The sun., 1901-09-27

af Later Date Informing Him That
the spanish ships We're ~ santiago
and ORDERING him Co Proceed Thenre.
wAsHISoroS. Sept. "a. In his endeaVor
to carry out the inst uctions Of the Navy
Department to bring before the srhIey
Court of Inquiry all the facts relating To
Admiral Schley'- conduct In the Spanish
war Judge Advocate lemly yesterday
placed on the witness stand Rear Admiral
Cotton. who testified that he had not told
Admiral Schley. a. Schlcy asserted IN
despatch Ia Secretary Long that only the
ANAL vessels Of the Flying squadron could
coal AZ Gonaives. llayti THIS statement,
attributed by Admiral Schley to Admiral
Cotton, then Captain Of the Harvard was
included in Admiral Schley's despatch
explaining that he Wa obliged 10 return
20 Key West a. lac could not coal at sea
or nj the nearby shelters oi GonaiNcr or
Mole ~ Nicholas Admiral Cotton pro-
duc.d a letter. which he said he had re-
ceived from Admiral Schley 10y th" Scor-
pion, AZ $50. NAV -. lsys. while the Har-
ward a. Of SAINT ago and the Flying squad
ron under Schey waS still at t,eniu"go-
The irnportanc. Of THE letter, seemingly
a routine order from Admiral Schley, was
not disclosed NJ iha time but II may b--
come the most sensational piece Of evidence
offered a. the inquiry. IN that il II apparently
to be used Co show thai Admiral Schley.
An his defence 10 the Senate Committee
on Naval Affairs. did not make truthful
statement when he said that the Dear
Schley- lcit.r Of instructions from SamE-
son had not been rccevsd until MAY 2a
the day he got Sampson's order To- pro
c,-ed 20 Santiago II he were satisfied that
the Spanish feet was not AT Cieniuego-
To-day IN. Judg. Advocate began his
effort to show that the Dear Schley letter
had been delivered te Admiral Schley on
the morning Of Msy %, and not on the FOL
lowing day but when the court adlourn.-i,
after a session lasting less than two hours,
he had not gone farther than producing
one witness Lieut.. Wood OF the Dupont,
used a. n despatch boat ia the war with
stain who testified 60 having delivered
20 Admiral Schley AZ Cieniucgo~, ON May
- CERTAIN dispatches which h" had received
from Admiral sampson a. kev West ON
NAV ~. the date of the Dear Schley' letter.
Lieut. Wool did not know the contents OF
these dcspa tchc-- Il Is apparently th"
p,irpo=, OF the Judge Advocate 20 attempt
60 show thai the Dear Schley- letter was
among th.n Admiral Schley has made
this letter an important factor IN hlS case.
using /, To support his statement to the
Senate COMMITTEES that he was expected 20
hold his squadron 81 Cienfuegn-. The
date Of its delivery TO Admiral Schl"y has
b.-.n Regarded 81 consequence in his de-
fence.
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dcfcpce ,o the Senate that n. received
this letter hv the Hawk on the morning
of Nav q. and that while n despatch of
later date. NAV II. from Sampson. saying
that the spanish squadron was probably
at Santiago and to proceed thenc.
being satisfied 1t was no, ~ Cienfuesos.
aud n memorandum saving This will
enable YOU To l.av. befor. daybr.ak and
l-e AT Santiago A NJ 24th- were received
a, the same time. the Dear Schley- letter
confused the situation and threw gray.
doubts over the location Of the Spanish
f,e., Therefore he did not sail for santa
go until Can't. McCalla. on the afternoon
az Nav a. communicated with Cuban
,,surgen,s ashore and s-c.rtain.d definitely
that ,b. Snani-h sa,Iadron was not in
,ienfueeo- harl,or For the Judge Advo-
s,e ,o show. therefore. that Admiral Schley
r,-oaiy.d the -D,ar Schl.v. letter ON Nav 22.
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