Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-10-15
SCIILEY GAINS
A POINT IN THE NAVAL INQUIRY.

He Was Not Notified That Cervern's ship
Had Len Cienfusg0s HnrbOr-s~mpsoi
Again Denied Representation nj TN
Trinl-Capt Chadwick Testihss Admifa
Dewey's Nephew on the Stand.
A new point N favor Of Rear Ad'
niral Schley vas made just tefqrt
the session of the court of Inquiry
ended Thursday through the appear
ance on the stand of Lieutenant ) II
Holden of Burlington, formerly watch
officer on the Scorpion. Lieut. Holden
signed the entry in the Scorpion s
log, giving the particulars OF the re.
ceipt of message for Commodore
Schley from the Eagle which that yes
sci had brought from Captain McCalla
May 10, 1898, when the flying squad
ron then bound for Cienfuegos fell in
with Captain. McCallss sub squadron
which had just left that port.
The government had sought to show
| that by this message Commodore
Schley had been notified that the
| Spanish fleet was not 10 the harbor
of Cienfuegos, and Lieut. Commander
Southerland of the Eagle had testified
that he had megaphoned to the Scor-
| pion that there we're only torpedo
boat and several cannonieros in that
harbor, but counsel for the Navy De-
partment admitted that the log did
not show that such message had
been received by Schley.
A deposition by Adolph Mark at
Cayite, formerly commander OF the
Scorpion less than two months ago,
confirmed his log, and Holden corrob-
Grated both the log and his command
ing officer. The log showed IN asssge
that contained nothing about the
Spanish fleet Lieut. Holden testified
that the message was received by Com
manderg Mark in person, that he bad
entered the message from copy fur
nished him by Commander Mark and
that he also had heard it delivered.
He said the message logged 10 toe
Scorpion vas the Only message given
Admiral Schlev.
This is virtual abandonment Of
the charge that Schlsy remained about
Cienfuegos five days after he kne" the
enemy'S warships were net there.
W II Sayton Of New York, who rcp-
rensentS Admiral Samr son tried again
THURSDAY to get into the case, declar-
ing that Sampson considered that his
homo. had been assaIled aud demand
ing that he be given 81 opportunity TO
defend himself Adnir<l Dewey wrote
in reply that court considers that Rear
Admiral Sampson Is cot an interest
ed party aud rot entitled II appear |
as such either IT. person 0f tyc uDsel, |
and that Whenever the 20 RI Uee1s il |
necessary for Admiral Sampson to be !
represented due notice II ha sent |
him.
Lieutenant Leipet, watch officer # /,
the New Orleans. contiDLei has eti-
dence covering the Reconnaissance and
the blockade at Santiago. Lleutenant |
return to the stand to correct
his testimony as recorded gave
Schley's counsel an opportunity to
present documents showing the trust
of the stadimeter, which
the officer bal enph atically denied.
Lieut. Commander VIM NJ Schutzee,
now in the Bureau of Equipment and
during the war navigator of the love-,
testified about the chart of the San
curate. He said be had protested
against signing the report. but that
the Board had told him re would bet
ter sign as it was the only report that
could re agreed upou.
Capt f E Chadwick, Bn extreme
Sampson partisan, who was in CON
maid Of Admiral SIMPSONS flagship,
ne New York, and who also was chief
If the sdmiral's staff during the war
with Spain, testified Friday. Capt
Chadwick testimony related largely
% dispatches scat Admiral Sampson
, Commodore Schley while the latter
ay OFT Cienfnegos,. in Nav, 1898, and
o the code of signs agreed upon he
we Capt McCalla of the Marble
lead and the Cuban forces operating
year Cienfuegos, He said this code
lad rot been sent to Commodore
Schley by despatch, he 3ause Capt
dcCalla had expected II join the cam
nodore Immediately and communicate
he code to him. He also told of be
ng present al an interview bet seen
Aomiral Sampson and Commodore
'chley, in which the latter had ex
,reSsed his intention to be loyal Ia
he comnanderin-chief He related
o detail the change of opinion CON
erring the whereabouts of Cervera's
leet by Admiral Sampson on May
i, between the sending of the two
dispatches of that date by Admiral
sampson to Commodore Schley, one
4 which was dated at Key West and
he other ut Havana. Capt Chadwick
aid he had not approved of Admiral
'ampson's despatch OF May IS, con-
ratulating Commodore Schley on his
to that Date but that
.dmiral Sampson had wished to en-
outrage Scbley.
Five Otuer new witnesses we're beard
uriDg the day. two of them being off
ers of the New York One of these
as Lieut. c G Marsh, the secrstary
f Admiral Sampson, who testified
oncerning dispatches to Commodore
Chley. ard The other was the shin,S :