
George H. Warford; n W. Wells, the
admiraTs secretary; William B. Wells,
J. p. J. Ryan, z. T. Fitzgerald, George
B. Rice, formerly in the engineer corps,
and still connected with the naval acad-
envy; Chaplain w. T Ham.
The greater number Of these persons
served with Admiral Schley on the
Brooklyn. The exceptions were Admiral
Watson, Rear Admiral Barker, who
commanded the new a. - JL<AAii -ieti =
! of the Oregon; Lieutenant Commander
! Sharp. jr., of the Vixen. and Lieutenant
Harlow of the ken
! Several of the witnesses summoned by
the admiral also are in the list fur
nished by Judge Advocate General
Lemly of those who probably viii be
called by the navy department. They
} include Captain, Cook. Commander Ma
son, Lieutenant Commanders HOdgson
and Sharp, and Lieutenants Charles
Webster, formerly lieutenant in the
Junior grade. Some of the naval cadets
mentioned in Admiral Schley's list as
witnesses are now serving on the
Asiatic station, and it may be decided
not to call them unless developments in
the case as it progresses make this
course necessary.