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these reports were correct? o.
1T Sascertained for myself through the
medium that the Department had placed
thereto keep me informed. Those scouts
represented very largely the cavalry OF
an army, and if they were unreliable
they should Aot been placed there. 1
must have relie--Gpon what they said
Reminded by Captain Lemly that Adj
miral Sampson had said that he thought
that when Commodore Schley left Glen
fuegos the enemy had left Santiago:
Admiral Schley said: "Of course II
had gone to the eastward and exposed
the westward there might have been
serious consequences He spoke OF the
dispatch Of the Department indicating
that the Spanish fleet was still at San
tiaso as ambiguous and said that the
information that there were Cubans five
or six miles west of Santiago was ec-
roneous. for the Cuban Pilot Nunez had
informed him to the contrary. He claimed
mat the dispatch was ambiguous also
in the matter of coalng the Harvard
from the Merrimac.
Now did you hold in this communica-
ton which you have been referring to
these words The Department looks to
YOU to ascertain facts, and that the
a decisive action Did you take any
steps further than you have stated to
ascertain the facts?''
NOT AN ORDER.
mo; I thought that the information
which / had was conclusive. 1 did not
! see anything in this dispatch. however.
that partakes of an order. 1t is rather
suggestion. There is a vast difference
between communications that come to
you in the nature of suggestions anc
those that come to you in the nature of
orders. think the Department never
hesitates to order distinctly when it is
decided about matters. All this points
to the fact that there was no certain
J information in the possession of anybody
that the enemy were really there. and
that that which they had was not to be
relied upon that it was untrust-
worthy"
Did you not in fact finally accept the
dispatch from the Department as an or
der to remain off Santiago and so Indicate
in kilograms and signals without your
self acquiring any further Information as
to the whereabouts of the Spanish fleet?'
Mr.. Rayner: THE word remain is not
! in that dispatch. 1t is in the Secretarys
! letter I think the Secretary has mao
, vertently fallen into error about that
After an argument of an hour over the
word 'remain" Captain Lemly changed
| his question and asked: IF you did not
accept it as requiring you to return. and
| If as a matter of fact you uld not remain
! off Santiago after that?
| Admiral Schley: NO, 1 think my rea-
| sons for returning
Captain Lemly: Remaining or return
| ins;??''
II mean remaining in that neshbor-
! hood"
/; After the recess Captain Lemly repeat
| VIII. "a
! recessed, as follows: Did you not accept
| the order of the Department as redulr-
I ing YOU to return and remain off San
tiagO?
DISCOVERED THE FLEET.
After coaling, finding that the suffl-
! cheney of the squadron was established
| nearer on a basis-of equality, and as we
were not a great distance from Santiago.
| I returned in view of the suggestion OF
| the Department to ascertain definitely
whether the enemy was in port before
i proceeding to the westward. Upon our
! ret,,-n wa discovered ~" Spanish t'"nt
Captain Lemly asked: IF, having
| brought the flying squadron to the Hic'H.-
| ty of Santiago anG having in your pos
! session a dispatch from the Navy Depart
ment. dated Washington. May %. 1898.
F! which directed the Harvard to proceed
| at once and inform YOU ana also ne
. senior officer present off Santiago. All de-
! partment's information indicates Sn"n n
| ish division is still at Santiago, Whether
| YOU did not with this ulSpatch IN your
| possession from the department, signal,
| Destination Key West. without consult
| ing the commanding officers of the seV-
/ eral vessels composing your squadron:
| Il did not get that dispatch until the
| o7th of May, although dated the 10Th at
| Washington, and l did hoist me signal
afterwards for the reason, as | stated a
| little while ago, that the information III
| my possession at that time from captain
F! Sigsbee, the positive assertion that the
| SPANISH squadron was not there sup
| ported by the testimony of Nunez that
} they CO. "a not get in on account OF GER
I tain difficulties of draught and narrow
| ness OF the channel | considered then
/ that / had to act on my own responsible
ty. did not call the commanding officers
on board for, as [ stated i'll my direct
testimony, l WAS always ready to as
sumo the responsibility for any move
| ment that might involve censure ra>---E
than, throwing myself back upon anybody
| else That was the motive and reason fol
this action
The Admiral said that he had in his
possession the department communication
of May 25th. on May eth, when Ike hat
again signalled purpose to so to key
| West.
COALING QUESTION.
In reply to questions as TO why he di9
not coal the Brooklyn on May 9th, Ad
mral Schley said that it was on accouu
of the motion Of the ship, adding tina
she did not need coal at that time.
He said in reply to a question to VIII,
he had telegraphed that Admiral Sampson
would relieve him when he went to coal
that he did not want to to leave Santiag
urblockaded He also stated that hi
reasons for not having Wise and Jewel
come on board the Brooklyn, was tina
Sigsbee had supposedly given all the in
formation they possessed. He also sait
that he had practically blockaded San
| tiago for the first time on the evening o
May 18th, and that in view of the infor
nation he received he considered this
compliance with the departments orde
| of May ed.
After discussion Of dispatches received
during the first few days after the ar
rival of the flyins squadron off Santiago
in the course of which Admiral Schle,
| said it had not been hiS jpfontio, +o ro