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Show MAJORITY COURT OF INQUIRY CENSURES ADMIRAL SCHLEY ADMIRAL DEWET SUBMITS MINORITY REPORT RE-PORT FINDING FOR SCHLEY. afarttf Report finite I'ommaener ef the rijlre qeatriM Waa Vellailn(. Illla-ler Illla-ler and ltehlna In rnlarprlae Relrn-Bcn4e Relrn-Bcn4e Movatnent rrnan aantlaae rlll-eleMl rlll-eleMl HM,rl en Coal Nupplr t'haraaler-ae4 t'haraaler-ae4 ao Mlaleertlae- lloth Keporta :iu-aeae: :iu-aeae: Behlee-a llrarerf la Aeilaa. The report of the Schley court of In-hulry In-hulry waa promulgated hy Secretary Iong Friday nlglil. There are two renorla Admiral Itrnhani anil Admiral Ad-miral Itamaay coiieiir In the flrat, which la algnrd by Admiral Dewey aa a matter of form. Admiral Dewey makes a separate report, el' hough he egraea with the flndinga of raela sob-aarlbed sob-aarlbed to hy the others. The mr jor-' Ity report condemna Admiral Schley on ! eleran points, while Admiral Iiewey ' nalalns lilio In most plecca. ' what hsjohitt nana The eiaj.irlty opinion Hmle In brief ahat Admiral Hi hley should have proceeded pro-ceeded with the ullin.it dlapalch to rienfiiegoe and maintained a cloae Xloekade; that he choiiM hare emlrae-ored emlrae-ored to bare obtained Information of the Spanish there) tlial lie should haee .proceeded to Santiago with dispatch: that he should not have made the retrograde ret-rograde movement; that he should have obeyed the department's orders; 'the he should havn eiidea fored to ieapltire the Spanish veeecla In Kantl. go that I. a did nut do his ill moat to destroy the Colon; that he caused tha squadron lo lose distance In the loop of the Hrooklyni ths" he thereby canned the leiaa to hacUithat ha did injustice to Hodgson; thai hie conduct In Ihe campaign waa characterized byeeollla- Hon, dllslorlne... and lark of cuter- prliet that hla otllolal report on the coal supply were misleading and Inafl-cnratei Inafl-cnratei that hie conduct during tha battle wee self-possessed and thai be noonraged In hie own person his anh-erdlaate anh-erdlaate oflloers and men to fight courageously. cour-ageously. what etiriT rtnne. Admiral Dewey la bis report aaye that the passage to Clenfuegn was made with all dlapalch, having la view th Importance of arriving; off Clcn-fuegna Clcn-fuegna with aa much coal aa possible In theshlp'e bunkers; tha blockade of Cleafnegoa waa effective; that he al-lowtd al-lowtd the Adula to enter Clanfurgoe to WINFIRI.D BCOTT BCHIXT. j . gst Information; ll. nt his paasage lo Sailllagu was li.s.le with aa much die-patch die-patch aa possible, kucpiug the squadron squad-ron Uigelher; that the blu.'ksde of Msn-tlagu Msn-tlagu waaeiTi'i'llvr, nod ttually that ha was the aculur utlnvr ..IT Sanilagn, in aheolutn ciiii.iiihiiiI, and rutltled to the Oreelt due fur the glorious victory which reaultcd In the total deatruutiou of the Hueuleh ships. KIN 1)1 Ml tiF FACTS. The following facta were found by the conn of Inquiry, upon which the two reports were based: The flying squadron, consisting of the llrnoUlyn, Massachusetts, Texas and Sccrpton, under the command of Commodore Y. S. Schley, U, S. N.. ailed from Key Weal about 8 a. m., of j May 1, IHi.wl!hor.ler.f'lnT' department and f rom L l, (""n"1"1'' In chief of the North Ltls"1 ,tmtU" to proceed with the ti t,"p,tcn olTCienfuegoe to cap' , ,"""" ' " that port, If possible r' bluck,,, him and to make the l:,tl( clo aa puaslnln I The flying siis,iP,e"l,,d oft Cirnfuegoa on the n,.,, ,i ' M' ' end established a l.fc . J- Ua'nX the day the ships layj ( i" Prl ,l rsrloue dlstsncrs. In i ad""1'"' or" der. Al night tlinr fjiu-i" ,",'"nn of nwl., headed olT el.,""1 """"'I al only autllclenl spratf l..j 'V,nK Positions. Po-sitions. The email vesx crforineil picket duly in shore of ci" ,,,P"-l ,,,P"-l ommiHlore Scliley vjll'l pro'el with the utmost ilmpi.etl, f I lenfue-gos lenfue-gos and blix-k that . )r: lnM poaaible. At 10 a. ,n 3J; liutMiiit arrived at Cs-rn" with a dispslch front t4 1,-awander In chief, dsted Key ., i. ". ! which Informed Crnu.ere Schley of Ihe probability V Bpsnlsh 'squsdron being In Hull de Cuba, (and onlerrd him to I . ,t'lenfuegoa until the receipt of pi ,a.alllva In-fonnation, In-fonnation, B, I At 8:13 a. m. of Mayj !cmmodore Schley received by thi. .lesich vessel Hawk the following uatch and meinoranduma from Hie cssnsnder-iD-chief: Dispatch (No 8), date Key West, May 21, Istm, which ,,11x1 that tha Spanish squadron was (rohshly at Santiago, and erikM Commodore Sol. ley, if he eo aatldel that the p'psnlsh squadron ne ootil Citlifue-os, Citlifue-os, to "proceed with (all cpetr:t, but eauilnoily, to SantianA nl",i "' If the enemy la (hare blvrlile him In that port" After the receipt of tha information Couiniodnre Huhley wrobi dispatch to the comtnander-ln-chlel is which he staled: "I ahall move rsitesrd tomorrow." tomor-row." He also wrote adupatch lo the commandant of the naval bass at Key West In which he aiattod: "Ae It ia found I in prarltwfale to eoal the Ttaas from the collisr ht, where there la an much swell, I shall proceed tomorrow nil Santiago dt tube, beiog mharrasaed, however, by lbs Texaa' short eoal supply and sr ability to coal In the cpen sea. 1 shall not ba able to remain off tbat curt oi account f the general short ussl suppl; of the aqnadron, an will proceeA to the vicinity vicin-ity of ft. Nicholas Mais, wiera the water la emooth and I (an soal the Tessa anil other ships with what may remain In the oollisi NoeiTorla were mad.: by I inmoilore Schley to couiuiunlciiio wli ' the In-snrgeuis In-snrgeuis to dlai-our wtrthc Ihe Span-Mi Span-Mi sqiiiidrnn ru ,,e harbor of ( lino o prior to i, p irulng of ' oil llghlawrred'..play, I on shore at night Muy ,, oy ; Mlt tolI1. niodoro Schcly hml no I formation which enabled him loiulur ret Ihcui. The Trans and Msrl.lehtn 1 Coaled at sen. I. IT Sauliago, with co Hers, May 57 end i; tl. M,..,.lu,i, ,1 Vlacn on May !u; il,,. Iimoklvn n id Iowa on Maj Sic the llr.H,ui, T, s and Mar-blehead Mar-blehead on May 11. A13 1J p. iu., May 87, 'oiuinodnre Schley signsled to the I'aul: Jf Sampson cornea here tell nut half of squadron out of c.isl ami collier en. J f Ine broken down. At 10:411 p. m.. May 17. Commodore Hchley signaled to the Teias; The more eoal yoo take In tins smooth weather the leas you will have to take in Hay tl. Commodore Kchlev made nn effort to ascertain whether the Spgnlsh squadron squad-ron was In the harbor of Santiago; he left said harbor entirely unguarded from (1 p. m. of May 5(1 lo s p. m. of May 27, and guarded nnlv by the econl St. I'aul from ! p. re.. May 87, tiulU about 8 p. m. of May 28. The flying squadron arrived oft? the harbor of Santiago dn Cnba, seven nillea south of Morro st (I p. m, May 28 ami established a blockade. The dislnnce from Cirnfuegoa to Santiago San-tiago Is 31.1 inllrs. Commodore Schely did uol proceed with all dispatch from Clenfuego to Santiago da tuba. F.arly un the morning of May 20 the Cristobal Colon and other vrasela of the Spanlah aquadron were discovered at anchor In Ihe harbor of Hanliago, about 1.200 yards from the entrance. No attempt waaniadr hyCommoddre Schley on .Maj 2t or May 30 to capture or destroy these Spaulah vessels. At 7:4.1 p. m. May so. Commodore Schley changed the course of the flying aquadron lolhe westward and signaled to bis aquadron, "llestinstion Key Weal, via south side of Cuba, and Yucatan Yu-catan channel, aa soon aa collier la ready; speed, nine knots. " The equsilron proceeded westward eighteen miles; stopped at 11:13 p.m. (the low lines of the collier having parted), drifted until 11(1 p. m. May 27, resumed Ita westward course for twenty-three miles, slopped again at 7:1.1 p. tn, and drifted until 1 p. m. of May 28. At U:3p a. m. May 27, the Harvard joined tha' dying squadron, and her commanding otllcer delivered to Commodore Com-modore Schley tha following dispatch, dated May 3), add reased by tlio department depart-ment to the Harvard al St. Nicholas mole, II ay lit Tnceed at once and inform Rehley and alao the senior officer present off Hanliago de Cuba aa follows: 'All departments de-partments Information indicates that Spanish division la still at Santiago da Cuba. The department looks to yon to ascertain facts; and that the enemy, If therein, does not leave without a decisive de-cisive action. Cubaoa familiar wltb (Santiago de Cuba say that thara la landing place Ave aautlcal mllea weal from mouth of harbor, and that the In-aurgeota In-aurgeota probably will be found, and not Spanlah. From the surronnding heights oso see every vessel in tb pork As soon aa ascertained notify the department whether enemy la there. Could not squadron and also Uarvard Caal from Merrlutao, lseward Cape Crus, Cuba; lonalvrji Hayll ohan-Del ohan-Del or Mole Haytl? The department will scud coal Immediately to Mola Haytl. Ileport without delay alluatlon at Santiago de Cuba." The dispatch was answered by Commodore Com-modore Schley about noon. &lay 87 aa follows: Received dispatch of May 28, delivered by Harvard off Santiago de Cuba. Merrlmnca engine la disabled and she Is helpless; am obliged lo havo her towed lo Key West. Have been alteolutely unable to coal the Texas. Marblchcad, Vtxeu and llrooklyu from collier, owing to very rough sesa and boisleroiia weather since leaving Key West. Brooklyn la the onlyune lu aqnadron having more than sutllclent coal to reach Ky Meat, tuipusaihle to remain off Snni.isgo In the present stale of coal on account of squadron. Not possible to coal leeward u( Capo Cms In summer owing to the southwest south-west winds. Harvard Jual reporta to me she haa only coal enough to resell Jamaica, and she will proceed to 1'orl Itoysli alao rrporls only email vessels could eoal al tloualvesnr Mole Haytl, AlinneaKlla has only coal enough to reach Kcr West and the aame of Vale, which will tow Merrlman. Il Is to be regretted that the department's orders oannot he oticyed earnestly, as we have all alrlven to that end, I am forced to return lo Key West via Yucatan Yuca-tan passage for coal. Can ascertain nothing iiilelllgllileof the enemy. Sent Kagle to l'ort Antonio yesterday, as she lisa only twenty-seven tuus on board. Will leave SL I'aul here Will require .Sll tons of cosl at Key West. The Spsnlsh squadron waa discovered discov-ered to be in the entrance lo Ssntiago harbor, atcumlng out about V:Ju a. lu. July 3. lu. The llroolilyn at that tlmunas heading head-ing to the westward of north, sIniuI 8..I00 yards S. . ' S. from Ihe Morro, which waa practically her hlovkiug position. Large vessels coming out of ths harbor har-bor of Snnlisgo situ utilised to besd atMiiit S. W. by H .and the Spanish vessels, ves-sels, therefore, lu steaming out until oluat of tile ahoitl to the westward, were obliged to li.iol directly for the position of ttie Itris.lilvil. When olesr of this shoal the S,unlh vesncla turned In aucccsnion to tb wentnurd and look a cuilrae nearly parallel to the lend. In view of the length of time which hsa alapaed since the occuroeuceof the events of the Naulliiito campaign, the court recommends that no further proceedings pro-ceedings be hsd iu tile premises |