The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-11-01
r.ENLY TAKES HIM.
Admiral Schley Holds His own tndef
CrOss-ExaminatiOn.

STOAS-
Washington. Oct. 80. - The cross-eX-
animation of Rear Admiral Schley De-
gan yesterday before the court Oh III
curry, and Judge Advocate Lemly as
sumed the role of prosecutor so clearly
that those who have asserted that II
was an impartial court of inquiry were
compelled to abandon that POSITION
Admiral Dewey's wording of a decls-
ion yesterday indicates that the court
holds tina Sampson was the command
err in chief of the flying squadron the
day of the battle. Capt. Lemly reau
from the naval regulations in an at
tempt TO show that Schley violated the
code if he did not have a plan of battle
July 3 and give it to his captains. Gen.
Rayner fought this vigorously, n IN
the course of his remarks declared thal
the simple signal. follow the ag was
a sufficient plan of battle.
Nelson at Trafalgar, signaled Eng
lano expects every man to do his
duty" said the counsel. SChle
words were
Follow the Flag
Admiral Dewey and his colleagues
retired for consultation, and, returning
announced that they wanted no ques-
tons asked concerning Schley's control
of the fleet after the date when he sur
rendered command of the squadron.
just before the croSS-eXamlnatlon
was begun Schley said the Brooklyn in
flicted sc per cent of the injury done the
Spanish fleet. although constituting but
one-ffth of the fighting force. OF the
49, a. IL a~-l, Foot M
the American ships the Brooklyn re-
ceived thirty, thus suffering 10 per
cent of the damage inflicted by the
enemy. This recital of the prominent
part played by his flagship aroused the
enthusiasm of the Schley partisans in
the court room. The admiral told the
facts quietly, but with telling effect.
Judge Advocate Lemly overlooked no
opportunity to s~uhstantiate the charges
mad in the department precept. He
asked a multitude of questions calcu-
lated to show that Schley was guilty
of various misdameanors, and delved
Into Trivial Details
until the faces Of the admirals Of the
court showed they were growing impa-
tic Mt. Lemly did his best to elicit in
formation ~unfavorably to Schley, but
made no effort to develop other lines of
evidence. Doubtless the judge advo-
cate will leave it to Schley's counsel to
bring out that part of the testimony.
A feature Of the crOsS-eXamination was
the number of hypothetical questions
l. mly asked the applicant as to what
he would have done under this and thai.
condition. Finally Admiral Dewey
whispered in the judge advocates ear,
and the line of inquiry was altered.
The judge advocate in his cross-ex-
dwelt upon the interview be-
tween Admiral Sampson and Commo-
dore Schley at Key West before the de-
p%arture of the flying squadron at which
the latter testified that Admiral Samp-
son instructed him not to expose his
ships to shore batteries until the Span
ish
Fleet Had Been Destroyed.
on the fact that Admiral Schley issued
no written order of battle, on the ques-
ton OF coaling off Cienfuegos and the
steps Schley took there to ascertain the
of the Spanish fleet. He was
cross-examining the witness upon mat
connected with the cruise of the
squadron from Cienfuegos to Santiago
when h court adjourned. The retro
grade movement, the firing upon the
Colon and the battle of Santiago, which
the main features of the pre-
cept. were not touched upon yesterday.
After Admiral Schley concludes to-
day two other witnesses will be called
IN his behalf - Admiral Barker and
Thomas Borden. The latter was
an officer of the marine corps aboard
Brooklyn. The judge advocate
will call his witnesses in rebuttal,
of whom there are understood to be
than fifteen, and it is probable
Admiral Schley's counsel will call
witnesses in ~sur-rebuttal.