Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-09-26
SOME IMPORTANT CHANGES.


Mr.. Raynor said that Admiral Schley
had spoken OF the weather as bolster
Gus" and that that word has been
omitted from the printed copy OF the
dispatch. He also stated that whereas
the admiral mad said 5000 tons OF coal
would be necessary, the printed copy
made IL 10000 tons. IL was also stated
In the original that tho Harvard was
going TO Port Royal, whereas Kingston
mad been inserted In the printed copy.
There also were other changes Fol-
lowing Is the text of the original dis
patch sent to the navy department:
TEXT OF ORIGINAL DISPATCH
Received dispatch Of May 10Th by
HaVaIu on SahtdsO ue Ilsd. aivr,i-
macs engine is disabled and she Is help
less; am Obliged to have her towed 10
Key West. have been absolutely una
BILE TO coal the Texas Marblehead,
NiXon and brooklyn from collier ow-
ing 10 very rougn seas and hoisterous
weather since leaving Key West.
Brooklyn Is the only one in squadron
having more than sufficient coal 10
reach Key West Impossible TO remain
OFF Santiago In present state OF coal on
account OF squadron. Not possible 10
coal to leeward OF Cape Cruz In sum
mer owing TO southwest winds. Har-
ward just reported TO me she has only
coal enough to reach Jamaica and she
will proceed TO Port Royal; also re-
ports only small vessels could coal at
Gonaiyes or Mole, Haiti Minneapolis
has only coal enough to reach Key
West, and same of Iaie when Wll tow
Marrtpaar "a Ia ia 20
the departments orders cannot be
obeyed, earnestly as We have all striv-
en- 10 that end l am forced 10 return
to Key West via Yucatan channel foi
coal. Can ascertain nothing concerning
enemy. Was Obliged 10 send Eagle to
Port Antonio, Jamaica, yesterday, as
she had only twenty seven tons OF coal
ON board VIII leave ST. Paul here
VIII require $500 tons Of coal at Key
West"
Admiral Cotton then related con-
versation he had had with Admiral
Schley concerning proposition of
Lieut.. Beall Of the Harvard, to 60
ashore and put himself in communi-
cation with Cuban insurgents. He
could not, he said, recall the exact
words OF the conversation, but at all
events Mr.. Beall had not been ordered
ashore.
Judge Advocate Lemly then asked:
After you delivered the order and
prior to the dispatch which he delivered
TO you To be sent TO Kingston, what
effort did he make to locate Ceryeras
feet to your knowledge?"
"None to my knowledge"
did he, with his squadron, at that
time approach Santiago?"
He did not l will qualify that to
this extent The vessels, of course,
were not at anchor; they were moving
about and there were directions for
movement toward the harbor OF San
tiago."
Referring to that phase In the dis
patch, The department looks TO you 10
ascertain the facts: that the enemy, II
therein, does not leave without a decis-
i've action, what, within your knowl-
edge, did Commodore Schley do in ODE
dience to these instructions?"
Nothing TO my knowledge"
On discrimination, Admiral Cot
ton said that while he had delivered
four or FIVE dispatches to Admiral
Schley, he had had the original only OF
the one dispatch which he had given.
They had all been translated by Lieut..
Beall, and he had not seen the originals
Of any but one. lie had no record OF
any other dispatches.
The admiral said that n he had said
that this dispatch was delivered on the
9th, he had made mistake-that II
was delivered on the Sist, after his re-
turn from Kingston, The admiral said,
however that he was certain that he
had delivered more than one dispatch
to Commodore schley on the 9th. He
said:
II delivered TO Commodore schley
two messages on the morning OF May
9th. / think II probable that among
the dispatches which I spoke OF having
handed TO him on that date. there may
have been some which were addressed
TO me and not to him which contained /
Information such as thought he should |
have. OF the two dispatches addressed |
10 him. one was from Admiral Sampson
and the other from the navy depart
ment."
ABOUT COAL SUPPLY.
Recurring 10 his conversation with |
Admiral Schley concerning the coal sup |
ply OF the feet on the Filth. Admiral /
Cotton said that Admiral Schley had 1
expressed great anxiety on that point, I
such as any commander would have
felt, he said, under the circumstances
AT this point Mr.. Raynor referred TO 1
The previous remark concerning coallng /
IN the open sea on the 9th. He said:
Il understand you 10 have said that
after reading the dispatches the COM
modore made signals inquirlng the
amount OF coal. Did you see the an
swering sIgnals7"