The evening times., 1901-10-29

on here. but in the remarks of that same
watch at 5-zu % states Started ahead
SLOW. steamins toward CilufueEos. and
80 stopped, about three miles from en-
trance 20 harbOr"
Admiral SchIey read the remainder %
the log for that day. The judge advo-
cate read further from the log Of the
Brooklyn for May "a, and then asked:
'--tp these entries. D~ DO they not.
snow that the vessels steamed both Ina and
varying direeti0us2
At docs show that but it does not
show the distances.
CT shows the time Of ste8minG2
A--fes, but unless we know precisely
what the speed was we cannot tell the
distance
Q--The speed was set by signaIs2
A--dF impression is that il was lt was
usually as slow as possible. and that
would be perhaps three miles an hour.
something like that.
Instructions to Follow the Flag.
O. want to ask you if Cervera's fleet
had appeared. first. coming out Of the
haTbor Of Cieufuegos, or, secondly, com
ing Iu from the seaward. what under
YOUR instructions. would have been d0ne2
Knocked them out
Q.-What were the instructions2
o. a. 4 ne Instructions were 10 follow the
Q.-How did You give this Instruction.
Al had given IL al Hampton Roads,
osi'rs leaving for Key West
Q--WaS there any written instruction .
A--No, DO not see that the regulations
require that. or custom
Q-N ell, is II not an unwrittcn law Of
lnc navy, at any rate, that the vessels
o. squadron should follow the fag2
A-Ihat depends uDon circumstances.
DO you not. even in the very little
analrS or life, follow the fag2
A--1es, there is no doubt about that.
-
the Earbor Of CieufuegOs when you got
Ihe impression that mining operations
were going On2
A--IhrCe or f0ur I should saw seyaraI 7
of them. anyway
Odd any one bring this matter to
your attention or did you observe IL your
Al DO not recoHect that anyone did.
i saw IL myself.
The MeCnIIa Memorandum.
Q.-Are you quite sure that You received
but one copy Of the McCaIIa memoran-
dum2
Al have not the slightest remem-
braEce OF ever having received but one
copy ana my flag secretary has been un-
atie u hnd but one among nv Dapers.
where ii would have been If there had
been another. ] am quite sure that L
never saw but one.
do YOU think YOU can state specIa-
caIly in regard 10 any papers which YOU
received at any time2
Al Of my papers were pat up in a
2oN, ana do not think, as far as ] know,
ihal there was a single paper left on
Do+rd the ship except perhaps some blue
= Q;-And the second copy Of the Dear
Schley' letter.
A--Ees that was put into an envelope
ana retained by accident, as l explained
the other day
Q.-You overlooked. did You not. the
navy regulation directing flag officers 10
send IN their papers to the department
men they have completed their service
until the department called your atten-
tiOn 10 it2
Al explained that the other dav. Nv
papers were all boxed up and by mistake
they were placed with my luggage and
taken with me TO Porto Rico. No know
perfectly we'll that that is navy regula-
.Q.--You stated that you knew the copy
OF the memorandum accom- Dauyiug order
No and delivered by the Hawk was the
hrst one you received, and that YOU rec
oguiZed IL by the marks upon the back
raudum2
Al think there were two copies.
Continuing, the judge advocate took up
the matter OF the winds prevailing OF
Cienfuegos during the time the Flying
Squadron was there, but the evidence up
on this point was mostly too technical 10
BE- interesting to the lay mind
CoaIinE Difficulties Reported.
Q--Why did you. on May .. the dav
the Iowa coaled from the MerrimJc. in
form Admiral Sampson. "Coaiing or Glen
fUegos is very uncertain"
A.-Simply on account Of the sea
D--but you did coal a baJtleShi1 there
that day.
Ave did coal a battlcshfn that day
Odd YOU in the same information to
Admiral Sampson inform him that one OF
the battieships had been COaied on that
day.
A Clfter reading the despatchl-Thfs
does not seem to state So.
Q--Tnere IS no Information ia that dcs-
patch Of May q that YOU coalpd a ShiD-
A-There seems 70 be none. ! have an
ircistlnct recollection. however. that / dill
50 Inform him either by telegraph or
letter.
Odd YOU not say that on account Of
a short coal supply you could not effect
lively blockade the harbor Of Santiago?
Q-Why2
A-SimpIy because IL could not be done
Q.-That was the condition.
A--nes. that was the condition.
O.-What did YOU mean in saving:
Shall not be able TO remain of the port
Of Santigao on account Of generally short
A.-Wcu think that an the vessels
were more or less short OF their c0u,rIa-
rneut CONSIDERING the fact tfst te,- dTIr,5t
20 be III for all and any service. In ar
riviU- on q port we should be more than
OCe-';aif fun Of coal
O. The Brooklyn was more than one
half fun. was she uUt2
- don't think there was any Ques-
ton about that
Q--How about the Massachusetts and
the Texas
A.-wen. The Massachusetts was a lit
tIe short OF coal
C--The collier which was with the YES
sels had three or four thousand tons of
coal on board, did she not2
Ono Iowa got coal there. did she
A.-Yos. think she took 80 tons on
and probably more.
O.-Ltt us see the lDgs2
A.-The Iowa said on the 23d that she
was prepared TO take coal The NISSa-
Chusetts was given permission to coal
The Texas said May We coal first
These are the signals. These are the
ships that I have IN mind as applying for
coal
Q-What I want 10 ascertain IS wh.th-
er the ships were soiicItous about their
coal supplies. I don't want 70 be unfair
iu any way Now the signal from the
Texas would seem 10 indicate by May
We coal first that she was solicit0us
about her supply The mere signal May
we coal however, does not indicate that
there was any extreme solicitation in the
matter
Counsel Exchange Views.
Mr. Parkcr-If the Court please. 1 do
not think this is exactly proper When
the admiral is questioned he starts of
middle of il he Is Interrupted and thrown
off onto something else
Captain Lemlv-You are wrong there;
am not going into anything else
Admiral SchIcy at this point repeated
the signals from the records of the vari-
Gus ships, asking that they might be al
lowed 10 coal showing that some of the
vessels yglr. rfrrn,lz- el1f-ff1rre 1.r.ar-.,-