The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-30

t,ycc,' a'',, mere Is vast difference he
f,re ~ uleatlonS thet come Va the ma
vor p' sueRestions and those lat come 10
g a " the nature OF orders | thint ina
Wpdi tnent never hegitntes 10 ,rtlcr dix
s AZ ,E when It is decided about matters
Al TINS points 10 the fnct tha, tbo,e r,a,
no certain Information In tbs nmss,s NE
~ hhNuudy that the enemy WIS reaiiv
mere ana that which they bad wss mai ~
W. ,rrr Fs,leq upon or that It was untrnst-
g, IN regard to tho landing place 1--WE or
en-, 81 uiles west Of the harhor Won say Won
" ,,',,, subsequently that the Spanish
wire there and not CuhanSY'
30 Nunez stated on tho ist md ,fnon
hnL' ! predlcated the remark thar n we
ny, ,anued IN that position probably we
" .,Vld nave been gobbled up. =
You dld not try to landf
~, thank God, did not"
You did NOT follow up thar clsw and
nhu out that time whether the ipsurgents
Weir there did your"
rerhaps II Is lucky | did nor
Don you think, perhaps. IL might have
neen lucky il you hadf'
40 don't think So
pres aga I'D did not really know what was
n, Personally, | did not know only {, the
Hght OF 'phat ! subsequently hoard -
nA,iI5er the recess Captain Lcmly asked:
blu you not accept 1t moiioning the
V yio,s, Of me department referred to pre-
y
nt9tler OF fact, did you not remain OF
santiago after thatYi
said that after the coal efficiency Of
thme et squadron had hecn established upon
b,asls OF equality and as We were NOT very
distant from Santiago. In Wow of Tho sec
ttiarE $ suggestion, / returned 10 ascer-
tam definitely whether the enemy vas In
IuIl Upon our return We discovered the
spanish squadron in the harbor"
\, AFTER you stopped May rs when the
NIL lllhlac engines broke down. do YOU re-
member whether you started again until 1
p. m. May 97?'
y, I'VE We attempted to get a line aboard and
my impression is we did not get under way
until after o'clock"
referring 20 the signal Of the Texas on
May ~ saying, We can try" In response
10 the inquiry whether she could conf Ad.
miral Schlcy said the Texas not only sue
ceeded IN coaling but that she succeeded
IN doing much injury to herself and also
TO the Merrimac In the transaction. Tho
damage was not great but it Indicated that
there was reason for the doubt which Cap.
tain Philips signal had Indicated him 10
he In
Captain Lemly then asked: "If you had
brought the flying squadron TO the vicinity
OF Santiago and had in your possession
dispatch from the navy department dated
Washington, May -, 1895 which directed
the Harvard to proceed az once and Inform
you and also Your senior officer present
indicates Spanish division Is stlll AT SAN
tiago, did you not. with this dispatch in
Your possession from the department, sig
nal; Destination Key West without con
sulting the commanding officers of the YES
sells composing your squadronE
II did not get that dispatch until the
9th OF May. although dated the 25th nc
Washington, and ! did hoist the signal at-
terward for the reason, as ! stated little
while ago that the information In my pos
session at that time from Sigsbec was the
positive assertion that the Spanish squad
ron was not there, supported Dy tue tes'
timony OF Nunez that they could not get IN
ON account of the vessels draught and the
narrowuesS Of the channel. considered
then that | had TO act ON my own rtSpon'
sihllty ! did not call the commanding
officers on board, for, as ! stated In my
direct testimony, that / was already ready
to assume the responsibility for any move
ment that might involve censure rather
than throwing myself back upon anybody
else. That vas the motive aud reason TOT
this action,
The admiral said that he had IN his pos,
session the depart meuts communication or
May - on May - Wnen ne hau ugaih
signaled. indicating purpose to go TO
IN response 10 an inquiry, be said that
he Thought he had conhded To- C2p'nh
Cook his purpose In retnrlipg In NeE w Wef ~
lut be could not recall certainly that nc
where could ycu have coaied II you
had gone to Key Wcstf' asked captain
I'M NV purpcsc was 10 coal at the hrst op.
portuniiy. wherever II was possible 10 &c
So II ! hpd gone 10 Key west l hnoniu
have coaled on the ontslde-just outside
'ut tst t,s''n abnWt the condition Of the Goa!
s,tnniy M 3:5J u. M, May -, when dis.
march was sent from hin. saying thaI nan
tho sqradrou WAS out Of coal, ht sald tnat
untrh, Tint while the original as WFlu o.
rreod th1f way. he could not nave uic'
tofed IT, "because,' he said, that was
nor G,n ,rur IemIy asked what was the
condition ~ the McrrmacF
"Sbr had 1000 tons Of coal. but she was
u' ..lVhen Won started on the retrogade
,,,,,ornhnt aid Won not take with You all
tho United States vessels ihere ana teaNe
he mort Of Santiago ungnafden
M, W. W. phc 56th. we were south OF
no harbor fifteen or eighteen miles.
'.unt whom Won did start 10 the west
ward did YOU not take all the ships with
S@@HI' don't rerollcct exactly. The ST. Pau
must nave been with us.
Tho admiral said he had sent the 81,
paul back May y. He mad not Wltndra"n
the scouts further than ne i'"pu -'n'"'
10 Was closely questioned ms to why, Of
Ma, ~ he reported that he was absolute
~ nnohie 10 coal the BROOKLYN ~.
IA said II was on account OF me notlol
Min lie also added that she di'
MOI need coal and he did not try 70 Goa
tbe Brookyn but he mad In view We" Ine con
/ tinoency Of needing coal Inc 5Iookly
soiont coal 10 reach Key West, taking INT
/ consjderation all the circumstances OF ser
| rlce iiteiv on such a trip with the eX
| ceptlon Of ihe 10y" d,snotch Of Nav q, II
/ ,rbid5 he said the Brooklyn alone ma
mnIoN man enough Goa 10 carry her e
/ Kev West was again introduced; -.
adr,irni schley said he bAd caDieu tnl
! II was impossible 70 coai 20 'ne 1880,
I ~ cano CRUZ because II was a perfecti I
| open port anu lue's
we" sS Wine Vines differed with Captain Cotton
Mo testiaed that he was nor coneeIn9
about his coal supply rip po ~" Rnvai ia
get e"a' 10 said Captain Cotton had bee
No.. g,aatiy concerned about coal NOS
/ 1000 hvesseisn he adced, puIheu 10y t Sl'
day almost and aln mol SUPP nIse,it ~ tb
| their commanders Nelv
CON .ay-b ~ Pdid you suggest, on May 20, ms
,a,,lrsl SIMPSONS squadron De sent
relieve yours ln con re- coalf ~" ''' pa
10 20 % ecanse / thought II would b
s,ir pSSise measure not 70 leave the poI
unblockaded'
c.n,a,n Lemly then called me Wines a
apI,a,n N Inc fact that r was on MA
aWenliph mad seen the Colon in the hal
~ that sssrfiaao and also the bows an
, ~ of other vessels ana aq1sg 81.
. ..,.e davs before the LuBah piios, "
landed you knew th i witch ~ ma Admiral schie
| aeet was tbereY 70 WIFI ANN -
neeiIi I'm The affirmative 49,. -
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