| Show I SCHLEY COURT OF INQUIRY Following Is tho lie more Important part of ot the tho testimony given before the Schley court of ot Inquiry that came cume too toolate toolate toolate late for tor our Issue ot of yesterday It makes the tho continuance of ot the story complete SOME IMPORTANT CHANGES Mr Raynor said that Admiral SChley had spoken of ot tho time weather as bolster bolser boisterous ous anti and that that lint till word worl has been omitted from tram the printed copy of o tho the dispatch He lie also stated that whereas the u hind said WOO 1600 tons lOns of ot coal coul would bo be necessary the time printed copy ON made malle It tons It was also Hinted In the lie original that tho Harvard was going to Port Royal Kingston find nad been licen Inserted In imi time the copy There also were other changes Fol Foi Following lowing In is the time text of ot the original orl dill dis dispatch patch sent to the lie navy department TEXT OF OI 01 ORIGINAL DISPATCH Received dispatch of ot May Ma by t uc ue t HUM 1 macs maclI engine Is Ia tutU and she la Is help helpless helpless helpless less um ant obliged to have havo her towed to 10 tol toKey Key l cy West beell absolutely Ib una ble bic to coal the lie Texas Vixon and irom collier coaler ow uw owing log ing to very sery TOUCH sAs and boisterous weather since leaving Key h e West est Brooklyn Is the only ono one In iii squadron having more than coal to reach Key 1 r West Vest Impossible to remain olf olt Santiago In present state Mutt of ot coal on account or squadron Not possible to coal to leeward of ot Cape ape Cruz Crus in sum sum nier owing to southwest winds liar Har Harvard yard vard vart just reported to me she has hus only coal enough to reach Jamaica and she Bile will proceed to Port Royal also re reports ports only small entail vessels could coal at nt or Mole Iole Haiti Minneapolis has ha only ani coal caul enough to reach Key West Vest and same of ot Yale Tate which wm Will m IV It Is to ba be regretted that the departments orders cannot be obeyed earnestly as we havo have all striven en to that end I um an forced fort l to return to Key e West cst via Yucatan channel foi tal cm coal lOal Can nothing concerning enemy Was obliged to send Eagle Bagle to Port lort Antonio Jamaica yesterday as she had hud only tons of coal on board Will leave lele St Ift Paul here Will require tons of coal coat at Key Xe Ke KeWest West Vest Admiral Cotton Colton then related rein tell n a con comm conversation he lie had hud had hud with Admiral Schley concerning a u proposition of at Beall Ilea II of ot the time Harvard to go gu ashore and put himself In communication communication cation with Cuban Insurgents He lie could not he said recall the thc exact words of at the tho conversation but at nil all events Mr Beall had not been ordered ashore Lemly then asked After Arter you OU delivered the order and prior to the tho dispatch which he lie delivered d to you ou to be sent to Kingston what effort did dill he make to locate fleet Iret to your our knowledge wl ge i None to 0 my knowledge Did Iw lm h with his squadron at that time approach Santiago lIe Ho did not I will wilt qualify that to this extend The Tho vessels of ot course were svere nut not at nt anchor they the were moving about and there were directions for Cor movement toward the harbor or of ot San Santiago Santin Santin tiago tin go 0 Referring to that phase In the dis dispatch patch The Tho department looks hooks to you ou to 10 ascertain the facts acts that the enemy It If therein does docs not miot leave without a n decisive ive lye action what within your knowl knowledge knowledge edge did Commodore Schley do In obe ebe obedience ob to these thelle Instructions Nothing to my Ill knowledge e eOn On Admiral Cot Cotton Cotton Cotton ton said that while he lie hind had delivered four tour or five dispatches dl to Admiral Schley Behle he hud bud had harI the original only of ot the time one dispatch which which he had given They fhe had all nil been translated by b Beall and he lie had not seen the originals of oC any but one He lie hall hail no record of ot any all other dispatches The admiral said sahl that It If he lie had said that this dispatch delivered on the time he lie had made n is 1 mistake that It was delivered on the after his re return return return turn from Kingston The admiral said naU however that he was certain that he ito hohall had hall delivered more than one dispatch to Commodore Schley on the lIe Ho said saidI I delivered to Commodore Schley two on the tho morning of ot Ma I think It probable that among the which I spoke of ot having handed to him on that date there may ma have beth been some which were addressed to me and not to him which contained Information such ax as I thought he ho should have hal Of Ot the two dispatches nII s sto to him one was from Crom Admiral Sampson on and the tho other from rota the navy nay depart department meat ment ABOUT A OUT COAL SUPPLY to his conversation with Admiral concerning the coal sup Ply Illy of ot the Heft on ith Admiral Cotton Colton said raid that Admiral Schley Behle lied hat expressed great anxiety ty on that point such sueh an nA any nn commander would have hare felt he Mid said under the tte circumstances At l this point Mr Ir Raynor Ramior referred to the previous remark concerning coaling In tho the open sea a on ott the He lie said I understand you OU to ha base hoo e saM said that after atter reading the dispatches the com coat commodore made I TI Inquiring the time amount of ot coal Did you ou see ceo the an ami answering sw signals NA A You stated you ou could coule havo havu coaled from the time on the tho day why did not you do so IIO o oIn In the first place I had bind no authority to coal In the time second I was 1119 going for tor coal which I could receive within hours and In the tile third place coal was more needed by bythe bythe the time Heel n t than by hy the time Harvard Did Dill you ou oak ask the time commodore for tor or per par omission mission to coal I 1 did dill not notOn notOn notOn On redirect examination Admiral Cotton said he was wn II 1 that lio ho told Admiral of at proposition on the time because ho lie would have considered that lint he was remiss In hl hum hla duty If it he lie h hud hind not given the he Information at nt th his first opportunity ty He lie had then thou besides the order of 01 the department to Commodore Sebley to ascertain tile Iho facts concerning the time pres presence care ence of at the tM th Spanish ne t In the har liar harbor harbor bor Mr here Introduced a copy coll of at ofa a 1 dispatch front from Admiral Sampson which had hind been received re by the liar Jar Harvard vard arll san and which had not been made nubile lo heretofore It was sas stated that tha t tI I this thin mesIe had been written on May Mit j I A notation on It showed that It had been received on May The Tho dispatch was In cipher and was ell di to the time Harvard Harm Id At nt Mole Iole St at Nich Nicholas Nicholas olas olaR It was translated by Beall and as all presented read The Spanish squadron at nt Santiago Santingo If previous to May scout genut oft off San Santiago Santiago tiago Communicate with Schley It If he hethey hethe hethe they the move west vest Schley Is III expected May at Santiago from Telegraph me train from Nicholas Mole Iole to toKey toIe Key iCey Ie West If It he lie thoy they move east cast and anti leave lease lea e letter for tor Schley Then go to Santiago to meet him I shall be lie at lit Cay Cn Francis Francia with If It two scouts are available one sh keep klep track of ot the Spanish h Admiral Cotton said that the time copy which he lie hind had ha 1 road roid had been boon retained by b I him He added that If it I he lie had ever given that dispatch to Admiral Schley It had been on the and not on the list of May Mn CAPT WISE WISH CALLED CI ED EDAt At Admiral Cotton was excused and Capt Calt C Wise who was In command of at the auxiliary III 11 r Yale ale during the time summer of ills was called He lie told of ot his reconnoitering about Santiago harbor on May Ia antI and May In 3rd previous to the tha ho arrival of at the thie lying flying squadron lie He said he had not been able to see anything of tho time Span Spanish ish hh fleet Capt Copt Wise related Hated how hots ho he had come up with the flying Hying squadron off orr Santi Santiago ago Just as ns It had Ian Its It retrograde retro movement on th lilt the mJ th of ot May IRY and told tolt of ot his of ot signals with Capt Philip of ot the Texas Mr Ir ques questioned tinned him hint asking As I I 1 understand you OU when you OU picked up the lie Hying squadron they formed for tor or tho the westward move moe movement ment Yes Tell was Willi time the reply reilly In other words the tIme Texas T x s hind had completed her Iler turn and the Merrimac vas still In the turn Did Dill you pass ass near any of ot the vex ves vessels eA He eels sels Is IsI I passed t clo close IO P f to the Texas and alid ex cx exchanged changed With Capt Philip Capt Philip asked where the Spanish squadron was lAR I answered Navy a de department raid sahl they the were In Santiago lIe He asked me m where we thought were I said I 1 firmly believe bellec they the are In iii there Mr Ir objected to this line of ot testimony saying that It was In the time nature of ot if a report of at a conversation between Wise WillI and all Philip sac and an In The Th court sustained ho tho objection nail and ant then th n put some questions of o Its own together with the tho answers were as follows QUESTIONED U BY Dr TIlE THE COURT counT What Information had lied you that led ledOU ledOU you OU to believe the time Spanish squadron was rem nt at Santiago May Ia th The same Mme Information that was as re me received from front the time navy nn department deportment I will state If it I they the were there on omm the th they the did not leave lenss 1 I am perfectly sat satIsfied they did not leave heave while we were there am reminded by b the court that this refers particularly to Information that you ou have hawe I received my may dispatch trans from the thena navy na department on the Oth that the Spanish had arrived on tho the In lii Santiago limo Had you ou any an personal knowledge No By fly the you ou report to the senior f nl r officer ent the Information upon which you OU based your our belief bellet re me regarding garding Rardin the location of ot tho the Spanish squadron on that date As Aim stated flut I 1 was intercepted by b the order from Commodore Schley front from the Vixen to take the tha In r tow Capt S of ot the tho St Paul Immediately went ent on board hoard Time The Brooklyn was lIs n ii mile half halt ahead r I Immediately went to the time and amid made preparations to take her In tow and no jio tnt fat as my may communicating With Commodore Schley no ito The Tho nt at Admiral Dew Dow DeweR eR Instance Invited attention to tho the dispatch as follows Washington May 20 O ws Yale American consul Capo Cape Inform every evemy vessel oft off Santiago dc do Cu Cuba Cutin ba tin flying Hying squadron Is off ort and amid alii that lint orders order have been sent today tOda to proceed with nil all possible despatch for tor Santiago de dc Cuba LONG IONa LONGTime Time The court asks noks why wimy h that lint order was not riot carried out 1 Capt Wise Wlee said sohl In reply rep I 1 inform informed ed eel the time St lit Paul laul tho the Harvard arid and Min Minneapolis Mm neapolis mind Philip time the same earne thing thin The court then adjourned until 11 ii tomorrow saying that lint It would hold only one session tomorrow and ond Would take a it In the afternoon In itt order to permit those connected with It to attend the time funeral of Judge Wil Wilson Wilson son Bon recent counsel for tor Admiral Minimal Schley William vI I I In am a Berlin hen I a Coon el I nt ii I ii Is Berlin Sept Emperor William and time tho Berlin city council are arc again at odds The Time arose In connection with c Co scheme that another tramway should cross hinter Den Linden lAnden Emperor 1 William Insists isit that the tho line lino should go BO underground toni and has re rc fused a n further audience c on tho the sub to the time chief burgomaster Dr 1 Xi Different views tire are livid heM by the pa purs pore The rime tokal Anzellor says that ex ext perls perle declare an ami underground crossing almost Impossible on account of at the Im Immense mense cost Chinese San Francisco Francl co Soul Sept Chinese students Fe I el Chi Ho and amid Kunc Using HsI who arrived from their native land landon landon on the lie Doric Boric and amid have hae been heen held at time tile detention sheds owing to alleged Irre Irregularities In their passports have been heen released on telegraphic Instructions Cram Washington pending the time SinaI final this dis disposition position of oC their cases Both iloth tho the Chi nese hose attempted to land on passports signed by b LI Huns flung hang Chang the list first It Is I said that have ever been heen offered at nt this port and nn 1 which are not considered 1 sufficient by the local pincers officers I |
