Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-10-24

pocted to have great weight with the |
court. He has preserved complete silence |
in regard to the events Of the naVaf
campaign in Cuba, having neither
written magazine nor newspaper articles
nor allowed himself to he interviewed
about any OF the matters coming before
the court 10 the present inquiry.
1t is understood that the defence has
nearly finished ita list of witnesses, but
il ia not likely that they will ronch Ad
niral Schley until next week. IL is the
purpose to ask leave OF the court to
make an argument on the admissibillty
Of number Of questions that MT.
Rayner has prepared and submitted 60
the judge advocate, and this will CON
sumo probably day. Whether this
argument will take place before Adj
miral Schley goes on the stand is not
yet decided. The objecG Of the questions
prepared ny the defenc5 IA to.1briDg in
bearing OF the next part horne by Adj
miral Sampson in the campaign and
affecting the conduct of Admiral Sehley.
There are many witnesses to he heard
in retutlal after Admiral Schley shall
have been heard, and the prospect Is
that the trial will not te concluded for
over fortnight yet.
Washington, Oct. 20. Lieut.. Wells
| resumed the witness stand 6uon after
the Schley Court OF Inquiry was called
| to order at IL O'Clock today, and con-
tinued his narrative Of the events Of
| the Cuban campaign of 1893. He was
under discrimination by Judge
| ADEQUATE Lemly aud his assistant, Mr.
| Hanna, when the court adjourned yes
terda,, and they continued their ques-
tions today.
Lieut.. Wells was followed by a. W.
Mason, the log writer of the Brooklyn
who wrote the logs on that vessel during
the Cuban campaign.
g. Il. Graham, the correspondent OF
the Associated Press who was on beard
the Brooklyn with Admiral Sohley
during the entire campaign, was also
on the list OF today's witnesses.
The early attendance uEon the court
today was somewhat larger than on
previous days, Indicating the increasing
attrautiyeneas of the court as a public
spectacle. l
Capt. Lemly began his examination
of Lieut.. Wells by asking him whether
there was kept book Of records show
ing letters received on the Brooklyn,
az Lieutenant Commander Sears had
testified there vas.
The witness replied that no such book
was kept, hut that there was rec ,rd
OF letters sent tn and received from
vessels OF the squadron
Lieut. Wells also was questioned con
cerning the department orders relative
TO the risKing Of the American ships to
bombardment from shore batteries, the
orders under consideration being those
! of April 9Th, April 26th and two oil
, May 9th.
The first Of the orders of this charac
ter stated that 1.-THE DEF artment doel
mot wish the vessels OF your squadron
| to be exposed to the fire OF the pat
terias at Havana, Santiago or othel
! strongly fortified Forts in Cuba, y ano
i the others were regarded as modifi
. cations OF these, In the last OF these
: dated May 9Th, the department said
+ 1.-The department is perfectly willing
that you should expose your ships t.
the heaviest guns Of land batteries i
8 in your opinion there are Spanish ven
+ sells OF sufficient military Importance
q protected by these guns to mako al
n attack advisable, your chief aim TO
O the present baing the destruction o
r the enemy's principal vessels
o After having read these different dis
|
o Lemly: "Csn you separate your kDowl
!. edge with regard to the conversation
d with Commodore Schley SO as to dis
Il tinguish between either Of the othe
i, two orders, or both OF these orders ant
j. as to whether or not anything was sal
It with regard to the receipt of informa
n ton 10 relation to these letters her
}. which you have before you at the inter
& view Of May 18th In Key Wvstf"
10 "No, sir. | could not distinguie
o between any of them. / have given m
Is general remembrance. which is tbs
n the order was not to risk the ships. -
1f The witness answered several quel
tions put by the court, as follow:
r Eat what period OF the battle {
I'd July Sd did you use a range of !, II
IN yards?" =.
TT 'HThat was at about the beginning {
er what ia known as the turn; not the b.
10 ginning, but after the turn had heguI
10 l should say. :"
10 AT what point of the chase did yc
70 estimate the Colon to be 10000 yarS
In distant from the Br0oklynY"
or when the Viscays went ashore"
Lieut. Wells was then excused, ar
be Albert V. Mason called.
lis Continued on fifth page.l