The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-12

ulates Commodore Schley upon his sue
cess2 I viii read the dispatch. The
following telegram was sent 10 COM
modOre Schley to both Port Antonio
Jamaica, and Mole st. Nicholas:
congratulate you on success.
Maintain close blockade at all hazards.
and especially at night. Very little TO
fear from torpedo boat destroyers.
Coal in open sea whenever conditions
permit Send a ship to examine Guam
tanamo with view to occupying it as
a base, coaling heavy ships one at a
time. Appraise captured coal. use it
II desired. and afterward send ship in
as prize
I remember that very WELL because
1 protested against his congratulations.
1 asked him why he persisted, and he
said. 1 want to encourage him 4"
You recoIect that because You pro-
tested against putting that in the dis
patch?''
7 said that under the circumstances
thought it was improper"
That Secret Code.
Mr.. Raynor-You have stated, and
it has been in testimony here, that this
signal code with the Cuban insurgents
Schley. Have you not fallen into a
slight error in point of time? Did not
the dying squadron leave Key West
before McCalla got to Key West, and
nave HOL you ldltu INTO
error in point of time? You could not
have given Commodore Schley the in
formation because you did not have it
until Captain McCalla got there. Is
that not the reason?
The witness admitted that this was
so.
Question-Captain Evans has testi-
fed here that he knew it. Could you
give me the source from which he de-
rived his information?
Answer do not remember speaking
of it to Captain Evans, nor that tolS
him 70 communicate it to Schley. When
McCalla came in, it was expected that
his ship would reach Cienfuegos about
the same time as the Iowa and the
Dupont. and McCalla said he would
carry the signal agreement back with
him. That signal was really for the
benefit of the Cubans, and the Nc
Gala memorandum was for Commo-
dore Schley. The memorandum was
full and explicit in that regard If I
may explain it a little farther, by the
of the day after McCalla came in, in
formation was received Of the arrival
of the Spanish squadron in Santiago
So that any question of the insurgent
Cubans about Cienfuegos dropped out
Of sight.
You say that after the arrival of
Captain McCalla information was re-
ceived of the arrival OF the Spanish
squadron at Santiago. Will you kindly
give us the information and from who
il Gamer
Arrival Of Spaniards at Santiago.
The first intimation we had was By
a telegram from the navy department
mentioning that the information may
well be correct Next day Lieutenant
Commander Staunton was in Key West
and saw Captain Allen, who said that
the evening before he had received in
formation from Havana that the Span
Ish squadron had gone into Santiago
and he was only waiting until the
evening of the goth to have it corroh-
grated, as the operator who sent the
information put himself in communica-
ton witn our office in Key West only
once a day. about O'Clock in the even
ing. StauntOn came with that Informal
ton and then went up in the evening
to await a second telegram which COR
roDorated the first. and which caused
Admiral Sampson to believe that the
Spanish fleet was in Santiago, and also
caused him TO write the second dis
patch directing the movement toward
Santiago"
Did I understand you to say that
that dispatch caused the belief that
the Spanish fleet was in Santiaso?"
No. sir. What caused the belief was
the informa zion received from Captain
Allen of the signal corps who was i'm
&c OF the telegraph Office in Key
West. He informed Lieutenant Staun-
ton, who was in Key. West, at noon on
the zOth, that this Information had
come over night from Havana
Gould I interrupt you Just a min
ute? Was No. Z the dispatch referred
TO (the Dear Schley' dispatcn) being
sent in answer to this inclosure?''
Yes. That was sent after receiving
this dispatch"
Did the admiral then telegraph the
department practically paraphrase of
this letter No. ~"
Doubts Removed From Sampson.
This dispatch and the telegram 20
I. department paraphrasing it was
prepared on the night Of the 10Th, and
were sent that night. I think. At noon
on the goth Lieutenant Stanton saw