The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-30
CROSO-EXAMIBATION ENDS
Lcmly's Questioning Concluded at
the Court o. Enquiry.

Court Read by MIR Hanna.
The cross-cNaminauon of Admiral
schiey by Captain Lemly was concluded
at 1.S5 o'clock this afternoon. The points
which the witness covered related chief
ly to the rsccnuoissaucc and the battle of
Santiago. including the Brooklyn.s loop
Mr.. Rayner had no questions or redirect
examination. The Court then submitted
long list Of questions which Mr. Hanna
read.
The examination was begun by Cap
tain LemIy who asked.
Odd YOU impart 20 Captain Evans
your verbal order of battle at any time2
Ale was disabled and sent his eNecu-
tive officer, Commander Rodgers, aboard
the flagship talked TO him good deal
but 1 do not remember what ] said.
Can you say how your squadron
compared with that at Wei-Hai-Wei2
A-NO. but I have an idea that the
llOUkadiuE squadron there, according TO
the statement made by captain + olEtr-
had more ships a squadron arranged
circularly around port. all charging to-
ward centre. would create q great deal
of confusion. That confusion did not hap
pen ON july 3-
On "A circular blockade with the yes
sels all pointing toward the mouth OF the
harbC-, are they not IN "A good position
u TEElllE LuIn ana tlldSt IN any Nllttaloll
should the enemy come out provided they
all turned with the same heinz
A--As I said. there must necessarily be
much confusion and disorder
Q.-l aVtaiL Eolger stated that on May
81 he advised YOU 10 move In closer, and
you say that the enemy fired on Captain
Folger in the position which ne then held,
the day following the conversation
Al think IL was on July 1. not the next
day.
O-You stated that no vessels passed
l.fHf lf
out either At CienfuegOs or at Santiago.
prior 10 june !. Did any attempt to do so2
Al stated that that was my conclu-
sion.
C.-State whether. in your knowledge.
any attempted 70 pass IN or outE
A--No. none that 1 know Of 1 remem-
Der that French captain succeeded on
the north coast and the fact was widely
advertised. so ] think that il one had sue
Ceedtd on the south coast ! would have
heard Of It,
The Reconnaissance of May 81.
o. want to pass now to the affair Of
May 81. When did you first receive no
tice that the commander-in-chief would
be at Santiago on June J. do you remem-
Der?
Al think that that came 10 mel am
not able TO say unless l can see the tele-
gram. 10 appears TO me according TO my
rccolIt ction now that that came 10 me
in telegram. but / cannot recOllect now
WhetH. he Sew orleans or some other
vessel brought II later. Ny recollection
IS THAI II was IN telegram. II may be
that Captain Foiger communicated the
fact. but Of that 4 cannot say
Q.-&Ow. YOU had been on Santiago Two
days when you made this reconnaissance
had YOU not2
A--Ats-
q. NY did you wait TWO days before
A.-Sirnply because / availed myself Of
the orportuuity Of COaling on all Occa-
sions whhen il was possible. ! thought IL
was best 70 get my ships IN eooa eoaIlNs
condition IN case the reconnaissance
should develop the fact that the enemy
might come out ,
Q-You were still coaling on May 81
A-Yes. with q part Of the vessels
Q-The part that was not engaged in
the reconnaissance
A-Ycs. There were the Brooklyn. the
Texas, and. I think The Maroiehead mat
were COaling on that day.
Q-I sec YOU have q telegram there ihdi
you wish 10 readt
Admiral SchIey had in his hand tele-
gram which referred to the time when
Sampson would arrive of Santiago He
read u and then said.
Al have a very indistinCt rcc0liec-
tiou that Captain FClggr may have said
something about il tSampsOus arrival.
O. want 70 ask You II. before you
Ieft the Brooklyn on May 81 TO go aboard
tn. Massachusetts. you made the remark
testihcd 10 by Commander Sharp; The
Al do not recall that II ] did, IL
may have been said incidentally.
Q.-lr is IN evidence that you went on
board the Vixen from the Brooklyn and
transferred your flag 10 the Massachu-
setts. ] want you TO give. as nearly as
you can. all the conversations which you
had with Captain HiEginsOn. who com
mEuded the Massachusetts. and with the
other officers on board that ship on May
A-That would be q very difficult prop
ositiUu. because I talked great deal with
them. especially with Captain Higglnsou-
Q.-I mean in relation 70 the subject Of
Al recoIlect that 1 happened 10 be on
thu upper deck and talking with one Of
the officers
Plans for the BOmbardment.
Capt. LemIy-Excuse me. ] am going TO
ask you about that later.
Admiral Schlcy-I do not distinctly re-
member the conversations. talked about
many things with Captain Higginson
while we We're below at lunch / recall
that ~ asked me Or ] would not defer the
Intended bOmbardmCut until after dinner.
and j asscuttd. Then subsequently We
went up on deck and went into the chart
house and There was conversation about
the reconnaissance ] think that IS about
all that / can really recall, unless 10 Is
the fact that Captain Higgiuson rather
agreed that We were doing what was nee
essary. I rCcOilect the incident Of calling
people of OF the turret. which has been
Mir Potts told me that We were on tn
range but beyond that ! do not recall
with any distiuCtuess that there was any
very material matter talked about ] re-
call during that time directing the signal
20 be made % the New DTlganS-She was
the middle vessel Of the three-to attack
the batteries, and do not remember the
signal about Don't 90 in closer" / do
not find that signal Go the New orleans
10 fire on batteries recorded. and / do
not find recorded q number of signals
which 1 remember giving on the day Of
for the fact that they are not recorded is
that tho signals were not written mp until
aftcrWard and some Ol them may have
been forgotten Tho men iu the battle
did not have pencil and paper jottinE
down "a n that was done. except the press
corrcsp cspOndeuts. and that was their busi-
ncss-t0 SEQ and note a-l that occurred
C-I would Ike TO ask YOU IL that signal
with Z, gard 10 IN, New Orleans firing on
the batteries is the one which you say
YOU cannot nudt
Al cannot ind H. but "a rs quite dis
tinct I'm my mind I caTuOt recall how IL
was made whether il was wigwagged OF
not.
Mr. Rayuer-I would Ike To say that if
there is. and ] think there is. a signal
book Of the Massachusetts that b" IS en-
Captain Lcmly-These signals were
made from the Massachusetts IN is true
but not as the Massachusetts- rather as
the Massachusetts,, the flagship. They are
not so much the record Of the MassaChu-
setts as of the flagship. ] think IL IS in
evidence that the stat Of the commodore
went on board with him and made these
signals.
A Signal Record Called For.
AIr Rayuer-I would like 10 know il