The evening times., 1901-10-29
LBMLY'O MANY QUESTIONS.
TreS0me lnterrOgat0rieS Mark tie
Court Of Enquiry's Session.

deal Without Showing Any Confu-
sion or Hesitation in ReSpondinf..
Defines Explicitly Ills Rcnsons for
Actions on SHntiHEO-Spcctutor
Tire OF Routine ond Depart Early.
The cross-examinatIon Of Admiral
Schley was resumed as soon as the Court
of Enquiry convened this morning. There
was an attendance Of several hundred
people, but Captain Lemiy had not pro-
cceded far before a majority OF the spec
tators had departed. The proceedings
We're very prolix and tiresome. and prog
ress was slow. The judge advocate kept
the witness before Cienfuegos during the
major portion Of the morning session and
asked all manner OF trivial questions.
None Of them confused Admiral schIev.
however. When the Court adjourned for
recess at 1 o'clock Captain LemIy had
only proceeded as far as the retrograde
movement in the cross-e examination
Before the questioning Of Admiral
schley was resumed the judge advocate
addressed the Court in relation to admit
ting certain evidence, as follows:
signal Records Introduced,
Captain Lcmly-If the Court please. I
beg TO have the chart containing a man
Of the harbor Of Santiago embodied as a
part Of the evidence. / beg further to an
nounce that it is proposed with the assent
Of counsel and with the consent of the
Court, 10 make as part % the records
the signal records Of the New York and
Brooklyn as shown by the books OF the
New York May is and - and july 2 and
.. the Brooklyn May IS TO June 2 in
elusive, and July and 3 I think MAY Is
and la Is the time when the Flying Squad
ron was preparing TO leave Key West.
That was the request Cf counsel, 1 be-
lieve.
Mr. Rayner-I DO not object to this at
all. although have made no such re-
quest.
3. caPtain CAPT IersaIy-Jgly apd are the day
record shows signals we have already Re-
ierred to. / think all the signals OF July
nave been referred TO in the evidence
ana used In examining Witnesses.
M Rayner-Ihe signals are already in
think That IS the reason l do not OBJ
JeCt-
rOss-EzRmInatfOE Resumed.
The decentralization Of Admiral
Schley was then taken up by Captain
Lemly as follows.
o;,-Now- admiral. you state that you
had distinct recollection that the Eagle
passed within hail in the Yucatan Chan
mel and reported no neWs2
A.-No. sir; / did not
Q--Where was it,
A--The Eagle had passed just after
we had left Key West on the morning
OF the 18th and then communicated with
a Tho, she b.,4 -,.--.,4 -,-f.,-t- ,,o
A--Yes, that IS my recollection.
Q--She reported no news?
A.-Yes-
Q.-Don't you think that, in view Of the
an opposite direction. YOU are in error?
A--No, ] do not think so.
Q.-Do yoJ remember whether she re-
ported. anything else, OF simply NO
A.-sfmpIy NO news.
Now you state that Ou the night OF
May z, when the squa.. ron was stopped
thc scorpion was sent in Is a picket post
A-Aes, she was sent IN ahead Of the
Q-N0w I want to ask YOU 10 state
about that and 10 look at the Scorpion S
lCE, page 70. from midnight 10 ( a m
A--hou mean from midnight 20 a. m ?
SHt WASH necessarily IN absolute touch
with us She was ahead.
Q--Dp you regard her-as having served
as picket bOat2
Al should say So yes
feet ''''
Q.-How far inside2
81 should say about a mile, although
i don remember exactly.
C:-ls that report strictly IN concert
with the entry in the ioE2
Al should say 50. yes
Queries on the BIOcLndeS.
Q.-Your bulletin stated that the spau-
ish squadron had sailed from Santiago,
did II not2
A--Yes. according 20 my recollection
about how far awar was Santiago
al any time Forty-eight hours. did YOU
not Say2
A--That would depend entirely upon the
speed OF the squadron. but giving IL a
E"od range on the sea ] should say. If
the squadron had been in condition. tw-n-
ty-tVe or tweuty-six hours. The forty
eight hours that ] referred 10 was 2 plan
that had myself formed
Q--4ou state that the entrance OF the
port OF tlcufusgOs was not practicable al
night Now would the passage OF forty
eight hours have thrown the S1auieh
squadron I'm the hsrbor after your own
squadron had arrived there?
Al DO not understand that II was q
gTJy-slshl-hpur tr1p for them. / spoke
or that distance as being for ny squad
ron and not theirs.
you say that the blockade was
H.elHiaih,d OF 'itniucE0s N a distance
or from three 20 four miles2
A--NrS
Q.-How was that distance de+erni,edg .
A.-Weu- 1t was my own calculation
The appearance OF tho surf and tho land
seemed 20 indicate that distance
Q.-That is what you referred 10 as a
fuuI-poiuJ bearing
Ayes
,Q.-Did you ever plot the positions upon
A--Ouly for my own Information. Per
haUs with pencil marks. but entirely for
my own Information
Q.-They were not made then rs q mat
ter Of record?
A-Nu-
C.-.Now YOU say you maintained
watch on deck remaining there nearly ev-
cry night until after midnight so that no
incident should escape YOU and further
that scarcely any incident escaped your
observation2
Odd you see a gInboat in the har-
Al don't remember that. have an
lndlsunct recoliecion 0f seeing a mast
or the top OF a pipe. There was no ap-
pearance OF an auxiliary cruiser
Q--Ny question referred 10 a eanboat
not an auxiliary cruiser.
Al don remember seeing anything
IN the Aarbor other than steam launch.
0--i want YOU % look at the log Of the
Brooklyn for May "A and see II it does
not appear that the vessels steamed in
during the morning watch
A--Ges. IL appears that they did.
Q--NCW. how can YOU reconcile that with
your statement made on direct cXamina-
ton that the current was sending YOU in
A--Slmpiy the fact that my own recol-
lection Is that during the day ana night
Q.-You said that the bIocIlading squad
ron was closer in by night than ~ dav
hoth al CieniueEos and Santiago; is that
right
Al think that Is true.
captain LDmIy referred 10 the remarks