Show VERDICT ADMIRAL SCHLEY A The Majority of Court Find Him Hinl at Fault Dewey Finds Otherwise To Schley is Due Credit of Victory at Santiago Dec Deo 13 Tho most moat pro 1110 prolonged longed I ii I hug und anti Important I in naval tribunal evor held hohl In this tithe COUll COtin try IVY to n rt 1 In 5 open nud one OliO short oC ot months whon eoy Low I ng was handed the Iho of ot the tho cowl of ot Inquiry which I Into hIto tIle the conduct of ot ley during tho Jo For Revon the court cout hoard huard l to tott unil for tI Lilly fully a n month It de tIe deliberated liberated upon that of ot evidence finally tho tin flounced today A CO m Tim Tho result rc was wati it tt nut prise nud It Is that no prophecy t tho thil Instead or orone one Ullo 01 thore III JIU are 1110 two Hoth by George Dewoy Deo 1111 by oY Samuel t e I n nt This Is lit n it form forth Bald aItI to o 0 lie be roc Leo lu In nil courts of ot Inquiry the of ut the tho othur 01 hii not zut l lh h Hut But It la IH I explained o that Admiral Dewey tho the sec nee lec ond report a Il rePort llort to I ux OX 0 hIl Ii 13 of If or ii nt from the uy by tho tim court C I g hI f 4 ii III I Iti and In the tho t lie II it re to report port NO ft It In III Halt at It tho 1111 navy department that there will wi be ho no further proceed In III this euse CIS on un tIIt de tie pa Initiative In VO Secy See Sec Long flIg nuil positively 1111 decline Inc to 1 I thu t I I II ga In III any y Tho Iho the re te I I I nt at B 5 this evening I und ho Ito hohas hoIns has Ins not yet oco upon 1101 them ni It I 1 I k that lio ho will wil append his iDI signature denature with wih the word wOd Ap P to tho tile whole witolo record lf Il court Itself no II further time tm ow 11 If to tl the lapse of oC Y IS I A I r of It Ir tho the Associated rr rf 8 tho the first OlSt Information or of of Ir tho court to Admiral Admirl He Ito II was waa WIl seated slated In the tIl public 11 hort room of ot a n hotel dIn clint I I I 1114 with wih v 1111 men Imn and no lit 10 of or over tho tim outcome When tile the conclusions of ot Dewey were vero read ond to him Admiral showed his and It was evident from fm liln bIl manner that he lie ro to 10 tit tem from froni rom Admiral as a a n vindication nf of fC Ills his hil cause Ho ITo declined to 10 tonko tIny statement concerning the courts findings 11 gl and c excusing himself from Crom the little com company pany which had gathered about aholt him hll went to his hI apartments here Mrs MIA Schley hod hlll tI been boel anxiously awaiting to 10 I hear the tho courts decision Later Inter tho tIm I copy c py nl bronchi to th tIt II hotel by a n messenger from the Iho navy depart department ment melt The reports are as IR rt follows TI H Court of ot Inquiry McLean 1 It street streel N AV W U D 1 C e L 1 I Dee 13 1 1901 The court having by tho the of tho th navy Inv department occupied pied h l rooms rom Nos NOH I t U rInd 10 McLean build building buildIng ing In No 1517 11 H 11 street ot N W Ington Inton D while deliberating upon Its proceedings and tho tile members there thoro thereof iA of ot having assembled dally since Mon Monday lon lonII day II November 11 with wih tim the exception of ot Sunday and holidays nod having concluded tho Investigation reports Its Is and the testimony taken with wih a I full detailed statement of ot all ni tho the pertinent facts which It deems to It tobo bo be 10 established together with wih opinion and recommendation In lii the tho premises PACTS FACTS flying IMn consist consisting log ing In of or the tho Brooklyn Massachusetts and onil Scorpion under the tho com corn command mand of Commodore AV IV H S U UR UR US R S N sailed front from Kev lo West Wat about 8 S a n am nn m Th n of ot May Mav O 19 9 18 with wih orders from the tho thonny navy department and front from the com coin f of or tho tIm North Atlantic I Ion to proceed with wih dispatch ut utmost utmost most off of to capture the en on enemy emy m ofT nf that hart nort 1101 If it possible or to 10 toi i lo him and nt to make mako the tho block mit as on close ro l us as 18 possible The flying squadron arrived oft off of Non flen on tile the of ot May Moy 22 antI and established a n blockade II Jurn r the tho tiny day the slIms shins lay In off tilt tho port pott at nt various distances 1111 1 In Ill no nfl particular order o Il er At night tho formed armed In column of ot If vessels Il offshore nail 1 nIl nt at only suf sufficient I for keeping The rho lI picket duty dut In of or large ships OPINION OPI ION OF OI MAJORITY did not proceed 1 with utmost ulmo t l oft off or and nn block that port M n clone rl f ns as n possible At Jt 10 a n m rn May 32 22 2 the thio arrived pt rt rt with a n dispatch from frol tho the dated Kev II Wet West 7 liy ti 11 20 zo which Informal Commo lort hh of or Urn 11 thi of o the tho thel l I II eli roll being hlll Ito I ii In dp 11 ii uha and nUll ordered t him to tn hold holt in until tho tIm receipt of ciL Cr floro thu UI Information At M 1 I SO O n ft in 1 STay May Mn 22 the HI Town lown ar at arrived aI rived at nt anti and at 01 7 p m of ot tilt the th same ame date the tue Scorpion Scorpio a loft left sos os for tor At 81 a it 1 m 1 of May Ma 21 In Commodore received bv Lv tm tiffi t dl patch vessel ossel the Ihl mem mern memorandums mel from tho th cli PI IN fN No HI R dat 1101 Kev le ha West VesI ln Mn which thit th t tho the was Wal nt at I I ordered Commodore I ir h II wa WItS WI that the WR wai WI not hot at to vili till ell I dl but cautiously 1 to 10 At ll d Cube ulm and If ir I the tho th enn In ny Is 18 there block ado nde him In hat port Dolt portA DoltA nt priA A lat dat d off Havana May 21 ISM l S which directed Commo Commodore dore 1011 hl to lo mn m MI k his movements In ill 11 M tITAR PLACE A memorandum which s ted that a n ool lar ing PK ni tIer had been Iteen hen found Cound by ly and one holf hel ilis or of lla Point that time the tl hal had of or what nn n vl that the III Cuban uhan forces forc In the San Sn 1 mountains continued tb tl the railway lw be l antI and Trinidad nail that were pre tre fair roads ronda rod from the handing to lf At x K so a R m IlL 1 Iny 23 2 the and the thIo arrived at gnu gos o Vt Al noon on the nine date ate th Ih steamer was i d to lU toKO lUo togo KO go o into 1110 In At 7 i a B m 1 lcY ZI 1 I Hie ni Marblehead Fale iro JJ 1 to the landing thirteen un ani n l rn fn n half holf p t of Point 11 with whit the tho Insurgents landed stores for cr them I I I that tim thu nl not nol In the harbor at n t re the squadron at It 1130 p II m in anti reported to Commodore the thu Ill II formation rH DISPATCH TO O After the of oC this thin information Commodore wrote a dispatch to tn the n ch let In iii II bit he hue stated 1 shall Inn tomor tomorrow row IU Il 11 HI also ulso wrote n a dispatch to 10 the thus commandant n I of Ito tho t ii a brine bu 4 at iL a t Key lY In 1 which ho stated A Al It U Is hi II found to con I Ithe the tho Texas loxas from tho tim collier lucre here where there here I la i I s so I shall proceed tomorrow oft off de do Cuba utia of Santiago O being Hc however by the tite abort coal cOli and her hor h r Inability Im t I I to rout cotti conlin In i ut the open ItCh HIM I shall 1 not hot b he be to remain off or that port i ort on account of ur general coal III supply of ot HO H will 11 hll to tu the lie I vicinity of St tt Nicholas Molo whets where whIp the tle water willor Is in inS smooth S I t and lul tt I t win I l I mid till tho Texas re xan ond a other oIlier with ty It Ii what v ha t Inny ma y remain 1 I II In Iii II collier colle No Nl work orIc was apparently In Ii n progress on Ott the this of ot Schley WIll Jiff ut hint port No were wet lI 1110 by ly Commodore ehl hey t leati wil t Ut the t incur to tn to discover whether tIm Spanish squadron Mu was In 11 the he t harbor of tf o CI fue gns gon gOI prior to tl tho the morning of or May 24 21 24 Signal lights wore displayed on shore at IL night May 22 antI and 11 May MI 23 but il had no urn 10 Information which it lob him hi Ill to Interpret I them t hit iii Before falling 1111 front from fro I Join Com oln received reliable Information mation Inton could he IJ coaled In itt tho thu vicinity of o tt Cite Cape Cruz CI and In channel The fh squadron tu II 1 ron wih t I t hi the lion lieu tOI of oC time the th hulled ulet from front CUm I fue OI about 8 p II u m In I or of May 21 tho tIm heavy licay 11 ships In III column of vessels the tho Unlit light t alii on this tle right Hank flank and Ind tho tito collier loler on the tw loft left At itt 1010 a n m III 1 of at May MY 26 21 the tho light we oIe i shifted to the tite til port port beam heam Ine the collier to the starboard Lenin beam of ot 21 2 t to lo heavy roiling the lie forward of lt the Ihl filled II II with wih water wlter which which her liou hll sl On 01 May Mity IT the tie wind wine was wal fl fresh freh front from the eastward the weather was WOl bail bad anti and the sea sen n was wu heavy henvy hOR for tor email 1101 vessels The rite Ihl squadron reduced tl H to en Oil enable el touR able the lit to with wih It ItOn I itOn On all olny 20 2 the Iho weather Improved the tho wind vind to tho tile west vest anti and one light and It nil the aea moderated At 1030 p m at 1 Commodore Schley sent Kent Relt the Iho to hi tl Port ott Antonio to Iu coal anti and then to re ic return 1 turn to Kev iCet re West West At noon of or May Ia lG G the Kaale bad hall sufficient coal to steam ton toil per pOl hour for three days dUI SCOUTS JOIN rOI At 10 p V m at 1 the squadron stopped slopped about unites miles mies to the tho south southward ward of port of ot Santiago and was WlM mulch Joined by the Ihl scouts s Minneapolis and andSt andst St St Paul At 6 G p m III 1 May 26 tho the en n glans 1118 of or the tue collier were tern tem temporarily disabled The TIte engines Were changed to 10 work worl compound coni and 1111 at It 4 10 40 p in ill 1 of or May Ma I to was able to tomako mako e six nix knots l ot with wih her lIel own Tile The he broken parts of or tho tim engines were repaired on board the tIm flagship nil nih ni re to repairs 1 pairs being completed at nl midnight of I IIo May Io 28 The Yale towed towell the tho While hlo 2 disabled The hl commanding of ot tIle the Rt St 1 Paul visited the tIle flagship In II to signal took with him u it Cuban uban pilot piot and had bad hn a 1 conversation with wih Commodore Commodore Schley Schiley hind had no conversa conversation lion tion with wih the tho senior of ton tho the scouts cout and 11 obtained no ito Information lion tion ton front from the tho scouts regarding tho tim Spanish squadron At Al p m at 1 May In JC Commodore Schley changed 1 the course of ot the Ib IbIn tl Ing In ehly squadron to tho the westward we and signaled l to his bis squadron Destination Key I Ke e West Vest via south side of Cuba Culm rind channel as an III soon as collier Is I ready Speed nine knots Tho Tito squadron proceeded westward west word eighteen 1 miles stopped at It 1115 1116 11 p m in inthe the he tow toSs lines 11 of ot the tho collier coler having railed drifted until 3 40 p m iii I n 27 resumed Its hH westward course for fOl twentythree miles stopped ot ut p 11 pm m rn 1 nail and drifted 1 until 1 p m in of May 23 DISPATCHES A I DEPARTMENT At DO p m rn 1 May ny 27 tho the Harvard joined the Hying squadron and oll her hor commanding ulcer to 10 Com Cot orn Schley S the following dispatch dated May 2 nd by tho tim de tie department te to tile the Harvard at tit St Niche Nicho Nicholas las Ins lal Mole Proceed at nt Ole and Inform Schley Schier anti ond also 1110 the tho senior officer present oft off Santiago de do Cuba as 19 follows All A de tie department II le Information Indicates that thet Spanish division Is at Santiago do ho Cuba The department looks to you u to ascertain facts CatA arid that the enemy elemr It If does doeR not leave without n a 1 decisive lye ive action familiar with wih San ian Santiago ln tiago do de Cuba say cay PI that there thore H is II landing places plaes live fc nautical hubs Ines west or of Six C 6 from rom mouth of or harbor tutu that the th Insurgents probably will wI bo h found flun and 11 surrounding not Spanish From the tho can cnn see nee el lel vessel In the port Tort As soon oon ns no 8 notify the whether wh thI Is iii thorn there Could not Hot ot anti and ant aico ll o coal cool from leeward of ot Cape Culm Cullu tuba channel or rn I Molo Th llie merit will Bond I y I depart 11 Ho Ito mal coal Immediately lu tu Mole HI hOt without delay doll situation nt at Sun SuIt Huso da tie 1118 Tills This was tas nR 1110 by Com Coito Commodore Schley about noon lu 1 May Iny MIt 27 21 a n as follows follow rolo of May hl delivered ered by Ity II oft off Santiago de tie lt Cuba CI Is 18 doubled ti mimI and 1111 ChIc nhe her luer Is am obliged to hup towed towell to II Key ICey West Vest Have beon Ilon absolutely bl to lo coal the this Texas Mitt Mi Vixen Brooklyn front from col oui collier coller her lier ler owing to 1111 very vety el lough senu und 11 boisterous won tiler since leaving Key Frey KI V eit Ht Ht Brooklyn Is U tho the only one cite ole In squadron having tO 11 than cool coal to loach Kev I ie Impossible t tu 1 tilt off oi Santiago In Iii II state of itt coal coni account of ot the tho ho squadron Not Nul possible to 10 coal cool to 10 of or Cupe In ill 1411 0 r owing l to tl HOU t winds Just jiust reports to mo IU nho has hias only toll enough to reach Jamaica and site she will wil to Port loyal Hoyal 1011 also 1118 niS only onI 1111 could coull coal cOlI at nt atU U 1110 ites or ot Mole i 1 Minneapolis I a non hiu hn hia only coal enough to roach reach Key Koy ont and same caine ROlI of or Yale Yalo which will thih wi tow U it I Is II to 10 bo be JO regretted thai tho the departments order cannot bo bu obo d 1 earnestly ns no wo we 0 have all ni to tu Hint end ent I 1 am nm forced to return to Key ICoy 10 cst via In Yucatan passage ansage for fur cool coal Can ascertain nothing Intelligible of ot enemy Sent font Eagle to 10 Port Antonio yes yesterday yesterday 08 OH IH IN Mho nho has hall only tons on board bOlI Will Wil leave lene St Rt Paul here helo Will West Weal 1 require WOO tons of ot coal col at nt Key ICoy KeyWest KeyWest COAL COA SUPPLY The Tho ho coal conI supply 1 of tho the vessels of or the tho flying hying squadron at lt noon bolt on mi Oi May llY 21 27 was wan to hoo enabled them thel to nt at II ton ten tel knots per 1101 hour hou Tile Thu lw Brooklyn for 0 lUI U days dayn dl Hi Iowa jl Vj days 10 days das Texas OU 6 i days Marblehead 34 31 days Vixen Iel 11 11 duyn or ot to have IIVO on blockade duty ut tiff off of Santiago df tie Cubit Cuba Tho for fol 26 days sj Iowa 16 III 11 days dayn nII for 26 20 dayn Texas exas 10 days 6 I days Vixen 23 days faRj and then thel steam to i I or 01 to Cape COile Cruz ruz Cuba Cull to lo coal cOlI At 1 that unto date Ilot the flying Hying was accompanied t hy by the Iho collier containing 4 OO tons jolts tOI of ot coal coa The amount of ot coal col required ll to completely fill 11 the coal conI bunkers of or till all ni the tho vessels ir lt i tho tIle Hying 1 squadron on this same satie ditto date was san 2710 0 tons The Ihie he conditions of oC wind sea and ull weather noon on Oil May Mity rIY 26 to Juno June 1 I were favorable for Cor taking coal cOlI front from a n collier at nl sea sen oft off Santiago do c Cuba COALED TIm THE ill hi The rho Iowa Castine Ca Ulo and AttI Dupont coaled at lt from tho the collier Morn Meirl nine 00 on nfl 01 May 23 and d the tile Massachusetts and on oil II May l 21 2 Tho rho Texas lexas asked ee permission to coal conI Unit on oIl May 23 and was refused by hy Commodore Schley who ordered tile the Iowa roa to It coal first and the Massachusetts cUS second Tile The Texas was ordered to coal conI from rein the collier on May 21 but the older was ns |