The sun., 1901-08-29
THE WITNESSES NAMED
List Of Those to Testify Before the
Schley Court.
SAMPSON Is AMONG THEM.
Regarded as Very Probable That an
Assistant Attorney General Will
He Assigned to Aid Judge
\ Advocate LemIy.

Washington, Aug. 2S.-The list Of
witnesses prepared by Captain Lemly,
Judge advocate Of the Schley court of
inquiry, and transmitted to Admiral
Schley has been made public by Cap
tain Lemly. 1t does not purport to be
q complete list, but includes the princi
pal witnesses who will be called by the
Judge advocate. The witnesses whom
Admiral Schley has asked to be sum
moned are not included in the list. The
list is as follows:
a Rear Admirals William L. Sampson,
4 Robley ID. Evans, Francis ]. Higgin-
son, Charles S. Cotton, Henry G. Tay-
lor.
Captains French Il. Chadwick, Cas-
4 par L. Goodrich, Charles D. Sigsbee
William G. Wise, Francis A. Cook,
Bowman II. McCalla, Theodore r..
"a Jewell, William NJ. Folger, Robert NJ.
Berry, John l.. Hannum, retired.
" Commanders William +. Potter,
Richard Wainwright, Joseph G. Eaton,
Newton Il. Mason, SeatOn Schroeder,
Giles b. IIarber, James NJ. Miller,
Lewis G. Heilner, Alexander b. Bates.
Lieutenant Commanders Sidney A.
Staunton, Nathaniel r. Usher, Albert
w. Grant, Albion G. Hodgson, VIII
liam III. III. Switzerland, William IL.
Schuetze, Templin NJ. Potts, Alexander
Sharp, Jr.
Captain William G. Dawson, U. S.
NC.
I4ieutenants Charles G. Marsh, Spen-
Ger $. Wood, Victor Blue, James q.
Doyle, Charles Webster, John Hood,
Charles l.. Harlow, Charles w. Dyson.
Kenneth McAlpine. Ernest l.. Bennett.
Ensign Henry &. Muslin.
Acting Boatswain Dennis j. O'Con-
nell.
Chief Quartcrmaster Niels Andersen.
Posts of the Witnesses.
The list of witnesses TO be called by
the Judge advocate throws considera-
BILE light upon the lines of testimony
which he will seek TO adducc before
the court. Admiral Sampson, as com
heads the list. Then follow the cap
tains of all the ships engaged in the
Santiago campaign, with the exception
4 of Captain Clarke of the Oregon and
# Captain Philip Of the Texas, the latter
y having died since the war. Evans was
In command of the Iowa, HigginsOn of
the Massachusetts, Cotton of the scout
Harvard, Taylor Of the Indiana, Chad
wick of the New York, Goodrich of the
Newark and the scout ST. Louis, Sigs-
bee of the scout st. Paul, Wise of the
scout YalS, Cooke of the Brooklyn, Me
4 Gala of the Marblehead, Jewell of the
scout Minneapolis, Folger of the New
Orleans and Barry of the Castine. Han
mum, retired, was chief engineer of the
Brooklyn.
Commander Potter was the executive
officer of the New York. Wainwright
(. was in command Of the Gloucester, Ea
ton of the l,rsolutp, Mason executive
officer of the brooklyn, Schroeder, exec
utIve officer of the Massachusetts, ITar
ber executive officer Of the Texas Mil
y Ter commanded the Merrmac IIeilnel
was navigator Of the Texas and Bates
chief engineer Of the Texas.
sampson's chief of STAFF.
Lieutenant Commander Stauntor
the New York, Usher was commander
Of the Ericsson. Grant was aboard til,
MASSACHUSETTS,, Iiodgson was navigat
sng officer of the Brooklyn. Souther
land was in command of the Dolphin
Schuetze was aboard the Indiana
X; Potts aboard the Massachusetts, ant
Sharp was i'm command of the Vixen
IA Captain Dawson was commander o
the marines aboard the Indiana, Lieu
tenant Marsh was on Sanpson's staff
Wood was commander of the torpedo
bont Dolphin, Blue was aboard TIN
Vixen, Doyle and Webster We're on thu
Brooklyn, Hood was in command o.
AZ the Hawk, Harlow was executive ofii
Ger of the Vixen, Dyson was engineer
~ of the Texas and McAlpine assistant
3S$ engineer of the Brooklyn, Lieutenan
Bennett was on SIMPSONS staff, En-
4 { sign Muslin was aboard the New York
and Boatswain O'Connell and Quarter
master Anderson We're on the Brook
n Iyn.
va Edgar May, Il clerk in the Office o.
ethe Judge advocate general, has beel
detailed to assist Judge Advocate Gen
eral Lemly in the preparation ant
hhandling of papers before the court
Wtis regarded as extremely probable