Show v SCHLEY PROMISED TO TOBE I IBE BE LOYAL TO SAMPSON Captain Chadwick ch dwick Gives Some Interesting Testimony T Testimony es t mony Before Court of Inquiry vj f Message of Congratulation From Which Wit Witness Witness ness Objected To Oct 11 Captain F E X i Chadwick who wa was in n command of I Admiral Sampsons flagship the N New NewYork Newyork w York and who to also aleo was waa chief of the admirals ftaK during the Ule war with before the Schley naval court ourt for a short time Urne this thin afternoon He lie was wu the last witness called nd I when court Adjourned was W still under uDder I by Mr who stated that Je e had only a few more cue u to ask him There was waa con Inte t In Captain Chad Chadwick Chadick Chadwick wick ick s because of or his clos cJ relationship to the o 0 of the nort Dort A squadron Captain re N related NJ J ted very larry larr y to dispatches sent ent by Admiral Saw OI to Commodore Schley while the latter lay oft Clen In May and to the code of ot signals agreed upon u on between Cap Captain Captan tan tain McCalla of ot the Marblehead and he Cuban forces forc operating near Clen Cien Cienfuegos fuegos He said the code had bad not been bean X sent Bent to Commodore SchleY by dispatch because becu e Captain toad lad expected t to Join the commodore immediately immediate and communicate the code ode to him He also abe told of being bei present at an Sn interview between Admiral Sampson and Commo Commodore Commodore Commodora dore dora Schley in which the latter had expressed his Intention to b be loyal to the Whereabouts of Spanish Fleet That Hi Its related in detail th change of opinion concerning the of oft t fleet by Admiral Sampson on May St S1 between the sending of ot the two dispatches of that date by Admiral amP On to Commodore Sebley Schley one of which was dated at Key Jey West and the theother theother theother other at Havana Captain Chadwick said fald he had not approved Admiral amp ons dispatch of May 20 con can congratulating Commodore on his accomplishments to that date Five other new witnesses were heard during luring the day two of or them bRIng biting of ot officer of ot the New York One of these was tas Lieutenant C C Marsh the flag ag i of Admiral Sampson Samison who testified tt concerning dispatches to Com Corn Commodore Commodor CornS S Sebley and the other was the flag lieutenant Lieutenant E L LBennett Bennett Dennett Lieutenant Theodore G 0 GI I v Y a nephew chew mew ef sf Admiral Dew Dewy y yon sered fe on em the Massachusetts e Al so e also of the Mas Jl nanc Franett I Houghton who served on the Marble Marblehead t I head were the other new ne witnesses of 1 the day Captain Lemly had that he be would be able to conclude the presenta presentation pre enla tion of the governments government side of or the thease ase ue by the close of this week but lie be lieno no now finds that he will have several 1 r nn hta list When the court wu adjourns today t day In all probability he be hewin will win consume Ute he greater part of tj t first half of next week Mr Ray Raynor Baynor nor estimates that the court will not be beable able shie to conclude its work before the he middle of November Did Not See Smoke Among the witnesses called caned early In th day for the purpose of correcting parly early testimony Admire Admirel I H C Taylor White While he was on the stand lie le liev leas v vas as asked skeel by Captain Capin Lemly whether re t hid bAd received Information i that the I Spaniards were coming out of the har bar harbor harbor bor at before they made their th r apfer n n ne e on the morning of ot July 3 His Ills an am pr r was Non Noc whatever Mr no You did not get a mess mesa me ag fri frim m the Vixen in reference to smoke liming coming r ming out of ot the harbor None Non Captain Your attention was tot Dot calif Id d t to i smoke Not Jot t all a 11 air sir airDo airDo Do v yoU yu u remember anybody on ybur your vessel euel wh did observe smoke and re reported reported reported ported i t t tr tn yu you yuI I do tin not 11 Jt remember I Lieutenant Adelbert Althouse for formerly formerly or merly I wt hand ii and and division officer on the thel l attl Massachusetts was then thee railed Ho Hf H the th movements of at that VM v f H pI 1 in n with Ith the fly flyIng flyIng y Ing n HP H said that at t Kos 03 th tb t s els lay Wit six b to Un tn t n miles mil out t n t going nearer n in the tile day da time timeS S Lieutenant Lle use saId sad a that on the day of ot the t PO bombardment of ot the th Cristo Cristobal hat hal Colon he hI h bad td been oen in charge harge of r the Inch turret of th Massachusetts Mass H sati 1111 th had hed not taken to ex cx exceed reed minutes minute In lit p the en entrance entrance trance franC to t the tho th harbor on th the first pass a eec aRe re and that only Uto teo shots were then tired fired Th in tt were vere to make the ranee an Vo yards yard but the shoU fell f U short hort the th range was a increased on the ur t tr to and to 10 oo aid ade at adeLand d Land Batteries Wak Vak W ak Ask Mk 1 t hat hid was wa IU d eloped as tC to the of the land batteries by tills this recon he said that to his mind it r as wn n they t were e very nu cab in n o 0 a question s as to whether heth he lip hart had ma ms made i e any notes note con cf the engage he replied No w i went vent in instruction to 0 rk th h Colon C His Hie had ha been to direct his fire fit at that ve vessel e sel SE 1 Wr Wt i LIeutenant Althouse vas was ex cx excused x cud tain Lt ml as aM n ln Inn ni t t o inn u hv L lore dot hi v to the secretary of the nay navy f t the nt of May 31 I In jn on f r these IU dated dat 1 June i J Commo f doro l F ihley ley said 1 Bei Re ance was intended prin i injure and destroy the Colon The tire e vas as return d without de dela delaby delay delaye a aby e by the hc li 11 havy V batteries s to the east tast and aad aado kAdo e o the be w lit st t entrance largE laige calibre long longra rang rage ra g r dc eloping satin satis f th lh t h pi pr presence sence of ot the Spanish I h lying island near neat In r r er fort as at they fired over oyer bill hill at ran random random dom dorn Quite Quit satisfied the Spanish fleet fleetis is there thare Lieutenant f P G Dewey ewe nephew of ot 1 Admiral D I nry wey who was a watch of officer fleer on 00 the Massachusetts was wag the I next J ext He tie placed th the distance dl tance of ot th the lin Un under Como Comino Commodore dove dorc S from th t mouth of the harbor from five to I ht miles t the distance being a oUt the same caine day and night There was a he oal said laid i no particular Jar lar 1 formation of ot the vessels es els The ex ox examination of this point was wai as follows to No o Orders For Attack 1 Cats Cap Ca In fl Lemly When you were at atthe atthe atthe the Western w tern end of ot fA at blockade what p orders were there tor wh when n you vou aa Mt sV i the it rieny eny Thy coming out of the G B trance e S r I dO go net n t bellee we have oon o n CL enema enem coming out There were no noI 11 f 15 I have hae any knowledge of ot otao 1 cv ch do ao you ou think thick you ytol would ouid not noto notI I o c c f fD D have seen Men the enemy emy coming out if had bad been the ease ca easer e Owing to Ute the distance from the harbor For Poi Instance when wo we were at the western we end of ot the line the Ships could have come out and stood tc k the eastward without our being any the wiser unless they showed lights How Bow about the reverse of that I think It Jt would have hive been the same in either case ease Captain Lemly L then asked Did you have ha any an conversation with the corn com commanding c m manding officer of ot the flying Hying squadron squad n or in his presence relating to the three force forcen en n ii the Colon or otherwise oth I Lieutenant Dewey replied I 1 was told shortly before we e started Into the I I that the reco commodore wished W ed to see thu th turret officers in the pilot house II I wen w n to the thc pilot not house hoube and the com corn commodore commodore said that he Intended to go In Ina ina a few tew moments and have bave a try at the I Colon and that he wished we would sink her Asked what speed we would ake and was told about ten knots 1 remarked at the time Ume that I thought that was giving us very little chance at the tha Colon as she would be in sight sl ht between the head lines only a couple of minutes and that the smoke from the guns suns would probably make out fire very slow To the best of my recollection recollection tion the commodore stated we would have to do the boat best we could that the speed would be ten knots Shots Prom From the Enemy He said aid Elai in reply to questions that the Spanish sore Ore batteries bad hod ho not given the American ships much trouble on that occasion None from the Colon came near be lie said but two or three shots from the batteries fell teU about the Massachusetts at the time one passing jassing over it What conclusion did you arrive at as asto asto asto to the caliber aUber of the shore guns I I did not think they the were over large caliber not over Lieutenant Francis Boughton who was a watch and division officer on onboard onboard onboard board the Marblehead during Commo Commodore Commodore Commodore dore blockade of or Santiago was then called caned He said Eaid that during durins that time the Marblehead and the Vixen were on picket duty between the shore shoreline shoreline line and the line of ot the blockade the Marblehead being stationed three miles mites from flUm the shore and to the westward six miles from the MorrO He Rot not attempt to say how bow far outside the squadron was but he could not see seethe Se Sethe seethe the ships ship after nightfall Admiral Dewey The Marblehead was on picket duty duh Could she have seen the enemy coming I If the enemy kept too close to shore and we f went w some miles e during I most s 2 of if the enemy had stood south from the entrance which would have placed them about four miles off ott we could not have seen Hen them provided they kept reasonably dark and quiet Messages Prom From Sampson to Schley Lieutenant Charles C Marsh who I was wa as flag secretary to Admiral Samp Sampson son during the Spanish war was called Lieutenant Lt March testified con concerning concerning the forwarding of dispatches t y ly the Dupont and the Iowa from Key KeyWest KeyWest West on May lIy 20 These messages were from Admiral Sampson to Commodore and one of ot them was the mem memorandum memorandum memOrandum by Captain McCalla concern concernIng concerning Ing the insurgents in a Questioned u as to th the correctness of his memory the witness said that his mind was refreshed hed by the records of the commander in chief chie as to his bis cor correspondence correspondence correspondence Every Ever letter was he said press res copied as soon rj r written and he lie therefore considered the th order in which letters were copied as a certain certain certIn tain tIn record of what had transpired in inthe Inthe inthe the way ot letter writing Other rec records were ere produced which he said were corroborative of this From these records he found that the Dear Schley Sebley letter had bad been baen sent on the Dupont on May Mar 20 He also found from th the record rec rd that a dispatch of ot May 21 saying the Spanish squadron was probably at Santiago had been for forwarded forwarded forwarded warded by the Marblehead This Is III the dispatch dated at Key West in which Admiral Sampson said to Commodore SchleIf If you u are satisfied that they the enem enemy ar arc not at Cienfuegos proceed to Santiago etc Urged to Go to Santiago He also identified a dispatch dl of May Mao 21 dated at Havana and urging the commodore to get ge away from gus gOB before betor daylight on M May Ia y 23 28 as the Spanish woud would probably be still at Santiago The latter dispatch he said had eil written after the dis dle dispatch di patch path from rom rein Key Ke West of the same date dater ir r Hanna asked Would it have been p J sible that tha the Dear Schley letter ouid have hae been sent on an all ear her ner date than this th letter of May 19 M transmitting the McCalla dum dumI I say not the McCalla mem mess memorandum memorandum being press copied in the book on a prior page In ros the witness s Mr Raynor said that counsel for tor Admiral i 3 hley would admit the receipt of f one ne copy opy of the memorandum but that there was wall dispute dl ns as to the other copies copie He tried to get gel the witness to toy say y that the low Iowa a had carried a duplicate duplicate cate at of the h Dear ar Schley letter Jetter but he would not do tb so He held however r to in the statement that the memorandum had been carried in du duplicate duplicate duplicate plicate by both the Dupont und and the Iowa Mr Raynor Ranar t qU the witness Bt at l some ome length saving I want to I al II your attention to this Dispatch 1 Nt No 8 WIts was wa received on May ra 2 by the i Hawk It is in evidence here that the i Hawk carried No S g to Commodore Shley khey and this letter commences commences In jn InI I reply to your letter No o 8 I would state and so on Then it says saye 8 Re lie i enclosed Information from Mc Me MeI McI I I Calls al Now dont that refresh your our I mt Jm ry upon u On the point that thet whim whon he hei i l I rC received No S 8 from the Hawk he re ye I with It the enclosed information from Captain McCalla which is the thet t I memorandum m i He probably did He Ho might have h e I received It half a dozen times That was wag not the first time Ume it was sent I Lieutenant Marsh was then excused Th last witness of the day was teas Captain French Frencl E Fl Chadwick at tt pres present present present ent In hi command of the Newport naval station statton He went on the stand at I I I and had not concluded ded his testimony on page pa Cj 3 oJ SCHLEY PROMISED TO TOI I 1 BE E LOYAL TO SAMPSON I 1 Continued from irons Page 1 I when the te court curt adjourned He was questioned queston by Mr Mi Hanna Hanna concerning the code coe signals arranged by Captain McCalla of ot the Marblehead with wit the Insurgent Cubans near Cienfuegos eg Os He I replied Captain McCalla arrived ahe off Q of he heI I reefs refs of ot Key West Vest at noon nb h on n The Ule j I of May Ma He came on board and was there some time with wih Admiral Samp Sampson son sn and myself After te coming coring on deck he spoke to me and said he had made madeI I I arrangement with the Cubans off of Cien den Cienfuegos fuegos by which they could communicate with the ships He said he did di not cars care car to have anything said sid about i I i it as he was going o back the t next t day and his would l probably b be the first ship there ther He was accidentally de deI deo I o laye laysA laYe at Key West Vest by his inability to get coal roal and water until the next day dayI I I so that Instead of oC leaving on the i I he left on the To whom if ft you recollect reoU ct did you I communicate this system of ot signals or information respecting It iti i j j i My Iy memory is entirely at fault fautt re ye regarding I garding that I r cannot say positively i that I communicated It to anybody Did you communicate it to Commo Commodore Commodore I dore Schley If I not why not Did Hot ot Tell Ten Schley Sebley I The uThe signals were not communicated to Commodore Schley because Captain I i McCalla said he be was going back the next day at once and would give them themI I 1 to t all an the ships off of Cienfuegos him himself himself self seU Was Vas Commodore Schley then in Key KeyWest KeyWest KeyWest I West He had left on the morning of the for Some ome hours before blore arrived I with wih this system of signals About three hours before Do you remember communicating nUng I this system yourself to Captain Evans I I have haye no recollection Of it Do you remember whether 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