Show h n CORRESPONDENT A P GRAHAM TESTIFIES Details Conversation Between Schley and Sigsbee Very Positive as to What Latter Said of Spanish Fleet Washington Oct Wells re the tio the witness stand soon oOt called to ta Schley chuy court ot o Inquiry was waa order at 11 it today and continued co his dB narration of or the events of ot the Cu Cuban Cuban ban campaign of it 1898 8 lIe He was under by liy Lemly and anel his assistant Mr Hanim the thC court adjourned yesterday to today today and they the continued their questions day 1111 Wells was followed by liy A AV t tp V y p Mason the thc log t writer of oC the Brook Brooklyn Brooklyn lyn who WIot the logs on that during the Cuban Guban campaign Mr Ir Q O R I F Graham the correspondent of the Associated Asso Tress who was on onboard onboard board tho the Brooklyn with Admiral b lil hI y during the tho entire campaign was wasa a o on the list of af r witnesses mIlC The Tho early attendance upon thu court t tIa lay Jay was Willi somewhat som what larger Iager than on I lays flays indicating the marcus Increasing lug ing attractiveness of or the thu court as a n aI I spectacle WELLS EXAMINATION EXA apt api Lemly began b goll Ills his examination oi o Wells by b iy asking him mm whether thine thero kept a 1 book of records show showIng lag Ing In letters received on the tho Brooklyn as n Sears had testified was vAS The witness s replied that there thero was no such lIuch book kept but that there then waa va a II L record of oC letters Kent Bent to and received from vessels ot of the squad squadron squa 1 ron Wells ubo nIH WItS was questioned con can iteming the department orders cozening co ern ng nS the of at the American ships o 0 bombardment from the shore batter ii F Ill s 5 the order under consideration be lie being belog ing log those tho e of ot April 0 6 April 26 6 and an 1 two tw of oC May Ia 5 6 The first filst of the orders of oC this charac character c ter stated that deportment department does not wish the thc vessels of your squadron to b l to the lire Ure of the batteries at nt Havana Inona Santiago or other strongly fortified positions In Cuba Culia and the or orders orders ders were regarded ns as modifications of oC these In the mat last of oC these dated May 0 the department The depart department department ment meat Is perfectly willing that you should hould expose your ships to the henri heaviest est cst guns of oC land batteries If It In your YOUl opinion there are Spanish vessels of oC military Importance by these guns gun to make mako an attack ad nd advisable your our chief aim ulm for tor the present I being belu the destruction of ot the I principal lal vessels After having reM read these different dis dispatches patches tho the witness was asked by Capt lemly ran ian lIn you separate your knowledge e In regard to the conversation n with Com lom Commodore orn Schley so as to distinguish be between bet tween t either of ot the two orders or III both boll bothof I of oC these thelle orders and as liB to tu whether or not anything was Willi said with regard to the receipt of oC Information In relation to these letters herewith you have be before rare fore you during the Interview of or May 8 II In Key ICey ey West 7 No 0 sir I 1 do not distinguish between any of oC them then I have given my general remembrance which Is that the tho order was not to risk the ships NO OUDEn OF OP BATTLE I In reply to questions by liy Lemly the witness said there hail had h cl been lieen no written or printed order ot of battle but that on the day before beCore Cienfuegos was reached some special Instructions were sent rent to the by the Scorpion This was he ho said order No 9 relating to signals In ease case the enemy nemy should bo be sighted This order was then read Questioned further Curt her on this point the tho witness I received no written orders and dIll did not know ll of or the existence of oC any an I re remember remember remember member however that tho the command commanding ing In officers were lIere called on board The witness answered several ques lues questions put by b tho the court as 18 follows At what period of or the th battle of ot July 3 a did you OU use liSt a range of oC 1100 yards That was Rt nt the beginning of oC what Is known cs as the turn not the begin I ring ping but hut after the turn had begun I 1 I rJ say sayAt Sll sayAt At what point of oC the tho chase did you estimate the CoMi Co 1 to t bo be yards ards distant dl from front the Brooklyn When hen the went ashore V MASON Wells Well was Willi then excused ant anu an Mr Albert V Mason called d lie He was questioned by Capt Porker Parker and said ald that be he had been a yeoman of ot the see sec second ond class on board Ioard the Brooklyn during tho the Santiago campaign and had been I tile the writer of oC that ships log lIe He han ban made tho the entry concerning the tho battle oft oit Santiago and ho bo produced a n copy cOlY Ot oi the rough log which lie Ito had made for hi his own use lise Tho Tim witness said that ns os the tho log gh Ing an account of ot the tho turn had been at first received It read lend We Wu engaged with port battery at first but bui bu just as 08 soon as the enemy stood to westward we put our nur helm starboard at first then hard apart aport so as lIS to bring our battery batery to bear and swing awing swIngIng lag Ing clear of ot th the Texas Ire fire fre we stood parallel with and to the enemy This Tide entry hail had hai he ho said been changed Inter later at nt the Instance of Hodgson EO Sc aa us to make It I read an as 1 It does In the permanent copy na as ni follows Col ow owa An As a the stool stood th DB OR enemy enem to the tho westward we wo put our helm swinging clear of ot the Texas etc etcA etcA etcA A P CORRESPONDENT GRAHAM Mr Mason then Ihen retired and Mr tr rr Gao Oeo eo Edw draham tho the Associated Pres Ires correspondent was Has called He Ito was questioned by liy Mr Haynor and said suld ho hl had been on 01 tho the Brooklyn from March 29 to August AUGI t 30 1808 Mr Ir Graham wa wn wathen then questioned concerning the tho conver conversation cOlver I between Commodore Schley and Ind Capt on the occasion of oC thi th I captains to the tho Brooklyn on May 26 ns RH af follows Did OU see ace ee Capt CoPt on board the Brooklyn on May 26 Yes Yel sir Did you ou hear him In conversation with wih Commodore Commodora Schley Shley Yea Ye nt Can Con you ou give us what the tho conversa tion ton was HOB ns After ho he had reached the quarter deck eck from the gangway wn he ho stopped anti and Commodore said Mid to him llave ILo ILowe we wo jot got em RIgsbee The captain suld They are nrc not here I have been hero haro for Cor a week und bud Inc they are not here Is that the whole of oC the conversa tion ton as ns you ou 7 No air dr We went further Curth r further went back on ott tho the quarter deck and Ond he ho con the conversation Commodore Schley chloy said Are Arc you ou sure suro they are not no In there He lie Jo said I have hlo been b n very ery dare cloe clo o to tho the harbor entrant two to or three times Capt Cotton Coton has been li ii liand and cut a cable and they are not noi no there 7 You Vou 01 heard say soy hat lint Yes Yen sir silo I took some part partin In the tho con conversation Did 11 you record l that conversation find ana ula QI Capt Calt Sigsbee b know knol you ic corded It 1 Capt knew I was wn a news t l and was there ther looking for Information n anti and Capt SI beo later took a t by liy meau rae and Id ad d Commodore Shley Schley HP Ip took It IL aboard n his ship and a ld he t was WA to deliver delver It tt to one ot of the tb small boats or else take It ese Capt took that dispatch 1 Yrs Yes Yel sir III It I was Wn open pen It I detailed the fact that the leet was not there Do Io Io you remember tho the reconnaissance sance Bunco of ot May 31 Yes sit sir 61 I was waa wn on board the Massa Massachusetts Were you present at any conversa conversation lion tion between Commodore Schley and Capt Cap on In the tho pilot house of oC the Mas On the tO Brooklyn I had heard that they were going In to bombard and that the flag nag would be b transferred tu to tho the Massachusetts I 1 asked Mon slon to go aboard the Massachusetts with the thc commodore le lIe hilt had Just given given en permission to Mr Mn McCauley to go and turning to me ho lie said I dont think better go o I think you youcan youcan OU OUan can an nee see It bettor better from tram the Brooklyn She was then th n coaling He lie further said lI that they did IUd not It Intend to do any anything anything thing except find out what the batter batteries bt r lea ies le consisted of dc I kept urging him to tome let me go and he finally consented Now Non Nol tell tel me rae regarding he conversa conversation lion tion lon between Commodore Schley and Capt Copt on There here was some discussion about what the tho Spanish h ilett t had brought br Jh with th them A report was current that they had brought arms Irm and Ind ammunition ammunition tion for th te the defense of or Havana Hanna and there also was a discussion lon aa as a to whether hether they had had time to mount maunt them or whether from any ships shIl In the harbor prior to tc the arrival of or the fleet lee they the had any large guns and mounted them Commodore Schley said his hll Idea was wa Wa to io o In about or 1509 yards and und fire simply to draw their fire So far tar as al I 1 remember Capt Higginson HiMOn acquiesced In to II that Later Mr lr Potts came In |