The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-10-17


Advocate T.emly introduced Lieut.. j..
Holden, formerly watch officer on
the Scorpion, as witness. Lieut..
Holden signed the entry in the Scor-
pion's log, giving the particulars of
the receipt of message for Com
modore Schley from the Eagle which
the vessel had brought from Capt.
McCalla on May 10, 1893. when the
flying squadron, then bound for Cien-
fuegos fell in with Capt. McCalla' s
sub-squadron, which had just left that
port. The government sought to
show that by this message Commo-
dore Schley had been notified that
the Spanish fleet was not in the 'har-
Dor of Cienfuegos, and Lieut.. Com
mander Switzerland, of the Eagle,
had testified that he had megaphoned
to the Scorpion that there were only
torpedo boat and several cannon
ieros in that harbor. Capt. Lcmly
told the court Thursday that the log
of the Scorpion did not show the re-
ceipt of the message in this form,
and that he was prepared to say that
the evidence did not carry that mes
sage to Commodore Schley.
Washington. Oct. 12.-Capt. f. +.
| Chadwick. who was i'm command of
Adm. SIMPSONS flagship, the New
| York, and who also was chief of the
| admirars staff during the war with
| Spain, testified before the Schley
naval court for short time Friday
afternoon. He was the last witness
called. and when the court adjourned
was still under cross-eXamination by
| Mr. Rayner. who stated that he had
only few more questions to ask him.
Capt. Chadwicks testimony relnt-
cd very largely to dispatches sent by
| Adm. Sampson to Commodore Sen cy
while the latter lay Oft Cienfuegos
in May. 1s9s, and to the code of sig-
Gala. of the Marblehead, and the
Cuban forces operating near Cien-
fuegos. He said this code had not
been sent to Commodore Schley by
dispatch because Capt. McCalla had
expected to join the commodore inn
mediately and communicate the code
to him.
He also told of being present at an
interview between Adm. Sampson and
Commodore Schley, in which the lat
ter had expressed his intention to be
loyal to the ommander-in-chief. He
related in detail the change of opin-
ion concerning the whereabouts of
Cervera's fleet by Adm. Sampson on
May 81. between the sending of the
two dispatches of that date by Adm.
Sampson to Commodore Schley, one
of which was dated at Key West and
the other at Havana. Capt. Chad
wick said he had not approved Adm.
SIMPSONS dispatch on May rs, con-
graduating Commodore Schley on his
accomplishments to that date.
Washington, Oct. 1.-THE Schley
court of inquiry held but one session
Saturday. Capt. Chadwick concluded
his testimony. begun Friday, and
Lieut.. Commander Sidney A. Staun-
ton, who served on the New York
as an assistant to Capt. Chadwick
as chief of staff for Adm. Sampson,
| and Lieut.. Nathan c. Twining. for
merly of the Iowa, were introduced
as new witnesses
Commander Staunton's testimony
dealt largely with dispatches forward
ed by Adm Sampson to Commodore
Schlcy. and while he was under ex-
animation Mr. Rayner outlined con-
tention in behalf of Adm. Schley to
the effect that the dispatch written
| on May - was the first information
! that the commandments had
given Commodore Schley of the pres
ence of the Spanish fleet in the har-
Dor at Santiago, and that the mes
sage was not received until June TO-.
Lieut.. Twining's testimony was nlong
the line of other witnesses. Near
the close of the days session, Judge
Advocate Lemly and Mr.. Rayner he
came engaged in a controversy over
the admission, at that time, of chart
showing the speed of the vessels of
the flying squadron, and when Mr..
Rayner made statement concerning
the matter to be introduced, the judge
advocate took exception to it's recep-
ton, saying Mr.. Rayner's summary
must be as inaccurate as other state
ments made by him, referring espe-
cially to the contents of documents
presented. Mr.. Rayner resented the
expression and replied to the effect
that, if uttered outside of the court
room, he would say that ii was false.
Before the court adjourned both Mr..
Eayner and Capt. Lemly made state
ments concerning the incident to the
court. and Adm. Dewey expressed the
opinion that Capt. Lemly's explana-
tion should be satisfactory to Nj.
Rayner.
Lieut.. Commander Staunton related
the particulars Of his securing infor-
nation of the presence of Cervera's
fleet at Santiago. He said that while
the fleet under Adm. Sampson lay at
Key West on the morning of May 60
he went ashore. While in the Office
of Commodore Reney he said that
Capt. Allen, of the signal Office, had
called him aside and told him that he
had received information of the pres
ence of the Spanish feet at Santiago,
which he believed to be correct.
The information was TO the cfyecS
that the feet had entered the har-
Dor on May 10. The information came
from an employe of the telegraph Of
flee at Havana, who could only send
his information at o'clock, when
others were absent from the Office
there.
Royal BetrOthal.
Vienna, Oct. 14.--The consent of En-.
peror Franz Joseph having been OBJ