| Show INFORMATION OF GERMS FLEET Effort of Navy Department Was to Show That Admiral Schley Had Knowledge of Its Whereabouts Washington Sept court t of Inquiry began benn Its session Ion today to u with the Intention of holding one sit sitting si lt ting having decided to forego the tho t after ater the tho noun session In order arter to penult members of at o the tho counsel court to nt tit It the funeral of Judge Wilson Wison The counsel rf Jr r the th navy department today toda con tied ted ted their efforts to show that Admiral Schley had Information of Cervera and his hil iI tIbet Heel teet In the harbor harlor of Santiago and Introduced Intro uce for this pur purpose pose tonal of ot the auxiliary cruisers which were ere at a the time doing duty duly us I tt scout boats boM In 11 West Weal Indian waters Capt Wise who commanded the scoUt ship Yale Yule during the Spanish war continued his hi narration of the tho retro retrograde retrograde grade movement of the flying squadron toward Key West Vet on May 1 He Ho Ir t told of oC how InV the Yale had taken the Mor name In lii II tow under direction of Ad Admiral miral I hley Ho lie Je that the admiral had iad signalled upon starting to ask asic If there was coat cOli enough to carry him to toIe which he had responded Io Ie Vet Vet to In lie affirmative On the next day daylie daylie lie bf 1 reported r In response to an 11 In that hat he ho had coal coa for two clays tS of full ful steaming and for four days of moderate modern steaming He le was ns then dispatched to Newport News Nos repotting reporting to Admiral on WI the tue way WI He lie le had told Admiral Admirl Sump Samp Sampson son eon he paid aid that the flying hying squadron was WI about thirty miles west seat of ot Santia Santiago go In Iii response to u a question of the ad admiral ld miral he hud had Bald he did not know what It was doing t tere ere In detailing the trip westward toward Key West Wes the witness told of the breaking of the haw eer er on the He lie le said this baa haa caused delay What was the difficulty asked Capt Lemly Cap Improper securing of hawser on the Merrimac Was Wa as It due dle to tempestuous weather or not 7 Not at all al READS HEADS Mr hr Hanna read the following exit extract act of Ut Admiral report of February 18 to the committee on naval affair n fo I 1 In ret refErence rence to the letter leter from Cram the tary lary of the navy of at February bo bl b ginning Inning After having been Informed by the scouts commanded by Jewel and Wise that although they the had bad nil all ni been be n off tf ff Santiago de deCuba Cuba for tor a 1 a week eek they thc had hal seen nothing df cit U II mil lh thu Spanish fleet and knew nothing of Us its movements or Its ItA whereabouts etc etcHe etcHe etcHe He then asked Capt Wise If I he had Imd hal made mimi miral miralI such ouch sU h a communication to the ad admiral I did III not was vas the response res onse Did you ou give ghe Admiral Schley any Information respecting the Spanish i squadron I Only through Capt I 1 did not go on oil board bOlm the Brooklyn at all allI al I II I I gave had Cant Capt Sigsbee all al the Information lEad Hud you oU been b cn oft off oc Santiago Santago for tor a I week 7 I was waa wa there from tho tim morning moring of the tho until the evening of ot the when the flying squadron arrived Capt APt Wise wan vas wal on this point by b Mr Raynor He lie asked aked Prom the morning of at the until the arrival of or the flying squadron on the evening of at the you OU were trying to get In touch with wih the enemy and watching wa the harbor Yes You saw aw IW nothing In there ther I could not see Bee any ally harbor at nil all ni allou You ou could not see around the corner of We saw the masts maRts of a small vessel Could Coul not distinguish which It I You ou sent rent no one on shore to try tr to establish communication Not at nt nil all nilIs ni allIs Is II not nt the tho natural condition of tho the harbor such that It I I II It possible to see sec considerable con up the harbor You lou can see se n a short distance up tip lp the harbor And there thero was nothing In sight sigh whatever wa there Nothing at all al I I The witness winess had hd said aid that Capt files Sigs SI Sigsbee s lice bee br had taken the dispatch beginning a Get Oe In touch with wih the enemy enem enemA A QUESTION BY fly DEWEY DEI Y The court through Admiral Dewey asked Was g It your our duty or Capt td convey the Information In the dis dispatch disPatch patch referred to Commodore I I think It tt was Capt les OB os he went Immediately on duty dIU and I was Intercepted by b orders from the com corn commodore comm m or to take tle the time In tow Mr Ir Hanna Did you ou receive any Inquiry or did dil the time commanding of the Hying Ilyin auk ak Ik you ruu for Cor any Information at any nn time tm T t Nothing Mr Mm Ir continued his question devoting himself especially e to the ii l nailing between bettel the th Yale and the time flag flagship Ila ship chIp The Time witness said Mil he was sure lure that on Oi May a when wien he hailed haie the Texas funs he had bud hul not It paused passed l within hail hll Ing lag distance of or the being one and an a half hal miles distant S Mr Ir Ha nor roan rio from a report made on May r Y 30 Uy b Admiral Admirl Sampson In which he Ime stated that Capt Wise Vise Imd Imad told him him that he lie believed Santiago harbor to be 0 strongly fortified la is I that thai true Mr asked a ke keI H it I Is was as tile tho tie reply tIJI CaN Capt Wise Iso said sal In l n reply to by Capt apt Parker that he hI would at any nn time lime when oft off o Santiago Santa o have hac been ben able to 81 all Information he lie might have hae had In regard to this th situation He lie Ie hall had seen the masts of oC a vessel and all thought it to be b a small military ves ea eael S rel el He lIe le had gone Ione near enough to ob H the land batteries In reply to nn an Inquiry the court CUtt the witness wild nM that the land larl did not lint fire div fl on tl the Yale while that yea rel So was 11 reconnoitring tho the harbor He lie Ie also alio alf Id that even e n though he h had been teci the senior oft off o Santiago o prior to the arrival of or Capt apt Cotton oton he had not tot Capt to give gin to Commodore the Hie Information which whirl he ho Wise had given ghen to him e eVI lilt DID VI NOT FRK rn ON 0 YALE VALK Af The Te question by Iy the court curl and the replies to them thol were ns as a follows folo Did 11 the li t rl nt at or near SanU ago IR tire fire fre on the time Yale while she was R re it ro Not at all al Who o was I the officer off oc Bant ago ogo prior to the arrival arival of the tho flying squadron ron 1 I Iran Wil senior officer until Capt Cotton Coton came on the tho 2311 He Ito Ie was waR thero until time the 2 th I was senior sun lor ou on 01 the tho and ami the tho squadron rOn came calu there thero on the Did you not direct Capt to give to Commodore Schley tIme the Information mation that t you OU hud had received from tho time navy nm department with wih regard to the time whereabouts of time the Spanish squadron I I r did not I I COTTON COTON I At this point Capt Wise was ex ox excused excused and Admiral Cotton coton was recalled to make verbal corrections to tW thiS tee tes testimony previously given Ilven by b him Admiral Admirl Cotton was questioned con coining some Bomo points of the Santiago Santago campaign Ho lie 10 said sall that on the tha ie morn mornIng mornIng Ing log of May lay 21 after aCter arriving from Kingston Hn ston he had gone aboard the tho Brooklyn with wih dispatches for tor Admiral i Schley I Asked Aske t 1 by Capt Carlt Lemly ml to relate his conversation with wih Admiral Schley on tho time occasion of that visit Isi he naldi 1111 aid He lie Informed mo me that It had been as ascertained al that some seine lome at nt least of the ships of oC Admiral squadron WIO within the harbor of Santiago that they had been seen and Ind were In Insight InsIght insight sight and n I IW a n matter mater of ot net fact one of them was In sight at ut the entrance to the harbor In Ift language ns lIS nearly as 01 I can cn remember h he said After A tier dinner I am om going to hoist my I liar Hue on board the Massachusetts and take tako her imer and an the Iowa and go In and Ind have havI u a 1 pot shot at those fellows Mr lr Lemly Anything further There was Avns of oC course some further conversation I r cannot recall recal tho the words wor s nor aside from what I have men mentioned mentioned toned the particular r subjects CHIEF CIEF MACHINIST OKAY GRAY OlAY Win Wi C Gray Ory who ho was as chief 1 1st let on the time Texas during the battle oil off Santiago Santago on July Jul 3 testified that on 01 that date he hc had been beau on duty duly nt at ft the throttle of the starboard engine of uC the tho battleship He HI said Hald that when lie he hp went to the engine room the time vessel wan go goIng goIng goIng Ing ahead The next signal he Ime said was wail wal to stop atop a 1 minute afterward to r verse The Tho engines were then re me reversed versed The witness ss said paid that the reversal was as very ver brief brie the revolutions not ex cx exceeding x 10 and thi being He lie Ju had he said heard afterward that the th reversal was wal as because they timey were wore passing la the U Brooklyn I LT WOOD TESTIFIES Tf i I I I Spencer S Wood V oti d who vho com coin commanded mandell the dispatch boat Dupont dur during lag ing III the Spanish war wor was the next wit vit witness witness ness Wood related the particulars of oC his mission as ns a I dispatch carrier carrl r train from Admiral Sampson lying nt at Key l y West to Admiral Schley Shie who ho was oft off of He lie le had hal left lef Kew West on May Ma 20 carrying dispatches of which the time Iowa carried duplicates and haJ hai reached several hour in nd ad advance vance of oC tho the Iowa Ioa On my arrival the w said I went vent aboard and ad personally delivered time the tl dispatches which I carried carrh tl from Crom rein Admiral Sampson n to Commodore Schley In his cabin at 9 He lie asked a kel I me nb Admirals Sampsons Idea Idel about where the tho Spanish h squadron was ag I 1 told him I 1 did dil not know inow kno he asked me mo of Admiral Sampsons Intentions I 1 told toll him I did not know them Ho Ito Io told me hp hI h thought the lie Spanish squad squadron ron eon was waa there The conversation was sas wason sason Wa on the time line lne to endeavor to find out from me mc what shat Admiral Admirl Sampsons plans pans were I could coull give him no ion tion ton How long were you ou on board tho the boar flagship Until Just before beCore luncheon Have you anything further r to state with respect to this Interview which will wi bear bea on the subject of this thi In Inquiry The Time commodore hesitated some about giving me coal He lie did not think he lie could spare coal coni at first frt I said enid It I vas absolutely that we wo were Iere almost out of ot coil having made mado the tho run from Key Ke West Sest He Re le said per Ver ery well wel go below and I 1 will wi think It over I went fent below to the word ward room rom and wa Wi vas afterwards called up lp and Inform Informed ed Il that they the would give ghe me co I 1 had never Iver before beCore met the admiral He lie immediately m mf as ns being very ory nervous He lie ld would get Jet up lp and anel walk around come back and sit It down dOln and a 1 number of ot questions ln he asked n me about Admiral Sampsons on Intentions I w s unable to answer If It I I 1 understand d vou clearly you 01 had no knowledge 1 of rf the content ot of the dispatches which you 01 delivered Admirl n Id not nt tell t 1 me what hat was In them He lie simply Imply told me m those tho P were duplicate 8 he lie was tl ln laid b by the Iowa Iown OWn Th Tho Those C e duplicates he 1 sell leI h he a It t me because he Ih thought tie the DU could make caIO better speed 11 I 1 left ft after the Iowa Iown passed her or err Cape San Antonio and arrived In some three or four Cour hours beor she dit did I left leCt KI West nt lit II 20 n m on time the 2011 1 I During DimmIng this In n which you I made some lomo tal with lh respect 01 to the 1 manner had he rend read ra the dispatches Did he be C them In your presence Oh yes os Did he advise you fOU ot of their contents then He lie II did not trl me pie positively what they the were I 1 gathered while I 1 was the tie flagship what they con tallied but whether It I was Wi while I 1 cn was In the cabin caln or later inter In the ward room I do not know knol I never saw SA their rom con can tents and Admiral Sampson never ncr told me what shat they th were I 1 wish to ascertain exactly exact the par of oC this Interview AH All 1 the dispatches dl seemed to be of ot nn arm Important character Judging from rain the admirals manner upon receiving r them As 11 I stated he was wal very 01 nervous Asked Aked by h Mr lr If It Admiral Admirl Sampson or any nn one else el had Informed him before he left heft leC Key Ie West Vest Welt for Cor Clen fuego fuegos that n a 1 rode oele of signals had been l en agreed upon Ul n between the American forces and the tie ulan Cuban Insurgents insurgent ent Leut LI cut Wood Wol replied In the negative ne the He lie le had Id not aoL he h said Mid received rech such uch luch Information officially but bul he added It was M current talk nt at Key West Wet that hat the tie Marblehead on a previous trip had established com corn communication with lh the Cubans If It how however however ever nr a code coe had been arranged he did not know kl of the fact tat UIn Went Wood oo had concluded his bin hl testimony the court nt at 1245 1 I for tho the day to permit attendance a at Judge JUIge Wilsons funeral |
