The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-28

/ A--~llt tune lAfIlF very properly TOOK
| her place under the lee Of the flagship
| and remained I'm that position until
| OF Rio IarquiuO- a good deal Of
nd was in very great danger. The only
was in very great danger The only
action Is that ] think her commander eN-
posed her more than there was any ne
ot-Sity for I'm relation 10 the hits upon
; our vessel recorded 10y the board / would
I like to say that the Brooklyn was the
: only vessel Of the squadron carrying D.
inch guns, and most of the others carried
/ N-incl gums and h-Douuders, so that II
would hc Impossible to distinguish which
ships Inflicted the shots Of this
oaliars G-iuch and t-pouudcrSt,
bu, ir is perfectly distinct that The Brook
Nu with her 5-IUCb guns scored about 81
n~ o., per cent of the total hits upon the
/ enemy s vessel although she constituted
only about one-hfth Of the fighting force
She also received Cd out of the q shots
that struck the American squadron. OF
about I' per cent of the hits 10y the Span
ssh squadron.
4 Rigid Cro>s-ENaminatIon.
This concluded the direct examination
and Admiral Schlsy turned 90 Captain
Lemly for Cross-ezauinatiou. II was evi-
/ dent from the moment that the Judge ad-
vocate began to put his questions that he
intended To make his cross-eZauiuatiou as
( rigid as possible. He first asked:
Q.-Nou referred 10 a conference with
/ the captains of the Flying Squadron at
| Hampton Roads. This was in the nature
Z OF council of war. was il uut2
/ A.-Ntu, il was hardly that; il was an
| exchange Of views, and / announced 10
/ them the plans which 1 had determined
upon.
/ O--What captains were present?
/ Al think all of thOm-Captains Hig-
/ ginson, Jewell. Sands I think, Captain
/ Cook. and 1 think they We're all there.
J Q.-State more specifically what instruc-
. uons and order Of battle were made2
| Ave were first talking about the
subject Of tOTpedOeS- There was a good
/ deal Of difference Of opinion
! The witness told what these differences
7 consisted Of and explained the opinions
/ advanced 10y some and the different views
7 held by others He said he stated 10 them
that. wherever the enemy was met. they
{ tTauDE fire upon her. and then attacking
/ the others as they advanced.
An ImpracticnBIe Suggestion.
Captain LemIy then enquired what in
/ struCJi0us were given II the enemy were
/ found 90 be in line instead Of column.
/ Admiral Schley replied Jhat he had given
. no Instructions on that point as he could
/ not conceive of an enemy following
. such a course. 1t was entirely imprsctica-
bic, he said. IT. would have been ugees-
sary 10 signal RESTRICTIONS ia such a case
Q.-Nhat further consultation with the
captains OF the feet did you haEey
Al had another consultation with
p them of santiago that related 20 the
IoIT Of blockade and the method of att
tack If tho. should com. out.
O--Was there after that consultation
any order OF battle led down and placed
A.-No, I did not consider that ncces-
7 sary.
Q-Vas there not time to do this2
A--4es, i suppose there was time.
/ C-Are you not aware that the reEu.G-
tcus OF the navy require that go be done
II the D. time FOR It-
/ A--Wel, that / do not recall
/ O--EeltrrllE Go The co---. EtiI IN
] structiOus with regard tO rlsl-iuE your
ships against the batteries. who was pres
cUt during The interview between yourself
aud the cFmmander-in-gH.,f when these
instructions were CummIltn1ts- rH Euu-
A.-Cartaiu Chadwick Was there 3D. part
Of tho time. but whether ur la, Doc was
there an Of the time DO not lCcal-
.t---HEt when was tl-t
A--Ou the morning OF May Is
/ C-D-d Admiral sampson III any time
ever exhibit TO you any or all Of these
A.-No. ne merely stated 90 me that
these were the confidential instructions
/ from the Secretary I rcc0Igct that we
/ character Of the guns uf the batteries
I Tho admiral and 4 talked over a great
| many things about the war and now aft
I or three years and some months il Is DIFF
hcuL Tor me 20 reHemDer who was pres
! eut-
/ Q--Can you state the information given
At IIlf sri.''4 iilNtL as Ei.LlAH8 from the VI
I bleh,ad through the Ea-le2 CWhi'a the
/ squadron was en- route 20 C.enflegosJ
A-Practicaly the same. If not iGaud-
I cally the same. as that recorded iu the
/ anything in addition g. that
/ Q--I would like YOU 20 give me from
! your recollection the exact Information
: which You received as nearly as you can
An substance. ] think l can-that
they had left CicnfuCg0s, that the Nash
vile was astern some miles with broken
engine; that they had passed TO III north
ward Of CAPE san Antonio, the Cilcin-
natl and the Eesuvius and that there
was no news Of the Spanish he=t
Speed of the Squadron.
| Captain Lemly asked il Admiral SchIey
| regarded his trip from Key West 20 Glen
fuegos as expeditions IN view Of irstruc-
tiOns Of May 10 10 establish a blockade at
CienfuegOs with the least possible delay.
He also asked the speed between Charles
ton and Key West. and Key West and
CienfuegOs.
Admiral schley said that. considering
all things. ne proceeded as fast as was pos
sible. The speed from Charleston 20 Key
| West was twelve knots and from Key
| West to CIenfuegos was ten knots. lie
! explained the cause OF the reduced speed
| between the two last points
{ Q-Wh by uid you not take Captain Ches-
ter with you instead Of delaying from
70 proceed with the least possible dciay2
| At was necessary for me 10 learn
Z from EiIa what the situation was not
where he had been, or what his orders
I were
Captain L-.nly then made a strenuous
! effort 20 show that there had been three
delays in preceding from Key West 10
/ ClCnfue gos-for all Of which Admiral
SchIey assigned his reasons.
Q.-WLeH you sighted the MarbI.head
did you know that that vessel was from
/ CIcuIueEOsy
A--Only after the message had been
Z communicated.
Q.-But you did not know # before?
! Al did not know II before. ] made a
signal 10 the Scorpion TO speak 10 the
l-db'c To ascertain where they were from
uo not know whether ] knew 1r not that
she was from CiclfuegOs
{ Q--Nhy, in view of your orders did
You not communicate personally with
Captain McCalIaE
A.-Simply because he was 20 the north
ward and ] saw fhH sUai.iHrg .rrgrOarh-
ing. and took o. FOR granted that hr was
/ sending her 10 CDmmUuicat. with me- and
! that she would state all the news that she
had. 4 thought that If Captain NcCaIa
| had Important information h. would com
muuicatg it himself.
| Q.-You do think then it was tho duty
Of Ia, senior Cthcer TO make tn, first adj
vance to communicate with The Junior
At was the duty Of the Junior ofca
10 communicate with thr senior officer
If he had information 10 impart.
Q.-Gou knew when you communicate
with Captain Chester where the Ciucln-
natl had been cruising. did you rCtZ
| A--Om Cape san Antonio.
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