| Show ADMIRAL SCHLEY COURT OF INQUIRY The following testimony given before belore the court of or Inquiry Thursday T ur day was waR received too late loto for tor or publication In our issue Isue of yesterday esterday I AFTERNOON SESSION When the court cour reconvened after luncheon Commander continued his hll testimony In response to a question queston by b the court he said raid that he ho had determined the position of or the Iowa lown at a m on May Mi 28 and that Its distance was WI out seven seen miles mies He lie also alo said that the bombardment of or orMay May 31 had developed that the tho Span Spanish SpanIsh ish lab shore batteries rles were extremely weak Ho 10 had Imd seen een no evidence of or a adl disposition dl on the part of any of or Cere veras veral ships to ram any Iny ot or the Ameri American Am rl can vessels By fly the tho court Was your position dur duro during ing lag the battle batte of or July 3 such as CS to enable you to observe clearly arl the reIn rela relative rel c the tive positions and movements of the tho different ships No sir I 1 never ner observed observe the rela rein relative the tive positions of 01 all ni the ships on ac account a account count of 01 the smoke and the tho attention anton we were paying to our own onn ship In that fight COMMANDER GRANTS STOnY STORT Commander was wa then ex excused excused cased and Albert W V Grant who was senior watch on the Massachusetts during the war ar with Spain Was ts called Asked by Capt Lemly ml concerning tho the blockade of or Commander i Grant said there were no directions giving an on order of er battle there thero but there was upon arrival a 1 signal from the flagship that was WI to be blockaded He lie le had on 01 tho the occasion of or the th maneuver off of Cientuegos seen s en the Spanish earthworks there th re and the masts of or one ono vessel cl lying In the harbor but nothing to 10 his knowledge had hall been beel dono done to destroy destro those work work Commander Grant said that he re remembered r a signal sigal from torn om the Brooklyn J before belate starting from Irom rain say ing In the fleet fet was wa bound for Santiago tay and would rendezvous at bay bar The Progress on that cruise was vas WI he said slow because the smaller maler vessels were affected by b the weather He MId enid that on the first night out from tram Ie Clen Cien a suspicious vessel which had erroneously been supposed to tl belong to tn the enemy had bren sighted The Brooklyn which hind had bM b ri steaming Just In front of 01 the tho MU changed Its 11 course COure end amI turned to port The Tho witness said that tha as 1 soon n s ho hI observed this maneuver he turned fumed the so 80 o nn as ni to protect the Ihl ship hip following Then Th n said sId he hc As ns I knew I was going to clear cleu the Brook Bronk lyn I went ahead Chead with port nort engine full aneed d and shifted tho th helm and aM gave rae tul thA whistle signal Were the 1118 rM chips hIp In ln formation Cation of ot col Capi Capt Capt Lemly n asked k d The he witness replied They The were not nt There was 1 n a Commander Grant then told toM about the retrograde movement of o the flying squadron toward K KeY Key r W Wet Wept t AN as well as R the th blockade of ot Santiago He sl wel elso 10 o Io described the bombardment of 01 the Co rn C Ion inn and May 31 31 and said sId that hint on that occasion he h had had no conversation Id with lh Admiral Have Ua you oU stated Mated nil ni or r did vou ou un that I J wart want all that tb t Commo Comma dots dor Schley m my may y have ho uM sali within your th thet hearing dR dart I 1 ii relation to lo this battle bate on onI 1 I was only In Commodore presence e on one e and Arl that WM was al when whan hn he went tnt over fr ih the sM side after afur the t e firing was wa 1 over I heard thes th word that tbt the tho reconnaissance had bad ts r l the bat bl t terl and Ind h hI he was wa satisfied 1 or words to 10 that effect WOrl Mr the concerning cn the signals of 01 May fay 2 Mth lh til lio end nd In view I let n of that 2 or signal l At t 40 p pm n I that tat the te general central meeting place pla rI 0 will I U he li miles mie south of Ian Ban tl was modified by y the tho preceding oC ot 1130 am uan 11 saying In cuso caio of or separation the fleet t el will vill wi rendezvous at 01 designated d by signal The Tho declined to admit that this waS MUS 18 true trul attention to t the tic fact that thai the 1131 signal also tilso nilo specified I tho Ito end and longitude or of bay showing as ho Jo held heill that lint that sig signal 11 nal minI referred to a 11 former lormor signal antI and I that the WO ta signal for lor or a B mIles lleR south fo to Santiago was vaa independent and was 1 not modified Mr Raynor questioned the witness concerning the ho lie In with a n sus SUR suspicious vessel vesel while en route roulo to San Santiago Santiago tiago You Vou say sa hera was Wil a n melee Illet or mix mis up tip on the tha night or of tho the rit was waR waRthe the lie time you wore ore on your our way from Cienfuegos to Santiago Santago Is II there any anything an anything thing In your logbook about that 01 1 do not nut think so but the lie next morn mornIng mor lag Ing I mado niad modI a 1 written wr Itten statement sw t to Capt I am very WIy I Iha have ha VC pot not ot a 1 copy of the tie letter I 1 wrote roto nt tiC II Shut tint tinie tm The Thi r court court naked tho the following ques que questions lotte lolls Wm I any an efforts made l de by tho the ll il llIn 1 In ing to discover whether or 01 not nol Cerv squadron was In the tho liar har harbor hal hot bor ar of It u Cienfuegos le to ti my m knowledge Were any uny un given Riven alen from Irom toni the thenn lie flagship nn by signal or otherwise for lor tho lie guidance of at the ships composing coin posing the flying squadron In lie tho event of or meet meeting meelIn lag ing In ras squadron In tho the passage from Cienfuegos to tu Santiago None Nolle to my 1 knowledge LIBUT HOLBEN HOLDEN CALLED CALLI D Commander Grant Orant was wall then excused and nd bleat J II if 1 Holden who was watch on tho the Scorpion during the Spanish war was called Lomb only naked aSked Hoi 1101 Hoiden oi den tIn oncoming the tho Scorpions Scorpion mission ml on as ns a it dispatch d l lich bearer berer from tWi Commo Comma Commodore dote dore Schley to the Harvard off San Santiago Santago Santiago tiago tago on May 22 He tIe then stated that Hulden was vas IB the writer wrier of oC the lie log of ot th the Scorpion In which an nn en entry entry entry try was HIM made lade concerning con the message cn cd to Commodore Schley through tIme the I l alc and Scorpion from Irom Capt McCalla when whon the flying squadron was wall wasen tn en n route tu to of Mr addressed the court quoting the message which In command of ur the Eagle Kugle l testified ho lie had n d to the Scorpion OH un 01 May M t 19 In order to Intercept ept the Eagle aKle I his message as ns the out comman ir r gave ga 0 It read Wo WI Ie on the tue of ot the loth l th at r which time tinie as se e 0 learned from an nn about ii miles mies to the westward of or some Home of f 1 tho the from toni which were sere in inside inside side BIJo the town every ever night thit the on un only only ly Iy vessels In the harbor were ere a 1 torpedo 1111 nine nin Mr Inquired of oC Capt Lemly whether Commander Marl Marix who ito commanded tho the Scorpion Was M not now at nt Mailla Without Immediately Imm r rl plying to this lila Opt C pt Lemly said Raid saidI I 1 that Is r ht In his statement at as to the message he communicated to 10 the but It Is 11 like any an othur othi case care of communicating through per persons sons there Is a between the tIme log of or the tho Scorpion which I have before me It und Ind Mr lr and io o 0 are arc not able ble to tarry carry that hat message ISSIC which 11 vas vaa delivered ered erell to the tho Scorpion to 10 Commodore facility on board the In our leleO MArb Is at I have hao every reason to believe there Would be a disagreement dl between Malix and If I Marix were wee from this great grAt distance and we are ate prepared to admit that lint It If Ithe ho ito were weme ho lie would soud not say pay lay that communication had been made madeo 10 to o the Brooklyn as to the tho th presence ireen of 01 the he Insurgents enU with 1 whom them hom communication ion tion had hM been had hal net lies Cientuegos ton Reading Beading from the log loo Capt 1 Lemly ernly etl quoted the entry from ruin 8 a n 1 im to 0 mer met meridian merIdian idian for May tRY 10 19 showIng that lint the Brooklyn had Instructed the Scorpion to tho the Eagle Kagle l alo and obtain news n WR and the names of tho tha th vessels of Cienfu Cienfuegos egos gO The Tho entry then proceeds pro to tell tellof tel tellof of the carrying out of at the order and andre reports re orts the lie following as belne the tho mess men message menage message age signalled to the Brooklyn by the tho Scorpion as I the result of ot the Interview with tho thin Eagle Kagle l MESSAGE AS 1 SIGNALED Eagle sent by IW McCalla from Clen Cien fuegos to report report Nashville following about miles malIce In rear to westward Starboard high pressure cylinder cUnder disabled Proceed slowly Cincinnati and Vesuvius off orr Cape San AntonIa about aboul fifteen miles mies to north northward northward ward vard Flying squadron has hl left lel Clen fuegos for lor Key Jey West No news of the tho Spanish Mr Raynor Arc you ou able to state what Maria would testify to before the court If Ir he lie were vere here hero Capt Copt Lemly I have It In the shape shapo of 01 a I cablegram and anI letter leiter neither of at which I is Ie properly evidence before the court because It Is not sworn to Mr Raynor I will wi agree to accept that letter and cablegram I 1 do not know what wha t Is II ii In iii either of ot them Capt I am perfectly willing the court shall have ha C them The cablegram and letter leter were then read r ad as was wan Assistant Secretary Hackett Hacket cablegram requesting the lie In Information information formation The Th cablegram was as M follows Washington Aug tug 11 I 1501 Homey Manila See Marix and obtain a I cor cot correct corr r ct statement of or Information n communicated communIcated communicated through Eagle J May Mi Ma 19 Did Dd he ho communicate Information I Give OIE da date dato of ci 0 All Ml Al messages to be b In cipher follows The cable received In reply was WI as REMErS lm Ys REPLY Cavite P r L Xi Aug Au 14 1 tary Nay Navy Washington Referring telegram Aug 11 1 has han deposed as is Tho The message communicated to the commander of or Eagle May Mi iy 11 was to Schley from Irom McCalla McCaln to the effect that lint before belon leaving Cienfuegos with his hIl ships did dd not believe Spanish ships had arrived there thero when head left The message was 1 communicated communicated to Brooklyn and amid Scorpion by hall ball R The Tha letter lotter which followed and con can firmed the cablegram road read f al CABLEGRAM OnA 1 CONFIRMED CONI Olce of or tho the U S 8 Naval Force l orce on Asiatic Station Aug 13 del der Adolph U S N deposes as follows folio w ii The Tho message communicated uy IY 0 trie We commanding of thi th Ea En Eagle n i gle tio gb May 19 1 was ns from rota to Schley to the time effect that McCalla hud bud left lel Cienfuegos with tile his ships and did not leleo that lint fleet J et hud hind arrived there when heti Marblehead left let This was IM communicated to Scorpion and und Brooklyn by ly hailing I do here swear tho lie foregoing to be bo a true state mont ment A MARIX Commander U S 8 N Sworn and subscribed to before me methis methis this tills day of ot August 1901 on board W 11 i S 13 flagship Brooklyn GEORGE C O OIOI l IY U US 8 5 Naval For Forces Forcee ces cee Asiatic Station Mr Raynor Haynor then presented the tho Scorpions log containing tho Ito entry ditty covering the meeting with the Eagle and ond Mr Holden Jolden said that It I was walt cor car correct correct according to his best belt knowledge and belief belet Capt I ask osk If it you are arc quite positive e nothing else was wal communicated rated to tho the vessel at this title time which you may have omitted omit tOil from Irom this entry In the lie log book I did not conduct the tha megaphone message Did Dd you ou hear It ItI I ItI I did not hear all ni of It I only emily parts of ot It I You mean you did not hear hoar all al of 01 oft It t as l received on board boar tho the Scorpion lon lonI I 1 did Does Docs that entry In tho time log embody all al that fiat was communicated to the Brooklyn To the tho best heat of my knowledge and belief leller It docs does Who ho did dit receive tho ho message The commanding Commander Marix Was as there herd In receiving It I so BO tar far as ns you know Inow on account of or tho lie distance There was considerable In receiving It on account of 01 tho the dis dia distance tance between the tho ships and the wind which was blowing from rein us toward the Eagle 1 Tho Time commanding officer had the tha megaphone and In receiving the thele message le Sa C held It up to his ear and was sas thus able to hear more than other othet people on the bridge at nt that time Sir Mr lr Raynor How far lar was wal the tho Eagle from Crom the lie Scorpion when she sho 7 The distance varied I should say sa the distance ranged between and yards ards Mr Raynor Was the lie Eagle Egle so close to the Scorpion that she had to back off art for tor fear tear of or a n collision 7 Commander then stated In response r to the question Do you 01 recollect about how hol tar far your I vessel was waR when you ou I ISo So near I hind had hUl to back url rf for fear of at a collision which made a little con can ruslon or the line being You dont think you ou are lre so near as asto ni asto to hI b I in danger of or collision collon 7 No ir Capt Ca t Do you remember the tho vessel backing I do not recollect the time Scorpions backing Do you fOU recollect whether hether you OU saw FoW the this Eagle allo backing I do not recollect seeing her back but she probably backed as we had bad to slow down and stop more awl sud suddenly BU denly than we ordinarily would con continuing under way morrow The court then adjourned until to tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow |
