Evening star., 1901-10-25

graphic instructions 10 examine the bar-
Dor at Guantanarna and SAID tni5 vas
hardiy possible az execution. as had been
SHOWN iater 4 nad aispatcned aay
vessel or my command l should have run
the risk OF inviting an attack with a re-
suit which might not have been SO favor
able as occurred later.
Admiral Sampson's Arrival.
On tne lst or June admiral Sampson
arrived. He brought with MIN the New
York, oregon aaQ ,4saynower. They steam
ed oown to the WESTWARD inside or the line
OF the biocAaae. lf1e round US at that
Time IN the ACT VI inaAlns turn. Went
On poaru anu YAsrYeAy coruiaLy received.
Ine aumlraI scyulea 40 very aiau ~ sec
Ane. expialIien lls situaeioii ai.>A.lne I,:t
III TIE ieeoiiiistssAtiee. iie seeiA l 10 De
very glad 10 nnu out the situation.
A..c o.AsoCaSe interrupted the
Wi.hess aiiu aaureSseu The cour. sdyii.S'
Al Tue court pteas.s Iu,nk ne IS se.t.us
oeyoIu Tue scope the precepl.
AuIiiltai Dewey-ne simply stating
ais report 10 <Au.i,lraa oalnpson; WANT ~
near H..
<Aumiral Schley continued: II handed him
a number OF dispatches and told him of the
blockade. heard no word of complaint
from hlm, and, in fact. in view Of the tel
egraphic congratulations, 1 thought it was
approved. Admiral SIMPSONS relations
and mine were always cordial"
Word spoken in an undertone by Admi-
raj Dewey to the witness stopped him from
saying anything further regarding his re-
lations with Admiral Sampson.
Continuing. Admiral Schley said: 81 then
turned the command over to Admiral
sampson, but as a matter Of fact my COM
mand was not broken up until the 18th or
18th OF June, as was still in command of
the flying squadron in the blockade.
Il have no criticism to offer, but simply
straight story to tell regarding these
matters"
Mr.. Rayner announced that as the battle
was to be taken up next, and as it was five
minutes to l O'Clock, he would recommend
that the court adjourn until the afternoon
session. This action was taken.
No Session Tomorrow.
At 2 o'clock court assembled and upon
the suggestion Of Capt. Lemly, the Judge
advocate. Admiral Dewey announced that
when the court adjourned at o'clock 1t
would do SO to meet again next Monday.
The judge advocate made statement in
regard to the translation of a dispatch from
Commodore Schley to Admiral Sampson.
This was dispatch which, as 1t appears in
the appendix, reads Shall endeaver to
oeal, whereas In Commodore 6ehleys let.
ter book 1t readsi II Will endeaver to eeal."
This dispatch, the judge advocate said, had
been incorrectly translated On the Yale but
was correctly translated on the New York,
which translation applied to the translation
In Admiral Schley's letter book.
AKA Asay hck tltH dokeQ AQInlTdl SGnlCy
II he had any statement to make about
coaling at Mole st. Nicholas, especially in
reference to dispatch No. 8.
No. said Admiral Schley, ''the only
statement l think l ought to make is in
regard to the movement west. I knew from
the memorandum. portion of that dispatch
that Admiral Sampson was 200 miles east
of Havana, and, therefore, that any move.
rnent of mine should be in the opposite di-
rection to the westward. so that il the
ha h in
better position for operations"
Movements. ON July 2.
Q. By Mr.. Rayner>: Coming down to July
2. did you see any movements that at
tracted your attention in the harbor of
Santiago? A. Yes; on the morning of that
day the movement of the army on shore
was such as to- cut off the Spanish to the
west of the port They had completely or
nearly completely closed in their circuit,
and they began to abandon the western
portion, the portion west of Santiago, and
to follow up the, insurgents and on the
morning of that day we bombarded the
forts again. .-ae
II understoodDit to be general operation.
After bombardment Of couple Of hours
do not recall on that occasion, after our
withdrawal, that they fired at us as was
usual after such bombardments. We took
up our usual blocizading station and toward
evening, l think it was after dark, certain
IlreS were observed tn1nk counted SIX,
which appeared to be bfockhouses or posts
that had been occupied and were burned
almost Immediately by following up the
forces in Cuba.
''At the same time 1 noticed in the har-
Dor a good deal Of smoke,'' he continued,
going up straight into the air apparently
over The hill Of Soeapa. It looked to
If the fleet was being arranged in order
within the harbor, and 1 was so impressed
by this that I called the Vixen alongside
and directed a message to be sent to the
commander-in-chieft that movements in the
harbor looked very suspicious to me, and
that message / am quite sure was answer
ed, because we all moved in to closer pO-
sition that night, On the Goth of June
had telegraphed this same Information, and
it was followed by an order from the COM
mander-in- chief to move in, as we all did,
to a closer position at night. I feel almost
certain that the order was brought back 20
move in.
Coupling the Engines.
NOW in connection with that same mat
ter, he and 1 had quite a conversation in
regard to the matter of coupling engines
He managed his ship always perfectly, and
he was always a man of excellent judg-
ment, and we agreed, after a consultation,
that with all boilers we could make better
speed without coupling the auxiliary en-
gines Another circumstance which con-
trolled that matter very largely was the
excessive heat in this region 1t was al
most unDearable. Inc sun ShOne ali day
upon the hulls Of these vessels and con-
verted them almost into stoves. and at
night I very rarely, and 1 think other off,
GERS well, went below until the land
breeze came off. 1t coming from the noun
tains, and being cooler. made it more COM
Portable To couple; our engines required
fully an hour. If not more, on account of
the peculiar coupling arrangement. The en-
gines had to be put into exact position be-
fore trey could be coupled. They were
strong couplings, but were not convenient
for quick work. The result Of the confer
ence was that we determined to trust to
the single engines with all boiler powcr''
Admiral Schley then proceeded to recount
the events Of July 3.
The Battle of July 3.
'It was beautiful day he said. There
were some white clouds in the sky, and
the breeze had continued off shore for a
little longer time than usual in the morn
ing"
The admiral said he had eaten his break
fast and gone on deck and was sitting on u
hatchway under an awning, which was ar
ranged for officers quarters, when he re-
ceived word that the enemy was coming