The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-12
SCHLEY PROMISED TO
BE LOYAL TO SAMPSON
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when the court adjourned. He was
questioned by Mr.. Hanna concerning
the code signals arranged by Captain
McCalla of the Marblshead with the
insurgent Cubans near Cienfuegos. He
replied:
Captain McCalla arrived off the
reefs Of Key West at noon on the 18th
of Nav. He came on board and was
there some time with Admiral Samp-
son and myself After coming on deck
he spoke to me and said ne had made
arrangement with the Cubans of Glen
fuegOs by which they could commu-
nicate with the ships. He said he did
not care to have anything said about
it. as he was going back the next day
and his would probably be the first
ship there He was accidentally de-
layed at Key West by his inability TO
get coal and water until the next day,
so that instead of leaving on the 20th,
he left on the DIST.
ITO whom. if you recolIect, did you
communicate this system of signals, or
information, respecting it?'
My memory is entirely at fault re-
garding that. / cannot say positively
that l communicated it to anybody
Did you communicate it to Commo-
dore Schley2 If not. why not2'
Did Not Tell Schley.
1.-The signals were not communicated
10 commodore CtnltN bEtduSt NdpScAAA
McCaIla said he was going back the
next day at once, and would give them
TO all the ships off Cienfuegos him
self"
WAS Commodore schley then in Key
West?"
He had left on the morning of the
18th for CienfuegOs."
Some hours before McCalia arrived
with this system of signals p
About three hours before"
COrlanlnns ting
this system yourself to Captain
Evans?"
I have no recollection of it
DO you remember whether Commo-
dore Schley was advised at that time
that Captain McCalla was operating
off Cienfuegos or not2''
HE had been informed that Mccall
las ships would form a part OF his
squadron- do not rememoer any part part
Of the conversation. Commodore
Schley was on board the New York
on the afternoon of the 18th until
O'Clock, and as he was going to Cen
fuegos the next day we supposed he
would be given the information
You have referred to a visit by
Commodore Schley at Key West. Can
you state anything that occurred there
in Commodore Schley's presence bear
ing upon the subject of this inquiry"
Schley Glad to Be Under Sampson.
My only distinct recollection in re-
gard to a conversation was Commodore
Schley's statement to the admiral that
he desired to be perfectly loyal. He
said that he was pleased to be under
his command; that he could be assured
that he should be entirely loyal in all
his conduct"
AT what time did you fall in with
the flying squadron"
I'VE anchored at Key West little
before 4 O'Clock on the afternoon of
the 18th of May and found Commodore
Schley's squadron there
Did Commodore Schley go on board
the fiagship9''
He came on board"
Were you present at an interview
Il was present there the whole time
he was there. In the cabin the only
persons who were present permanently,
so to speak, were Admiral Sampson,
Commodore Schley and myself. There
were some different persons coming and
going"
Did Commodore Schley come aboard
Admiral Simpsons flagship on June 1.
off Santiago, when the latter reached
there?"
Yes, sir; he came aboard in the
Vixen
will you please tcu the court what
occurred during that interview? Was
there anything said with regard to the
feasibility of conducting a blockade off
Santiago2"
Yes. I remember Commodore Schley
spoke in my presence, and. think, to
myself as he was leaving the ship, say
ing, You cannot blockade those ships
in there if they want to come out
remember that"
Sampson Congratuiates Schley.
Taking the witness for cross-examin-
alton. Mr.. Raynor asked: do you