The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-10-03

there. He said that Capt. Chadwick.
staff, was the only person at Key
West to whom he had communicated
the signal code.
Capt, McCalla expressed the opinion
that coaling was feasible off Santiago
at the time Schley began his retro
grade movement.
Lieut.. John Hood said that on May
90 he had delivered dispatches from
Adm Sampson to Adm. Schley when
the latter was off Cienfuegos. In re-
sponse to a request from the judge
advocate. Lieut.. Hood related the con-
versation he had had with Adm.
Schley after delivering the orders,
saying that he (the witness) had
told the admiral that IL was Adm.
SIMPSONS wish that the flying squad
ron should proceed Immediately to
Santiago. as his information was very
positive. Commodore Schley read
the dispatches and then turning to
me said:
Captain. Adm. Sampson wishes me
to go to Santiago. can not do It,"
|, Istold Commodore Schley that the
admiral certainly expected the squad
ron to leave the instant l arrived.
Commodore Schley then said, in near
ly these words: II am not at all sat
istied that these Spnniards are not
here in Cicnfuegos. Besides my shipg
all want coal: that the Massachusetts,
Texas and the Brooklyn wanted so
many tons of coal, and that the day
before Capt. Sampson had sent him
down the Iowa with only half her coal
supply, so that she could not go any
where: that 1t was useless to send
ships down there only half filed with
coal" | told Commodore Schley that
| had passed collier conveyed by a
gunboat only little before daylight
that morning and 1t would certainly
be there with at least four or Ave
thousand tons of coal within two or
three hours. He referred again TO
his belief of the Spaniards being In
Cienfuegos, and stated that he had
heard some firing about 40 miles from
port, which he took to be q welcome
to the Spanish squadron. He had also
seen some smoke which he conceived
to be the Spanish squadron, and he
believed they were there. I said to
Commodore Schley then that the in
formation which the admiral had he
considered us definite; he had no
doubt that the Spanish squadron was
at Santiago. Commodore Schley then
said to me: Capt. Sampson does
not understand. He Is not on the
spot and can not judge / also in
formed Commodore Schley that they
certainly expected the squadron to
leave Immediately, and that I had
verbal orders from the commander
in-chief which did not appear in my
written orders to remain with the
Hawk alone at Cienfuegos after the
squadron had left and conduct a
blockade for a day or two, or as
long as my coal supply lasted.
Washington, Sept. 2o.-In the Schley
court of inquiry Saturday Capt. Nc
Gala, of the Marblehead, concluded
his testimony, which was begun Fri
day, and the court heard the testi-
rnony of Lieut.. Commander W. II. H.
Switzerland. who commanded the
).agle during the war with Spain, and
also that of Lieut.. Cassius B. Barnes.
navy department, and his evidence
was devoted to showing that the dis
patch from Commodore Schley to the
navy department of May 2s, 1898,
saying that he could not. much to his
regret, obey the orders of the de-
partment, as printed in the official
reports, was a correct translation of
the message as forwarded from the
Harvard at Kingston.
Commander Southerland explained
the condition of the Eagle during the
campaign, and told of the part that
vessel played. He said the slow
progress made in the cruise to San
tiago was due to the fact that the
vessel was one-third full of water.
lie told of signaling the Scorpion to
inform Commodore Schlsy that the
Spanish squadron WAS not in the har-
bor of Cienfuegos. Capt. McCalla
said he had suggested to Commodore
Schley. after the battle Of Santiago
that there was glory enough in the
victory for all.
Capt. McCalla testified that he had
been present during conference of
commanding officers on the Brooklyn
while the feet was off Santiago on
May 20. Describing what took place,
lie said:
1.-THE commanding officers were or
dered on board the Brooklyn on May
90, 1t was with regard to the work
of blockade. can only remember one
specific thing, which took place ut
the close, and that was that Capt.
Evans asked Commodore Schley, II
the Spanish ships did not come out,
If he was going In for them. He said,
Certainly, and then arranged for
subdivision of fire from the ships
under his command on the Spanish
ships should they come ont"
Mr.. Rayner, in his cross-examina-
ton, brought out the fast that Lieut..
Barnes had no knowledge whether
the cipher copy made on the Harvard
is a correct reproduction of the orig
inal Schley message.
The Weeks Failures.
New York, Sept. Ss.-Failures for
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