The San Francisco call., 1901-11-05

changing Of words to make sentences read
more smoothly.
In referring to his testimony regarding
the arrival of the Hartford on May q with
Informing him that ..ail of the depart
ment's information indicated the presence
or the Spanish squadron at Santiago.
which dispatch. he had declared. had
never reached him and therefore he had
never seen 1t or heard of 1t until recently:
Admiral Schley corrected this portion OF
his testimony by stating that neither his
flag lieutenant nor his secretary had ever
seen the dispatch nor remembered 1t He
had previously included his first lieuten-
ant in this statement.
Schley Changes Statement.
Referring to his testimony regarding
changed his statement that fifty IL not
more shells passed over the fleet to read
that a number of shells passed over the
feet" He also changed his evidence con-
cerning suspicious movements in Santiago
harbor on July to read that before
dark noticed in the harbor good deal
ord. % he said % made him saw tSat Sci he ssw ssSr
the smoke after dark.
Coming to his answer to a question In
reference to an order sent below during
to ram,' Admiral Schley emphasized his
former testimony by stating that there
was a DISTINCT intention to ram on the
part or the Maria Teresa, Admiral Ger
vera's flagship. and the viscaya"
He also reiterated his confidence In the
Brooklyn's speed by stating with one
sotssn All ehs tSs
ed. As to the passage of the flying squad
ron by the Eagle on May 10 and the lat
ter conveying the information that there
was no news" Admiral Schley corrected
his testimony wherein he said he was not
mistaken as to this by stating that he
might have been mistaken.
Admiral Schley also corrected his state
ment regarding his visit to the flagship
New York, when he had made his pre-
liminary report Of the battle OF July TO
did not make the matter quite clear
THE admiral said to me that had omit
ted a very important detail. which was to
The witness corrected but one OF the an
swers. This question was to the effect
that as he was ordered to go to Cienfue-
his his duty to Communicate Sirectiy and by by
signal or otherwise with the senior OIL
GERS of the vessels returning from Cien-
fuegos and obtain from them full infor-
nation regarding the situation at or near
that port? The answer as corrected
reads: THE communication which he
made to me through the Eagle indicated
that Captain McCalla knew I was bound
for Cienfuegos, and /. of course, took II
for kranted If he had had anything I'm
portant he would have notified me OF the
fact without any inquiry"
No More Corrections.
AT this point AQm1ral SCnley announced
that he had no more corrections to make,
when Captain Parker called his attention
to the evidence OF Captain Sigsbee, in
which he had said that when he went on
board the Brooklyn the whole question
so far as he could remember, was coal,
and nothing but coal. and that Commo-
dore Schley had already made up his
mind to go to Key West.
THAT was not the first question Sigs-
bee asked me at ALL" replied Admiral
Schley. IT did not say to Captain Sigs-
bee that we were going to Key West, as
the signal will show. Sigsbee was talking
on the subject of coal; and since ne mem
tions 1t, I recall the fact that his state
ment was that he was commanding a
vessel that was one-tenth OF a mile long
and that she could not turn her engines
over unless $50 tons of a coal a day were
used: that he would have to go to Key
"Iiad you. as a matter of fact, made up
West?" ''
az had not"
Admiral Schley then referred to his con-
versation with Admiral Sampson regard
ing his Instructions about not lombard
ing Notifications as follows:
i ought to mention. In connection with