Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-10-19
Admiral Dewey himself then created

Admiral Dewey himself then created
quite q stir in the court room by exhlDlt-
ing considerable temper in declining to
permit Mr.. Rayner to question Captain
Chadwick relating to a conversation thar
officer had with Remey and Watson, IN
which Captain Chadwick is alleged to
have approved the blockade.
I'VE don't want any conversations
here. We want the facts, and you know
that we want nothing else but the facts, y
said Admiral Dewey impatiently to Mr..
Rayner, who was directed to withdraw
the question.
Mr.. Rayner contended that it was per
fectly proper to admit the conversation IN
question, as it tended to show that Cap
tain Chadwick had Endorsed the blockade
at one time and had at another protested
against Schley being congratulated for
the character of it.
Speaking of his knowledge Of the code
Of signals arranged with the insurgents,
Captain Chadwick said this code had
been communicated to him by Command
er McCalla, who did not care to have any
thing said about it, as he (McCalla) ex-
pected to go back to Cienfuegos the next
day. May 20. Owing to the difficulty in
getting supplies at Key West McCalla
with the Marblehead did not leave for
Cienfuegos until the following day.
McCalla said he would communicate
the code of signals to all the officers of
the flying squadron, but he did not do so.
according to his own testimony.
CAPTAIN Chadwick said he had no in
formation that the Spanish squadron in
hop mi "
2 the day on which the New York sail
ed for Siboney.
inst before the New York sailed from
Kew West Sampson received lnforma-
tion from Captain Allen of the signal ser
vice which convinced the COMMANDMENTS
chief that the Spaniards were in Santi-
ago After coming into possession OF
this information, Chadwick said, Samp-
son sent the news, with a supplementary
disDatch and verbal orders, by the Iowa
to Schley. directing him to go to Santiago.
This dispatch was not sent by the Iowa,
according to the testimony of Lieut..
Marsh, who appeared upon the stand I'M
mediateIy before Captain Chadwick.
While it appeared from the testimony of
Chadwick that Schley was ordered by the
dispatch to go to Santiago, that message
as matter of absolute fact directed
Scb'ey to satisfy himself the Spaniards
were not in Cienfuegos before leaving
that port.
Twenty-first Day.
1t was proven beyond question at the
court of inquiry that Schley did not re-
eeiye positive orders from Sampson to go
to Santiago until June 10, and that he
had no definite information from Samp-
son as to the presence of the Spanish
fleet in that harbor until that date.
Schley himself had secured this infor-
nation on May 20, and had been at San
tiago two weeks before he received Samp-
sons positive order.
This was the most important develop
ment at the short session of the court of
inquiry, which was marked by wrangling
and bad feeling from beginning to end.
There was tilt between the attorneys,
Captain Lemly charging Mr.. Rayner with
making inaccurate statements. Later Mr..
Rayner called the matter to the atten-
ton of the court. The judge advocate
made a lame apology, but it was salts
factory to the court, as the president
said it covered the case.
Another important fact brought out
was that there was a delay of thirty
hours on the part of Sampson in sending
to Schley what was believed to be relia-
BILE information regarding the presence of
the Spaniards in Santiago. Early on the
morning of May 20 Sampson received
from Captain Allen, the signal officer,
information which led Sampson to be-
lieve, according to the testimony of Lieut..
Staunton of the New York, that the Span
iards were in Santiago. Sampson wait
ed until night to confirm the report. That
night confirmation was received through
Captain Allen, but for unexplained rea