| Show FORMATION INFORMATION OF FLEET Effort of Navy Department Was to Show That Admiral Adm lul Schley Had Knowledge of Its Whereabouts Washington Sept Thc Schley court of at Inquiry began Its It session today with the Intention of holding one sit sitting sitting ting having havn decided to forego the tho alter after afternoon noon session In order to permit t tho members rs of tile the counsel and anti court to at attend attend attend tend the funeral of ot Judge Wilson The Tue counsel couns 1 for tor the tho navy department today toda continued their efforts to show that Admiral had Information of or Cervera and anti his is fleet leet In the of or Santiago and Introduced for tor this pur purpose pose of ot tho the auxiliary cruisers which were at nt the time Iliac doing duty as scout loata In West Indian waters water Capt Wise who vho commanded the ship Yalo Yale during the tho Spanish war continued his narration of oC the tho retro retrograde grade movement of ot the flying fly In squadron toward Key Icy Went VeSt on May T j He told of at how the Yale had hud taken the Slur der In JI tow OW under direction of oC Ad AI Admiral I miral Schley Sebley lie said Hah that the he admiral I had signalled upon starting to ask If It there coal caul enough to carry him to toKe toKe KeWest Ke we West t to which he had hal in III Lo On the next day he 1 1 reported In response to nn 01 In tn lint list hat he had coal sufficient for tor two days lays of ot full steaming and for Cor four Caul days of or moderate steaming He lie was then dispatched to Newport News reporting repotting to Admiral oi ui O t the way lie He had told Admiral Samp Sampson son he lie said laid that the flying squadron was ns about thirty miles west of oC Santia Santiago go In response to a u question of oC the ml nd mimi he had said ho he did not know what It was doing there t cre In detailing the tha trip trIll westward toward Key West Vest the witness told of ot the tho breaking of at the lie how haw hawner act ner on the Ho said this han haa caused delay What was the asked Capt Lemly Leml Improper securing of oC hawser on the Won Va It due duo to tempestuous weather or not notT Not at nt nil alI HEADS Mr Hanna Janna read the following extract extractor of ot Admiral report of February 18 p to the committee on naval affair In reference to the tho letter from the Mere secra tory tary of or the navy of February G ISM 1199 lS 9 bt lit ginning After having been Informed by y the scouts commanded by ewel and nna Wise WI e that although they the had all 1111 been b de Cuba 0 off Santiago for tor 1 n a week eek they had seen feell nothing Of fit It tm ti fleet and knew nothing of oC Its movements or Its whereabouts etc etcHe Ho lie then asked Capt Wise Wige If he had made such ft n communication to the ad admiral miral miralI niralI I did not was the response 4 Did you ou give Admiral Schley any Information respecting the Spanish squadron Only On I through Capt Sigsbee bee I did not ant go on board the Brooklyn at nil nilI I gave Capt Sigsbee all the Information I had Had you OU been oft off Santiago for tor n a 1 week I t was there hero from tho the morning of ot the until the evening of ot the when the flying squadron arrived Capt Wise was cross examined on this point by Mr HP lir J asked From the morning of the until the arrival of oC the Hying squadron on the evening of ot the you ou were tryIng to get In touch with the tho enemy and S watching the harbor Yes You Yot saw mw nothing In there I could coull not see nn an harbor at nil all You could not see around the thu corner of ot We saw the masts of a n small vessel eF el Could not distinguish which It wasI wast You Yon rent cent no ono one on on shore to try to establish communication 7 Not at nil Ill allIs IllIs Is If not the natural condition of ot the harbor such that It Is possible po to see SIC considerable tip up the harbor You can cnn see only a n short distance up the harbor And there was waR nothing In sight whatever was there thero Nothing at all The witness hud had saId cald that Capt Sigs SI s bee bce had hall taken the dispatch beginning bl del In touch with the enemy enem enemA I A QUESTION UY liT DImEY DEVEY The court through Admiral ewe risked asked Was WI It your our duty dot dut or Capt td convey conc the Information In the dis Ils dispatch dispatch patch referred to Commodore I think it I was W Capt as all he went Immediately on duty dot dut anti and I 1 was as Intercepted by orders front from the com con commodore commodore to take the In tow Mr Hanna Did you OU receive reche any Inquiry or did Ild the tho commanding officer of at the shying Hying ask usk Ilk you tiU OU fur for any Information at Nothing any al timp Mr continued his hIl questions Queston devoting himself especially t to the th nig sig nailing the th Yale and the flag nn ship The witness winess wild said he be was as sure that on May Ia when he hulled hailed sur the Texas funs he ho had not passed within host hail Ing distance of oC the being one und n a half hiatt miles distant Mr 11 lr rean MIl from rom roni a report made rna e eon on May 30 O 0 by bS b Admiral Sampson In which hu ho staled that Capt Cap Wise had told him that he believed Santiago S harbor to be strongly fortified Is that true Mr Ir nuked asked It I Is was M uSe the reply Cot CaM Wise WI said sahl in I reply to by b Cart ait larker that he ho would at any time when who oft off of Santiago have woul been ben able to signal busy any 11 information lie ho might have had In regard to the situation He had hd seen Nn the tho musts of n a vessel uel awl and all thought It to be b a small military ves es e sel rel 11 He lie had gone Oi near enough to ob oh observe serve bene tho the land lam batteries b In reply J l to 10 an nn Inquiry torn the court curt the witness winess said Mid that the land batteries did dl not fire on UI the Yale ale while that rca ns pel sd was reconnoitering the harbor He lie also 31 0 nid that even enl though he hI hall hail beta the senior officer ort off Santiago prior bt to the arrival of ot Capt Cotton Coton otton he had not nol Capt Capt to tu gh to Commodore Sebley Schley the Information which he VIse ee had given glnn to him him bee hll I IJ NUT NOT V RK ON o o YALE Y The e questions by ly the court and the time replies replica to them were as a follows Did the binaries at nl or smear near Santi Sant Santiego ego fire fre on the Yale while the she was a re me reo T Not at nt sit all II Who wo ws a the te unior nor officer off or But I I ago prior to the arrival of ot tho tim flying t squadron ron ronI I was senior officer until Capt Cotton Colon came on vu 01 the tho He lIe It was Wn there thoro until un the 24 h and I was WIS senior on Ott Ol the tho and the tho squadron camo came there th ru on the Did you OU not lut direct Capt to give to Commodore Schley Sebley the tho Inor Information mation matlon that you OU had received from tram tho the navy department with wih regard to the tho I whereabouts of ot the time Spanish squadron I 1 did Id not nol COTTON COON REGAINED At this point Capt Wise Vise was ex ox excused excUsed and Ind Admiral Cotton coton was Wan recalled to make InkI verbal corrections to thil th tes tea testimony testimony previously given by him Admiral Cotton was questioned con colt coining cering some points of the time Santiago campaign Ho lie le s said ld that on the tho morn morning morning ing of ot May Iny 21 I after aCer arriving from Crom Kingston in II iii had gone aboard the tho Brooklyn with wih dispatches for tor Admiral Schley SchleI I Asked by Capt Lemly to relate hh his conversation with wih Admiral Schley on olt the occasion of oC that visit he said He Ue Informed me that It had been ns combined t that some name at least of ot the ships of ot Admiral squadron were within the harbor of oC Santiago that they had been ben seen and anti were In Insight Insight insight sight anti and 08 atm I a matter mater of ot fact net one on of ot them was tas In sight at the entrance to the harbor In language lan ag aB au nearly nearl as I can remember he said After Ater dinner I am sun going to hoist my amy IY thor lne on 01 eu board boar the Massachusetts and nd take her and the Iowa and go IO In and have a pot shot eliot at those follows fellows Mr 11 Lemly Anything further There Ther was of or course COUr l some sOle further conversation I cannot mccall tecal the words nor aside from Crom rota what simat I have men mentioned mentioned mentioned the particular subjects CHIEF CIEF MACHINIST QUAY GnAl Win Wr C Gray Gry who was WI chief 1st on the thin Texas during the tIme battle hut off olt Santiago on July Jul 3 testified that on that date he had been on duty at tho the throttle of ot the engine of ot time the th battleship He saIl said that when h bl went weil to the engine room the vessel essel WOH as go Ing log ahead The next signal he hI said sull was wal to stop a 1 minute afterward to t r N verse The engines were then re reversed reversed versed The witness said wid that the reversal reveral was very brIef the revolutions not ex ox exceeding exceeding and Ind being rt He lie had he said heard afterward C that flint time the thi reversal was because they were passing the te th Brooklyn 0 LT WOOD TESTIFIES Lieu Spencer S 5 Wood V who com corn commanded commanded mantled the dispatch boat Dupont dur ing lag tho the Spanish war var was tho the next wit witness witness y ness fleas Wood related refitted the th particulars particular of ot his mission AS n a I dispatch carrier from Admiral Sampson lying at Key West eat to Admiral S lle who was oft otT oC Ho lie had hal left Ir Kew West Vest nn mm ll May 20 carrying dispatches of or which the Iowa carried duplicates and had hai haJ reached several hours in ad advance vance ance of ot tho Iowa On Orm my arrival n III the he witness sail saU I went aboard and personally delivered personal the dispatches which I carried from rom Admiral Sampson to Commodore In his cabin at ft 9 I HP lie n I I me Inc Admirals Sampsons Idea Iden about where the time Spanish squadron was sas I 1 told tol him I did di not know he asked me mo moot of ot Admiral Admirl Sampsons Intentions I toM told him I did not know kno them He told me hp hI h thought the Spanish squad squadron ron was 18 there The conversation was wason wason wason on the line lne to endeavor to out from me what Admiral A Sampsons plans were I could give ghe him no tion lon II How hIos low long were you ou on board baal the flagship Until Just before luncheon Have In you OU anything further urther to state with wih respect to this Interview which will wi hear bear her on the tho subject of at this In inquiry The commodore hesitated some ome about giving me coal coal He lie did not think he lie could coull spare coal at first lut I 1 said id It was absolutely necessary ar that wo we were almost out of oC co having made I I the run from rosa rom Key ICey West est He lie said le Very Aery Yer well wel go below belo and anti I r win will wi think h It over flyer I r went vent below helow to the ward warl room and Ind was wn afterwards called up and antI Inform ed Id that they the would give giro me coal I had never lever before met the tho admiral He ne Immediately Impre ell mo me as being very ety vet nervous He would get got up UI and walk around come back and sit alt t down and anI a It number of questions he lie asked me about Admiral Intentions I was 1 unable to tn answer I It I l understand TOU SOU clearly you had no n knowledge p of the tho thO contents of ot tho the dispatches which wh h Irh frh you delivered content 1 11 P 01 did dlf not tell me what hat was In jv wal thorn then HP lie simply Imply told mo me those thoe were duplicate dispatches dl tol he was b y the Iowa Those he IOla ThoR duplicates saul he e gave ae ve to 10 0 me nm because he be thou thought hl M time n t make bettor better 1111 I left after the BUI passed beter her off of Cape San an Antonio and arrived In 5 mo three or tour four hours before she ho hout dil T I left lett her Vest WeRt at 11 20 O n m on the Oth 1 During this In which you made male fOr some mme with 01 wih respect to the admiral wanner had Imad he ho rAd the tho Did he rend read them In your presence pr rea Oh Ob yes 0 he advise y 0 q of f their contents th then n He Ile Ie nIe did not toll trl me positively what they the were I gathered while I was aboard the flagship lp what they the eon con cn tamed but whether It II was while I was In II the th cabin or later In the ward room roam I 1 do not know 11 I never r MW saw their rm con tents tent and Admiral Sampson Sampon Samp on never neer told toM me ml what they wro er I r wish to exactly the par of nf this Interview far All time the dispatches h seemed etl to be of ot an I Important character Judging from rom the admirals manner upon uvon receiving them As I J stated he was very ry nervous Asked by br Mr if It Admiral Sampson or any an one else had Informed him before bore he ho left lett Key licy West Vest WIt for Clen Clan fuegos that n it code clo of o signals had ben been n nR agreed R rM upon urn between the American Jm forces ors and the Cuban Insurgents Wood replied In the th negative He le hud had hudnot hadnot not nt he Mid said received such Buch Information officially but hut he added It was current talk at Key I e West that th the Marblehead on a I previous trip had established com coat communication with wih the Cubans It If how however however ever a cole code coE had been arranged he did not know of at the fact Wood Wo had ha concluded his testimony the court at nt 1245 1215 1 4 adjourned for the tho day to permit attendance at Judge Wilsons funeral |
