The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-29
Admitted. However, that He Could
Not Remember Minor Details
After Three Years.
HIS SHIP BATTLE SCARED
BORE THE BRUNT OF THE FIGHT
WITH THE SPANISH FLEET.
Received 30 Per Cent. of the HITS and
GAVE rs Per Ccnt.-Cross-Exam
inatiOn to Conclude To-Day.

WASHINGTON Oct 2S.-The cross-eX-
animation Of Admiral Schley began to-day
before the court of inquiry. and hardly
more than third of the ground was COW
cred wnen the court adjourned at 4 o'clock.
After Admiral Schley concludes tomorrow
two other witnesses Will be called in his
behalf-Admiral Barker and Capt. Thomas
Borden. The latter was officer of the
marine corps aboard the Brooklyn. The
Judge advocate then will call his witnesses
i'm rebuttaI of whom there are understood
to be more than fifteen. and it is probable
that Admiral Schley's counsel will call
WITNESSES i'm sur-rebuttal.
The crowd present to-day. while hardly
so large as on Friday last. when Admiral
Schley told the story of the battle off San
tiago. showed mabated interest in the
proceedings Nothing sensational devel-
oped. and the only outburst in the court
occurred when Mr.. Rayner, Admiral
Schleyc counsel. objected to line of in-
quiry of the judge advocate designed TO
criticise Admiral Schley's alleged failure
to formulate plan of battle, with the
declaration that as Admiral Sampson was
in command. his junior had no right to
plan an order of battle.
animal ton, which continued only about ten
minutes after the court convened this
morning. with a statement of the effect of
the fire of the respective fleets at Santiago,
showing that Sc per cent. of the hits suf
fered by the enemy were scored by the
BrookIyns five-inch guns. while his ship
received 20 per cent of the hits from the
Spanish ships Captain Lemly's cross-eX-
aminatiOn was very searching Admiral
Schley. however. appeared to be unruffied
throughout the examination. frankly ad-
hitting on several occasions that he could
not remember little details after the lapse
of three years. One line of inquiry which
the judge advocate tried to press TO show
that lmiral Schley did not proceed with
| dispatch from Key West To Cienfuegos
by attempting to contrast the speed made
between Charleston and Key West with
the time between Key West and CienfuegoS
was curtailed by a decision Of the court,
which confined the questions 10 the time
subsequent to May IL. the day on which
the flying squadron left key West.
SCHLEY'S INSTRUCTIONS.
The Judge advocate i'm his cross-eXamina-
tion dwelt upon the interview between
Admiral Sampson and Commodore Schley
! at Key West before the departure of the
/ flying squadron, at which the latter testi-
fed that Admiral Sampson instructed him
not to expose his ships to shore batteries
until the Spanish fleet had been destroyed
on the fact that Admiral Schley issued no
written order of battle on the question of
/ coaling off Cienfuegos and the steps Schley
/ took there to ascertain the presence of the
| Spanish fleet. He was cross-examining the
/ witness upon Tatters connected with the
from (lpnfnpQOS
! Santiago when the court adjourned. The
retrograde movement, the firing upon the
/ Colon and the battle off Santiago. which
4 constitute the main features of the pre-
! cept were not touched upon to-day
Admiral Schley took the stand about II 10
/ o'clock a. m Mr.. Rayner's first questions
related to an incident testified To by Lieut.
/ Brant of a melee the ships got into on the
| way from CienfuegoS TO Santiago when il
met a sailing vessel The admiral said IF
/ there was any miX-up as testified To, il
/ must have been as the result of the care
] lessness of the officer of the deck i'm not
| carrying out the signals from the flag
/ ship.
Mir. Rayner then asked Admiral Schley
! regarding alleged conversations with Ad-
Nmiral (then captain Evans on July or 5.
| Il did have a conversation with him " re-
| piled the witness, but | do not remember
/ whether it was the 4th or 5th. | would
/ say of Captain Evans. as | have said of all
| the others. | do not believe he would will
| ingly misstate. l think his recollection is
| at fault He did have a conversation with
me i'm relation to shooting the bow off one
| Of the torpedo boats and the stern off an
| other. and putting his helm astarboard and
/ raking one ship and then aport and raking
| another. My recollection now is that pre-
! liminarily he said to me. Did you see Jack
/ Philip start To run away? and / said, No
| that he was mistaken 1t was the Brook
! lyn that made the turn, and | asked him If
| he did not see the tactinal necessity for il
| Admiral SChiey then told OF how his
! papers were boxed up by his secretary for
| transmission to the department as the reg
| A I,
! to Porto Rico ii member of the Porto
| Rican commission and this box was put on
! the steamer. together with his baggage.
| The box finally reached Washington and
! was then opened for the first time the wit
| ness desiring 10 see If the papers were
| complete He turned the box over to the
| department about Feb. 6. He estimated
! that this box contained all his papers ex-
| Cept the document he had turned over to
the court, namely, copy of the No. dis
! patch.
| A BATTLE-SCARRED CRUISER
The admiral then. by permission of the
court reverted TO his narrative on Friday
and spoke of the hits on the Spanish squad
ron The Brooklyn. he testified. was the
only ship carrying hve-inch guns a record
of the hits received by the enemy showed
that 30 per cent. of the hits scored by the
American fleet came from those guns on
the Brooklyn. The Brooklyn received
/ thirty of the fOrty-two hits OF the Spanish
| fleet or about 20 per cent.
| With this statement Admiral Schley con-
| cluded his direct testimony and the Judge
! advocate then began the cross-examination
| He was closely questioned as 10 who was
! present in the cabin OF the New York al
/ Key West when he talked over the cam
/ paign with Admiral Sampson Admiral
| Schley replied thar Captain Chadwick had
| been present part OF the time.
When was this?
| ION May Is.
Did Admiral Sampson exhibit To you amy
or all OF the instruction ne had from the
| Navy Department?
mo. He simply spoke OF his confidential