New-York tribune., 1901-10-31
SCHLEY'S ORDEAL ENDED.
Continued from first psge.

veloping the batteries. why did you. at 11:2o
a. m. Of that date. make signal TO the squadron,
The Massachusetts. the New Orleans and the
Iowa will go IN after dinner TO a distance OF
seven thousand yards and fire at the Cristobal
Colon with :. y and 13-inch guns. speed about
ten knots?'"
i intended that the heavier guns. OF course:
should be directed az the Colon. and atterward
: determined 10 make another signal 10 the
-New-Orleans when got on board which oio.
Du' ing the engagement OF May 81 coulo you
tel whether the heavy projectiles came from the
batteries or from the ships in the port! ,,
! judged mainly by the range, ana as saw
TWO or three ! imagined or supposed that the
heavier ones which passed US far beyond mus mus
than those in the batterey I thought at that
time, after the Reconnaissance, that the guns III
think m tbef were or ISsf there were snch
mortars there and ] inferred from the longer
range Of several shots that went outside ina. i
they must have come from the Socapa battery.
You have spoken of the calibre OF the guns
on the ships engaged in the battle OF July ., o.
Did not some OF these ships carry 6-inch guns?"
Il think the Texas did. i don't remember
was the conversation with Captain Cook re-
Earding coupling UP the Brookyns ehsiiss
held on July or July 3?'
My recollection now is that It was on the
ID in my cabin"
Gould you not obtain from the chief en-
1ineer OF the Brooklyn definite information as
10 the nature of the Merrimac's injuries!
He explained 20 me. as SAID the next Gay
that they were serious and that il would take
a long time 10 repair them but as soon as
found that she could use her own engines we
made use of them"
Where could the Spanish squadron have taken
refuge by steering south after leaving san
''They could not have taken refuge. They
could have got in, of course TO Jamaica, hut
should imagine that they would nave gone,
after skirting around me TO the westward, 70
Havana, knowing that the feet of Admiral
Sampson had gone east
scHLEY SHOWS THE STRAIN.
Admiral Schley was not at all at his best IN
5his replies He was plainly fatigued. after hav-
sng been under the intense strain Of the Judge
Advocates questions for the last three days
and displayed little of that aertness OF reccllec-
lion and spirited demeanor which characterized
him in the thirty-four days of the inquiry. His
REPLIES were TO some extent inconclusive, but
that he will in correcting his testimony TO
morrow. acquit himself moro creditably is in
dicated by a reference 10 Admiral Rarnsays
question about the meeting with the Marble
head and the relative responsibilities OF the
tunior and senior officers under these circum-
stances. II Is already OF repeated ana uncon-
rroverted record in the proceedings OF the court
that McCalla did know the destination of the
Flying Squadron, that he did send the Eagle TO
give information to Schley, that Schley sent the
Scorpion TO meet the Eagle, and that he be
1eved he obtained all the information McCalla
possessed.
Similar vagueness marked the reply TO Ad-
1nral Benham's question regarding the alleged
ambiguity OF the dispatch dated May %. On
that dispatch rests the charge Of disobedience
of orders, and Admiral Schley's former explana-
mon OF the discretion il allowed him has been
Thought to put a favorable light on the matter.
The drastic nature OF the crOss-eXamination
may he appreciated from the fact that Judge
Advocate Lemly Yesterday by actual count in
the official stenographic record, asked DAB dis
iinct questions. To-day there were less than
two hundred. the witness having some rest
during several sharp arguments by counsel
THE SUPPRESSED REPORT.
outside the courts questions the most IN
teresting proceeding OF the day turned On
Echley's effort 10 introduce his report Of the
battle Of July which was suppressed by Ad-
miral Sampson. The suppressed report is In it.
self regarded inconsequential document,
but the conversation which he had with Admiral
Sampson about IL, as related by Schley to-day
may have grave bearing in the event of
Congressional il Suiry. for il was on July 10 the
day of the conversation. that Sampson wrote
and forwarded 10 Washington the charge OF
"reprehensible conduct" against Schley.