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ALSO VALIDITY OF REASONS FOR: j
NOT PROMPTLY oBE:YlxG
ORDERS. WIFI &.
CAPT. CHADWICK ON INT STAND,
SIMPSONS CHIEF OF STAFF TELLS.
ABOUT EIsPATc:IIEsssE SENT
... s.ssClILEY. o. s.:::

Washington, Oct. 10. - Official docu-s
meEtary evidence that the commnnica-
ton designated by the navy depart-:'
ment as No. Z. but better known as the
Dear Schley letter, had been sent by;
Admiral Sampson to Commodore Schley,
by the torpedo boat Dupont ON May 20,
1898, was produced at the. Schley court
of inquiry yesterday. 1t had already
been proved that all the dispatches car
ried by the Dupont on that trip were.
delivered to Commodore Schley at
Cienfcegos on the morning of May 90.
This documentary proof that the
Dear Schley" letter went by the Du-
pont is one of the most important
points made by Judge Advocate Le1nly'
in his conduct Of the inquiry Just how
vital it is to the officer under investiga-
ttQn has been explained several times:
in these dispatches. but repetition in
the present instance will servo to give
clearer understanding of the marked
bearing the matter has in the case.
Admiral Schley's reputation for ver-
acity and the
Validity of His Reasons
for not promptly obeying orders to pro.
coed from Cienfuegos to Santiago and
there blockade the Spanish fleet are
involved in the question of the time
the Dear Schley'' letter was received
by him.
The evidence that the "Dear Schley''
letter was sent by the Dupont was
found in the official journal kept on
board the flagship New York by order
of the navy department. Lieut.. Marsh,
Admiral Simpsons flag secretary in
the Spanish war, was placed on the
stand and on being furnished with the
records sent to the navy department
from the New York traced the Dear
Schley" letter through the several vol
umes and finally found an entry show
ing that it had been sent to Schley by
the Dupont on Nay 20.
w. Capt. Chadwick Testihcs.
Capt. F. r. Chadwick, who was in
command of Admiral SIMPSONS flag
ship, the New York, and who also was
chief of the admirals staff during the
war with Spain, testified for short
time yesterday afternoon. Capt Chad
wicks testimony related very largely
to dispatches sent by Admiral Sampson
to Commodore schley while the latter
lay off Cienfuegos in May, 1898, and to
the code of signals agreed u.;on by
Capt. McCalla of the Marblehead and
the Cuban forces operating near Glen
fuegos. He said this code had not
been sent to Admiral Schley by dis
patch because Capt. McCalla had ex-
pected to join the commodore immedi-
ately and communicate the code to him.
He also told of being present at en- in
terview between Admiral Sampson and
Commodore schley in which the latter
had expressed his
Intention to he LOynI
to the commandment -chief. He reluted
in detail the change of opinion concern
ing the whereabouts Of Cervera's fleet
by Admiral Sampson on May 81, be-
tween the sending of the two dispatches
of that date by Admiral Sampson to
Commodore Schley, one of which was
dated at Key West and the other at
Havana. Capt. Chadwick said he had
not approved Admiral Samoson's dis
patch of May %, congratuld.ing Com
modore Schley on his accomplishments
to that date.
Much other interesting testimony was
given. Two officers OF the Msssachu-
sets. Lieutenants AlthcIse and Dewey
testified that in the attack on the Co
Ion on May 81, 1898. their ship from
which Commodore Schley directed OPP
erations. fired at ranges of from $500
to 10000 yards and these fell short.
Ten thousand yards is nearly five
nautical miles and more than five and
one-half statute miles. In one official
report Commodore Schley gave the dis
tance as 1000 yards.