Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-10-18
!. Nj! |hANY I' WITNESSES HEARD
Officers of the. Brooklyn Continue on
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! the Stand and Tell Story Of :.
Ts% Cuban Campaign.
Most of the Testimony of Corrobor-
42@@ ative Nature, Few New Points ss
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e.. Brought Out. .;'rs.
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Some of the Questions Asked Objected
to by Judge Advocate and are :;
Withdrawn!

Withdrawn.
Washington, Oct. 18.-The first new
witness called before the Schley court
Of inquiry was Lieutenant Commander
T. D. Griffin, who, as lieutenant, was
the senior watch officer on the Brook
lyn during the war with Spain. After
him came number of the junior Off
GERS who served on the Brooklyn dur
ing that campaign. s. 9; '".~
: Lieutenant Commander Griffin gave
details of the Cienfuegos campaign,
saying that the distance of the block
aiding line there varied from three to
seven miles, being farther out at
night.
Speaking of the voyage from Glen
fuegos to Santiago, witness said the
weather was s'heavy" and that there
was a*"short, choppy sea-" He also
said that the heavy sea had impeded
the fleet by delaying the smaller yes
sells, especially the Eagle.
Asked by Mr.. Rayner concerning a
conversation between Commodore
Schley and the commander of the
Eagle, witness said:
II was present when the converse
tion took place. When the Eagle
came up astern of the Brooklyn the
comm odore hailed the commanding
officer of that vessel and told him in
substance that hes could not delay the
squadron any longer on his account
and that he wanted him to proceed to
Jamaica for coal. The commanding
officer Of the Eagle seemed very desir-
GUS Of remaining with the squadron
and expressed sincere regrets at being
obliged to part company with the fly
ing squadron" r..
At Santiago, witness said that the
blockading line was mile or two
closer in at night than during the day
and on May 20 the feet stood out
three or four miles. There were
picket boats inside the line, but he did
not see them. ''f -" e"
Preferred to Stay on Guard. Z.
''Did. you ever have any converse
tion with Commodore Schley before
July 8 relative to the Brooklyn going
to Guantanamo for coal?" s$; - a
s. 4 = In: substance, mentioned the fact
that other ships of the squadron were
in the: habit Of going to Guantanamo
: for coal. We had had some difficulty
/ in coaling in the open off Santiago.
The commodore replied that he had
been asked on several occasions II he
would ! like to go to Guantanamo
where he could coal quietly and give
the officers and men a rest from the
strain of the blockade. & He said that
his answer was in each instance that
he preferred to remain on the station
until the Spanish ships came out Of
the harbor $3t z re- e 3; ;5t5S: IS n
" Referring to. the battle of July 5,
witness said that he had been in
charge of the powder division and that
4 it also was his duty to look after the
q lower decks Consequently he had
not seen a great deal of the fight. a \. H. I.
s X T. "Were any cheering or encouraging
messages sent among the men that
you know of. By whom, and what
were they r? Z sss ssts ,S$ 5E
33Sy". Z had a. Messenger who made fre.
quent trips to the gundeck and who
reported to me what was happ pening
a I conveyed This Information to the
men of my division in the different
Z handling rooms. y Z 81, : ssF53 3s|5ss.,$9
ERE any of hese messages o1
sufieient imp portance that you would
Il like to- speak of them ?'''s sss. 5
sSSa One message, which seemed to
cheer the men below very much, was
8 that there were three Spanish ships
ss ON our star board beam all firing at u.s.
gu don't know who sent these
1 messages, who gave them, do you q. ?''5 4
i took it for granite ---.. 81
Judge Advocate Lemly here inter
u rupted the witness by stating that Il
did not, appear hat Co modore
SehIey sent N a these messages, which
B brought q stat atement from MI. Il aynel
N that he would prove when Admipa
b SchIey went on the stand that the ad
miraI sent these messages of encour
agement to the men. /. 81 $ss
schiey Remarkably Cool. IS
58g3 Can yeu speak Of the conduct. bear
ing and manner pf 70 ommod odore Schley
3 during the enga cement in which syot
saw him ?'' s$8 n
imp ressed me as being remark
ably cool. consi dering 8 what had JUS
Occurred. He was perfectly natura
58 in manner and hearing 1. ~ Il 5ss
on cross-ax aminat ton CAPITA Lem
4 ay Guestion Witness closely concern
4 irg the weather on the trip to Santi
Il ago, ths sending AWAY or the Eaglt
fcr coal and the bloc of sienfus
& ] gos.
eading from the Rfooklyn s log III
said that at the time Sof the Eagle i de
parfure the sea Vfsts records I'd as mod
erafe. He Also at Captain Leuly,s
request, again de detailed the position o
The Oregon when the Colon surren
& derea saying thGt vessel was from
GG00 III 800 rarils on atlls stArh hUArx