The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-01
EVANS ON The STAND
HE PROVES A MOST INTERESTING
WITNESS.
TELLS ABOUT SANTIAGO BAY.
GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION AND SOME.
WHAT TART REPLIES.

His-He Makes Clear the FutiIity
of The Attack ON the Colon and
Draws Graphic Picture of the
Situation Resulting From the
BrOOklyn's Loop-He Had the Gu
ban Signal Code, He Says, but IL
Never Entered His Head That
Schley Did Not-sOme Significant
Questions by the Court.
Washington. Sept. 30.-Rear Admiral
Evans, who as captain commanded the
battleship Iowa during the Santiago
campaign, was a witness before the
His testimony covered the entire pc
riod from the time the Iowa left the
port of Key West on the goth of May,
1898, until the 5th of July, when, Ad-
miral Evans testified, he had a con-
| versation with Admiral Schley con-
corning the battle of the Sd. He de-
| scribed in detail the principal battle
off Santiago, and also gave particulars
concerning the bombardment of the
Colon on the 31st of May.
Other witnesses of the day were
Capt. Theodore F. Jewell, who was
commander of the cruiser Minneapolis
during the Spanish war, and Com
mander James NJ. Miller, who was in
command of the collier Merrimac un-
til that vessel was turned over to
Lieut.. Hobson to be sunk in the
mouth of the harbor at Santiago. Ad-
10 NJ
testimony when the court adjourned
for the day.
Commander Miller read from the col
lier's log to show that the Iowa, the
Massachusetts and the Castine had
been coaled on the 23rd and oath. The
sea on the 25th. he said, was nasty.
On the 26th the collier was making
from to II knots, and the sea was
smoother. Vessels could have coaled
that day, he said. He had objected to
having two battleships coal at once as
they had a peculiar rolling motion and
might have crushed the collier between
them. In response to the court Com
mander Miller said he could have coal
ed any of the ships on the 25th, though
not comfortably.
Jewell ContrVdicfs schIey.
Capt Theodore f. Jewell said that
he had first fallen in with the fying
squadron on the evening of NAV 26
Can't. Lemly quoted from Admiral
SchIey's letter to the Senate Commit
tee on Naval Affairs. dated Feb. 1S.
1899. saving. latter having been in
formed by the scouts commanded by
such officers as Sigsbee, Jewell and
wise, that, although they had been on
santiago Tor week they had seen
nothlng OF Cerveras fleet since 1t left
curacao, ana asked whether he had
gwen 10 Admiral Schley this informa-
ticn or any other information concern
ing the Spanish fleet.
The witness replied:
1 gave him no information with ref
erence to that subject whatever"
The judge advocate asked:
AT the time you were within signall-
ing distance of the flagship of the Fly
ing Squadron off Santiago were you at
any time asked any question by Com
modore' Schley as to the presence of
the Spanish squadron in Santiago?"
mot to my recollection"
The witness said in reply to a ques-
ton from Mr.. Rayner that he had no
knowledge that Capt. Sigsbee, speaking
for himself and for Captains Jewell and
the 26th at Santiago that neither he
(the witness) nor Wise nor himself
(Sigsbee) had seen anything or knew
ANYTHING of the movements or where
abouts of the Spanish fleet. Nor did he
know whether Capt. Sigsbee wrote a
letter to Commodore Schley stating
that that was a fact, he said.
Admiral Evans on the stand.
Aunllrai .sopiey -. Hyans was ca,Ieu
~ Ine slss 49, ''aSs 'iia &c
he had joined the lying squadron OH
Sieiiiuegos ol Eiay q - - IA, misi,
cenonson to Comnodore SchIav.
Sailpsom ~ Iii,n1 ~, ,aG ,. - T,ns
llese utspaton Sa,sI,, 10, his aSae',t,,,e oesca,
Inouore ocnieS W niS s, olii. .las :,
Connna1uer T'1sers, ;',f ne NVs Ss am Sis' sne
netcbas were sealed he did not know
Jndge Advocate Lemly: please
s.hr s.1i1a tba sonadron was off Cienfue-
Tos +oyyard develoning the fact as to
yhether the Spanish squadron under
Wneeile 1'-, Saor,,nra ,,-as ar was NOT in
Autnlrai t,'l Sei " S,amt',eens
me ..,,ilIo nar oon ,othine done so far as
was
.sInJ. hnU" 20 ory+hino within vour
- "a, ,,os done touard destrovinp
hIio ~. .N,ie,.e,,+,ne :" The further comnletion
os os .ta ~ enanny's batteries in the vicin-
a. ;tv 'l,s ns Cienfyeeos 1 ~
ny yon w sunday afternoon. am quite
srre a. was, Commodore Schley formed
s1a ~, s1',,adron in columns and stood in
49, 10 ,.a,,e,a of about a mile and a half
srop, shore made a turn and stood out
again. That is the only thlng Know, W,
Were you then within range OF tne @