The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-03

the New York and report to Admiral
Sampson as directed, and that by Ad-
m'ral Sampson you were ordered to go
to each vessel on the blockade and re-
peat Commodore Schley's message with
an additional order from Admiral
Sampson, directing the ships to close
IN and keep sharp lookout; that you
performed this duty, and so reported
later in the same day that you had
done as directed?'
Il have no remembrance of the oc-
currence. 1 am sorry to say. / wish
l could remember
In response to questions, Comman-
der Sharp said that according to Lieut..
EIarlows notes as recorded in the Vix-
ems log the flagship New York had
come up about an hour and fifteen min
utes after the, Cristobal Colon had sur
rendered. The record read that the
New York had arrived three to five
minutes after the arrival of the Vix-
en-, which had been at 2:25.
By the Court: What signals, if any,
were made by the Brooklyn from the
commencement to the end of the bat
tie of July 3?''
1.-The Brooklyn had hoisted a signal,
Enemy attempting to escape That is
in the notes. There may have been
others, but I do not find any here"
BY the Court: Estate the orders un-
der which you acted when on blockade
off Santiago"
my impression is that I received
my instructions from Commander Nc
Gala to go inside of the line of ves-
sells and to the seaward of Santiago
about two miles. That is for the 29th,
S0th and 31st of May"
A schley Witness Testifies.
Lieut.. Doyle said his first impress
ha ho he liz Ia
her turn with starboard helm.
The witness read to the court that
part of the log book which relates
to the turning of the port helm, as
follows:
'"rhe enemy stood towards us at first,
then put helm aport and stood along
shore close in to the westward We
engaged with port battery at first
standing in for the Maria Teresa, the
Colon and the Viscaya, all three of
which we engaged, but just as soon as
the enemy stood to the westward put
helm to port, swinging Ga little inter-
lineation here), clear of the fire of the
Texas, so as to bring the starboard
battery to bear and stood parallel to
the enemy"
The witness then stated that the
original entry in the log had made it
appear that the helm was put to star
in the permanent log. The change, he
said, had been made on the 5th of July,
two days after the action, after he had
discussion with Sharp.
Why the Log Was Changed.
Mr.. Rayner then took the witness
and asked him if it was not true that
the change in the log was due to an err
ror on the part of the witness and to
no desire upon the part of anybody to
falsify the facts?
Absolutely" was the response
Lieut.. Doyle then described the events
prior to Schley's blockade of Santiago.
He placed the distance of the Ameri-
can fleet off Santiago from ths mouth
of the harbor at from three to four
miles, and said there were picket boats
on the inside of the line. Speaking of
the bombardment of the Colon on the
31st of May, he and Mr.. Rayner desig-
mating 1t as a reconnaissance, Lieut.
Doyle said that its effect had been to
develop the fact that the Spaniards had
new guns in their land batteries.
Here Mr.. Rayner asked:
when was the circular form Of
blockade commenced?'
While no mention was made of the
name of Admiral Sampson, this ques-
tion was evidently regarded as an at
tempt to bring his blockade into the
case for purposes of comparison, and
Capt. Lemly was prompt in making a
sharp and vigorous objection.
Without waiting for any argument
on the point the court Immediately an
nounced a brief recess. The members
retired for a minute or two and when
they returned, Admiral Dewey said:
THE court decides that all questions
relating to the blockade off Santiago
must be confined to the time prior to
the arrival of the commander in chief"
The court then adjourned for the
day.