| Show CROSS EXAMINATION ENDS The following t testimony given tM court of Wednesday i received too late for tor publication In our of yesterday Y Admiral y identified this para as nil ft Jart of ot his report Tho witness said that the helm of ot tho Brooklyn was wall swung hard aport In order Iner to make e the tho loop the tho helm van put alternately to port and to In order to meet the tho Of t tho ellem ships It was WIUf ho eald at that time to say whether they meant to go Ita between the tM Ind tho Brooklyn or the tho other WR way TilE THE TEXAS TE INCIDENT Admiral In response to n question said ho h never heard h of ot the Texas Incident Until six she months after the tho battle He lIe had been under he the impression until later that the star starboard board engine of ot the thc Brooklyn was backed to facilitate tho turn Ho lIo 1 l ted distinctly that he warned CApt i Cook as 11 the enemy approached thai they were going to ram him Ho was closely questioned tu ns nB to the order Which went below b low to Stand by to tam ram tamIn Jn In answer to a b question he sold said he the had given the order He wan WL not certain Ills His at It attention was called to a letter of ot June 13 WOO l OO written from tho South At Atlantic lantic station in Which the tho admiral I was quoted as saying that the turn was made to avoid the tho lost In t attempt of tho lUo to ram but as the not be produced nt at tho time ho was not questioned clue upon It His Attention was next called c to his hili letter lettel to the tho Senate In Which he said the the thee e Jurn was made mado to avoid av ld blanketing tho fire oi 0 his own on also to fils state meat ment In his lIls that he had Md not turned to port Jort because to toi todo i do BO 60 would have brought the tho ship Into dangerous proximity to tho 1 vessels and exposed her to possible tor torpedo torpedo attack or ramming REASON FOR TilE THE TURN Now said Capt here ap appear f pear to be b three why you mado the turn Why did you OU make that I turn 7 As I haVe havo already stated in In direct testimony there la II another very j much more Important reason renson which I you o havo not asked and that was W S tho thor r ship might continue In the action netlon and andI I beat tile tho enemy as wo did That was US f the controlling ono of nil all I never stat pd that because I thought It tt was evl Sent Bent I stilted stated It for lor three or tour four rea reasons sons SOliS we ve could perhaps conjure up I about It H I J havo them In mind I have i 1 In relation to tho Senate docu t ment that tho matter was prepared i very hurriedly arid hero I stated the thet t general purposes tho was WilS Intended to accomplish r REPORT OP OF DATTLE Tho then took up U Art Alt report of ot tho battle I mado to the tho department dated Guau u Dar Bar July 6 1698 and he wan wa F questioned concerning tho statements ft made therein th attention being called to toi i the statement that after atter tho had struck her h r colors tho signal was to cease firing and then the fol 01 g lowing sentence Tho Oregon having f proved vastly faster than tho other i but tit ships bhe nud the tho Brooklyn to with the Texas and another sol which proved to be your continued westward In pursuit of the Colon which hud run close in shore shori some good spot to tov v beach If It silo she should tall fall to elude her herf f pursuers After recess Capt Lemly laid before berer the t o court Admiral press copy cOllY copybook book boole containing a II copy COP of his letter pj embracing his report to Admiral I Sampson of or the th battle of or Santiago i which hall had been returned and theta there wan contention between counsel coun el as to the tho of the tho document ns evidence The Tho decision of ot tho couri to the effect that tho report could not 1 be read aloud Illoud and was announced through Admiral Dewoy as follows The rho court holds there here is no objection to the witness refreshing his memory from fr m the tM letter but he cannot read U It aloud i W YORK yonI NOT QT MENTIONED JED After Atter some sparring by counsel Admi Admiral ral bell ley ex original report of ot the battle he took lo to the tho rm then returned to the Brooklyn Admiral Sampson then signaled for tor mo to come mo moon on board again which I did and ho handed the tho report balk back to me mo There rh rc was waif nobody but himself and myself In 1 tho cabin at lit that time This Thill statement on the part of o the tho witness led to 6 II prolonged and lind at times quite sharp controversy between Capt Lemly und and Mr Raynor It Jl soon developed that the tho preliminary report referred to was a 1 report that Aa All then Commodore Schley had prepared of or tho vents events ot or July 3 and had taken on board the tho flagship New NewYork York Yori and delivered to Admiral Sampson after the battle but which the com t had returned to him The admiral then recounted his con conversation with Admiral Sampson who lie he said handed the letter l back to him with tho he statement that ho Sampson won us and that ho Schley had omitted a n very Important detail In the report t in that It lulled fa 10 0 shoW the preSent presence of or the New York I VICTORY VlOT HY ma DIU ENOUGH FOR FOn ALL ALII ALLI I felt nt at that time Admiral Schley went on that the victory was WIlS big bigI I enough for or all 1111 and nn I made the correction tion n his report of ot tho battle has haa been published out of ot generosity and 1 because I know knew that If the New York f had Md been present ehe would have done OH 0 good gool work as any other vessel The admiral was asked n ked what conver conor conversation he had had with Com Hodgson on the Brooklyn be M before tore fore the tha loop was made He Mid he b could not recall a Il single word with ul Commander Hodgson beyond the remark that tho enemy was coming for lor them and his to go for tor them except somo remark the proximity of ot the Texas He lie did not noti i now n recall that and had never been able lo to recall u 11 colloquy Ho had given ghen out for tor publication Lieu Commander leal Ical denial but not the accompanying of explanation I Tho witness stated that ho would still ay that he had desired to set Hodg l ton Mn right a nil well ns n himself but ho he hei i pad done nothing In that direction bo caute the department ordered an nn In Investigation Ini i i CONCLUDED ED m EDAt j I At p II m t Lemly concluded his which had boen en begun nt at the beginning of ot the morning cession of ot Monday At the conclusion of ot tho xam there thera was Tea placed In III evidence the telegram rent by Schley to tho department July in tn saying In sub that he did not desire to us ns Burne sume entire credit for or tho victory I tol ot of July Jul S 3 and that the victory belonged to tile the fleet under the command c of o Ad All Sampson In reply to a from Irom Cant CaI Parker h 1111 wild Mid he had tak taken tAken en this dispatch to Admiral Sampson who stated that he was very Vert glad that I had tent lent It and thought I was WU Very err QUESTIONS N DY r THE COURT COUnT The t of qt the tt re terr d blockade At dt and was as at II follows toU While hl you ou see 8 the westward so IiO distinctly 89 as to form torm an Bit J l t ilk f f W f ft t Idea Jd iC o I tho t lo feasibility of waking a Tho answered this ul question n the and In 11 reply repty to the tho then n question sold said ho had seen no fish fishermen ermen e en or fishing bouts boats on shora Rhora with Whom ho could have bave communicated also replying to ft u question of the tho court lie he Bald he could not recollect at It nil alt the tho conversation by himself with Hood to which tho latter had testified Had Admiral fleet loft left Santiago and gono gona to the westward at atthe the same time that you left could It not have passed between your fleet lIet arid shore without ut being seen s en by b your you ill HAt At night It might possibly have done jo M but I 1 think not In the day time Why on Oil May fay 20 dill did you make your stopping pineo twenty miles south Of bt Santiago Instead of the tho mouth of ot the tho harbor J laid my courso for tor that point thinking that If It the Spanish fleet should leavo Santiago It would go southward and that point would give tOO jno a n wider horizon for tor observing HH Its movements Was Wan not It possible to begin your blockade ot Santiago May 23 G main maintain tain If It for tor a n few ow still have coal enough enu gh to enable you YOI to reach Key KeyWest West Yes If It I had known that the tho Spanish i flout fleet was wal there 1 ORDER WAS W A AMBIGUOUS nS I Asked why he considered the depart departments depArtments ments order of ot May 25 ambIguous ho I made In substance the reply he I had given to the tho direct question at nt tho section Please point out the tho particular parts Of Qt the tho departments order of o May 25 which you regard as ambiguous Reads All of ot the tho departments Information Indicates Spanish division Id I still ut Santiago Tho following paragraph h Indicates that hero thero was doubt of ot tho fact They rhoy required r mo mn to ascertain or suggested that I t ascertain that Then again reading The Cu Cubans Cubans bans who w r familiar with Santiago say that there landing places live IIvo or six nautical miles west That loca location location tion was at 11 ono opo according to the Information I r got subsequently occupied occupied pied by Spaniards Again reading An soon as nl ascertained notify the th de dU I r enemy Is there thoro I Those the tho main things that oc occurred to mo as being ambiguous s I Why did the Brooklyn leave 1110 Key Ke KeWest West short ot of b tho orders of the com What effort did you make at or the arrival of the tho Adula to dl cover whether or not veras squadron was wall in that I 1 did not nol make because I wa vu led lell to Infer that the th coast was McCalla In 11 his bl cable cutting expedition had lost loat quite n number of ot men mell antI I that tho coast was wali occupied Dill Did any of Qt your light vessels v scout between the tM flying squadron the south coast of Cuba with n view of ot dis discovering covering the Spanish fleet Jn In the went of or Its having left lett Santiago or pos foOS No I Did you consider Capt re report report port that he hO did not eee the tho Spanish squadron on and the Pilot state statement ment that the tM Spanish ships were too largo to enter the harbor of ot Santiago proof that tho Information given to te you by Capt on May MIlY 21 that the Spanish force under rl had been een reported authoritatively in III Santiago on May In 10 19 and that they wro still re ro reported ported there on tho afternoon of May Mn 21 was erroneous 11 I do not recollect that ho he me tilt that Information DISPATCH TO T DEPARTMENT NT 1 If It you were governed In making the retrograde movement by the mo motives tives you have stated why wh did you Band to tho department the tho dispatch of ot May Mn 27 IS S which you OU gave to Capt Cotton to send In cipher tram from Kings ton That is ti il very question to answer The last l at question of the court was as follows Where could the tho Spanish squadron have havo taken refuge If It It t had come out of the th harbor at lit Santiago and had steered to the southward It could have gone to Jamaica but butI I should Imagine that after having gono OliO sufficiently tar far to evade me tho Spanish lIot would have hae skirted around to t tho westward knowing that Admiral Sampson hud had left Havana for tor forthe the east The examination of o Admiral Schley was concluded nt It p m and bo he was excused There being beluS no further wit witnesses nesses nessel tho court at p m ad nd adjourned until 11 tomorrow |
