The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-12

with the ships He said ne olu not care to have anything said about It, as ne was
 going back the next day ana ms "oulo be probably the first ship there. He was | accidentally delayed at Key West by his Inability to get coal and water until the | next day. So that instead of leaving on
 the 2Oth he left on the 21st." l was this system of signals reduced to
 writing?"
 | No"
 ITO whom. if you recollect. did you
 communicate this system of signals or information, respecting it?'
 My memory Is entirely at fault regard
 ing that. I cannot say positively that l communicated it to anybody"
 Did you communicate 1t to Commodore
 Schley? If not, why not?'
 The signals were not communicated to 1 Commodore Schley because Captain Me- Calla said he was going back the next day and would give them to all the ships off Cienfuegos himself"
 Was Commodore Schley then in Key West?'
 He had left on the morning of the 18th for Cienfuegos."
 Left Before McCalla Came. Some hours before McCalla arrived
 with this system of signalsT About three hours before" Do you remember whether Commodore Schley was advised at that time that Captain McCalla was operating off Cien- fuegos?'
 q do not remember any conversation. Commodore Schley was on board the New York on the afternoon of the 18th. | about 4 o'clock, and as he was going to | Cienfuegos the next morning, l supposed
 he would be given the information" You have referred to visit by Com-
 modore Schley to the flagship at Key | .tata oxyfn niyny hal nN.
 cured there in Commodore Schleys presence bearing upon the subject of this inquiry?'
 My only distinct recollection in regard | to a conversation was Commodore
 Schley's statement to the Admiral that
 he desired to be perfectly loyal. He said
 that he was very much pleased to be un- der his command and that he could be
 assured that he should be entirely loyal in all his conduct"
 Did Commodore Schley come aboard Admiral Sampson's flagship on June 1, of
 Santiago when the latter reached thereT
 Yes. sir; he came aboard in the | Vixen"
 | will you please state to the court
 what occurred during the interview on the flagship? Was there anything said
 with regard to the feasibility of conduct ing a blockade off Santiago?' | "Yes; I remember Commodore Schley spoke in my presence. You cannot block
 ade those ships in there if they want to
 come out l remember that" Dispatch of Congratulation.
 Do you recollect the dispatch in which | Admiral Sampson congratulates Commo- | dore Schley upon success I will read
 the dispatch: Following telegram was
 sent to Commodore Schley to Port An
 tonia, Jamaica, and Mole St. Nicholas: atIIla fa Motn ntafy, close blockade at all hazards, and partic-
 ularly at night. very little to fear from l torpedo boat destroyers. Coal in open
 sea whenever conditions permit. Send a | ship to examine Guantanamo with view | to occupying 1t as base, coaling one
 heavy ship at time. Appraise captured l coal, use 1t if desired and afterwards send l ship in as prize.'
 T remember that very well because l
 protested against his congratulations
 asked him why he persisted, and he said, | want to encourage him." MT. Raynor: "I will ask you in refer l ence to the leaving of these vessels. You | have stated, and it has been in testimony
 here that this signal code with the Cuban l insurgents was not made known to Com
 modore Schley. Have you not fallen into
 slight error in point of time? Did not
 the flying squadron leave Key West be-
 for" Captain McCalla got to Key West
 and have you not inadvertently fallen
 h4.o eIrUr Tn point or time? You could
 not have given Commodore Schley the
 information because you did not have it | until Captain McCalla came there. Is | not that the reason?"
 The witness admitted that this was so
 Captain Evans has testified here that | he knew it. Could you give me the
 source from which he derived his infor-
 mation?"
 | Evans's Information.
 "I do not remember speaking of 1t to
 Captain Evans. nor that I told him to | communicate it to Schley By the after
 noon of the next day or the afternoon
 of thed ay after McCalla came informa- l tion was received of the arrival of the
 Spanish squadron in Santiago. so any | question of the insurgent Cubans about | Cienfuegos dropped out of sight" | You say that after the arrival of Cap | tain McCalla information was received
 of the arrival of the Spanish squadron
 at Santiago? Will you kindly give us | the information and from whom 1t | came?"
 The first intimation we had was by a
 telegram from the Navy Department
 mentioning the The information may
 well be correct. Next day Lieutenant
 Commander Staunton was in Key West, | and he saw Captain Allen, who said that | the evening before he had received com
 munication from Havana that the l Spanish squadron had gone into Santiago | and he was only waiting until the even- | ing of the goth to have that corroborated | as the operator who sent the informa- | tion only put himself in communication with our office in Key West once a day | about o'clock in the evening. Staunton | came with that information and then went up in the evening to await a second l telegram which corroborated the fact and | which caused Admiral Sampson to believe | that the Spanish fleet was in Santiago | and also caused him to write the second dispatch directing the movement towards | Santiago" '.. MT Raynor: 'Is this the telegram you | refer to: The report of the Spanish fleet
 being at Santiago de Cuba might very | we'll he correct. so that department | strongly advises that you send word i'm | mediately by the Iowa to Schley to pro ceed off Santiago with his whole com | mand. etc " That is the telegram I referred to- Did I understand you to say that | caused the belief that the Spanish fleet
 was in Santago?" The Marblehead Delayed No, oh, no What caused the belief was the information received from Cap tain Allen of the signal corps, who was in charge of the telegraph office in Key West. The doubt in Admiral Sampson's mind was removed and he then wrote a dispatch to be sent by the Marblehead,