The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-26

.
which wrecked the ward room of the
Indiana might possibly have been
nreo from mortar, of Which there were
several. but that the range OF the bat
teries was beyond the ships as they
went in for the reconnaissance was
evident. not from the fact that there
We're one or two shells which went over
I the American ships There were, he
SAID, many more, perhaps fifty In
fact said he, 1t was very lively for
a few minutes"
After leaving the question of the re-
ccnnoissance the witness related the
particulars of the arrival of the New
Orleans on May so, with Captain Fol-
ger in command, and conveying the
collier Sterling Captain Folger had.
the admiral said, brought instructions
! TO sink the collier in the channel at
Santiago. the details to be left to Ad-
mirai Schley's discretion
Block Santiago Channel.
Il did not understand that this pas
sage was blocked up except in case
We should be compelled to abandon the
port, in which event the eXpedient was
to be resOrted to-
He then proceeded to detail his con-
versation with Captain FOlger concern
ing which Captain Folger also testified
as a witness for the department. While
satisfied that Captain FOlger had not
meant % do any injury to him (the
admiral) he felt that the captain had
failed 90 give all the details of the
! conversation.
He did want to ezf I'm Just what
I the conversation had been, for I had
condemned the circular form of block
! age and had advocated the form which
L had established as being more mobile
and more facile for a small fleet, such
as ours was, in case of attack by the
enemy as more easily manipulated and
/ handled under signal
The captain spoke of advising me to
/ keep in closer" continued Admiral
| Schley, whereas on the next day he
signaled that the enemy would fire on
US at the then range. We had not
changed our position
Admiral Schley also took occasion TO
speak of the instructions to him TO eX-
/ anime Guantanamo as a cOaEng base.
/ To do this was, he said, not practical
I BILE. as at least 1000 marines would
/ have been necessary to guard that
/ point, and these could not be spared.
Would Have Invited Attack.
IF we had gone there we should
| have invited attack he said. These, "
he added, were among the matters
had to consider"
This brought Admiral Schley to the
| time of the arrival of Admiral Samp-
| soE, commander-in-chief of the North
Atlantic squadron. In speaking of this
! event ana the cndn&e IN COMMAND
| which it involved, he ventured unon
ground which Captain Lemly cOnsid-
| cred as somewhat questionable. Com
/ ing to this point the witness said;
ION June 1 Admiral Sampson ar
I rived. He brought with him the New
York, the Oregon and the Mayfioweri
/ and steamed down to the westward, a
/ little inside of the line of blockade. He
/ found us at that time just making the
| turn, and I was on board He was
very cordial, very glad to see me, and
1 explained to him the situation and the
| fact of the reconnaissance He seemed
/ to be very glad to find out the situa-
| ton there. and I pointed out TO him the
/ Colon lying in the entrance.
| Captain Lemly-If the court please,
we are getting beyond the courts con-
/ struction of the scope of the precept-
Admiral Dewey-As understand, ne
| is turning the command over to the
| conlmander-in-chief. 1 want to hear
/ that I would like to hear that part.
Continuing, Admiral Schley said: Il
/ handed him a number of dispatches,
( explained to him the situation and told
him the form of blockade that I had
maintained. and 1 heard no word of
complaint from him. In fact, in view
of the telegram of cOngratulation ]
supposed naturally everything was ap-
/ proved Admiral SIMPSONS relations
and mine were always cordial never
/ had any difference with him.,
{ Admiral Dewey-YOu have turned the
command over. Now go on.
4 turned the command over to Ad-
miral Sampson, and my squadron was
not broken UP until the 18th or 18th
of June. 1 was still in command Of the
| flying squadron and composed the left
! half of the blockading line at Santa
go. OF course, I have not criticisms TO
offer; merely a plain, straight story TO
tell of what its operations were up to
that time"
A recess for luncheon was then taken.
Discrepancies In Dispatches.
When the court resumed its session
at 2 O'Clock Captain Lemly read a
statement explaining discrepancies in
some of the dispatches referred to by
Admiral Schley in his morning testi-
mony. The dispatches referred to
coaling and in one case the name
"Gonaivs'' was used when 1t appeared
! the name Guantanamo" should have
! been given. Captain Lemly also Sc
cured the consent of the court for an
adjournment from today until Mon
day. avoiding a Saturday session.
Then Admiral Schley, at the request
/ of Mr.. RaynOr, stated his observation
/ of suspicious circumstances on land
and in the harbor at Santiago on the
evening of July .. He said that the
/ outlying Spanish land forces were at
/ that time being pressed into the city
/ by the American and insurgent forces
and he noticed several of their
block houses burning that evening. He
] had at the same time observed smoke
! coming from over Zocopa hill, and he
/ thought the enemy was preparing for
/ a sortie. OF this circumstance he had
/ notified Admiral Sampson, and he
/ thought the admiral had acted upon
/ the notice as the blOckading line was
| moved in closer that night.
! He explained why all the engines OF
! the Brooklyn had not been coupled up
saying this was largely because of the
/ intense heat and also because Captain
/ Cook had not considered it necessary
] TO do