The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-01

would not have coaled on that day; that is,
ON the 9Th
Captain Miller was succeeded on the wit
ness stand by captain theodore r. JeWelL,
who commanded the cruiser Minneapolis
during the Spanish war.
Captain Jewell said he had first fallen in
with the flying squadron under command
OF Commodore Schley on the evening Of
May p. Captain Lemly quoted from Ad-
rliral Schley's letter 10 the Senate COM
mittee on naval. dated Feb. ., 1888. saying:
After having been Informed by the scouts
commanded by such officers as Sigsoee:
Jewell and Wise. that. although they nae
been OF Santiago for a week they had
seen nothing Of Ceryera's fleet since II
left Curacao, and asked whether ne nad
or any other concerning the
Spanish feet, the witness replied;
Il gave him no with regard
10 that subject, whatever
you were within signaling distance OF the
flagship Of the flying squadron on santiago
were you at any time asked any question
by ommodo Schley as 10 the presence
OF the Spanish squadron in Santiago
Not to my recollection
Captain Jewell said that when he had first
seen Admiral Schley's statement as To the
Information he might have given concerning
Cervera's fleet. he had written a letter TO
the department. denying that he had done
so. Objection was made 10 this line OF
testimony, and il was not persisted in
The witness said in reply TO a question
from Mr.. Raynor that ne had no knowledge
that Captain Sigsbee, speaking for himself
and for Captain Jewell and Captain Wise,
stated to Commodore Schley on the 18th at
Santiago that either he (the Witness) or
Wise or himself (Sigsbee) had seen any
thing or knew anything Of the movements
or whereabouts of the Spanish fleet. Nor
did he know whether Captain Sigsbee wrote
a letter 20 Commodore Schley stating that
that was a fact. The court here asked a
question which opened up the coaling ques-
ton. The question was as follows:
MORE COAL.
How far could the Minneapolis have
gone with her 40 tons of coal at the time
you slater"
IF / had burned 800 tons of coal I could
have made something like twelve or thir-
teen hundred miles. That would have left
the bunkers empty. 1 was burning about
ninety-fve tons a day and making fourteen
or fifteen knots"
Drawing from Captain Jewell the fact
that the distance from Santiago to Key
West is $50 miles. Mr.. RaynOr asked: In
view Of what you said just now. will you
explain the signals L read: $50 =. IN, May
2b.-Flagship 10 the Minneapolis: Have
you enough coal to go TO Key West2'
Minneapolis to flagship: Just enough
How do you explain that2'
i am giving my recollection at the time.
As / said. my coal supply was reduced and
j was concerned There were a great many
signals being made, ana / replied TO the
signal without consulting the coal acccOunt
particularly. and / considered that three
Gays steaming was about the limit L could
There is an error here of about 800 to coo
miles. Eight hundred and 1880 or Loo are
Il estimated the distance I could steam.
j did not usually provide for burning every
ounce of coal in the bunkers, and, further
more. we have got 10 allow for cOntin-
gencies. / was hauling the fires from the
starting fresh fires In other boilers. My
coal expenditure was variable. / could not
depend upon it. l arrived in Key West with
less than 100 tons OF coal on board
Captain Jewel was then excused and
Jose OF correcting his estimony y minor
place for coaling near Cape Cruz was made
clear. then the court asked:
Had the fleet of Cervera been in the
harboI of Cienfuegos, could it have been
seen by the vessels blockading that port?"
Il should say not The upper part OF the
Eeen in the stretch of the river where il
turns 10 the east. If they were behind the
hill, they could not have been seen, in my
The court then adjourned for luncheon.
ADMIRAL EVANS.
When the court convened for the after
noon session Rear Admiral Robley D..
Evans. who. as captain. commanded the
battleship Iowa during the battle off San
tiaso, was called to the witness stand. He
stated that he had first Joined the flying
EHh0bAOAA Oh CANAAAoNot9 OA ~Aog - at 4
D. IN. when he took the dispatches from
Admiral Sampson TO Commodore Schley.
These dispatches he had sent to Commodore
SchIey by his executive officer, Commander
Rogers, he not seeing the commodore him
self. As the dispatches were sealed, he did
not know their contents.
Judge advocate-Please state what, if
anything. was done while this squadron
fact as TO whether the Spanish squadron
under Admiral Cervera was or was not in
the harbor of Cienfuegos.
There was nothing done so far as 1
what. if anything, in your knowledge
was done toward the destroying or pre-
venting the further completion of the en-
emy's batteries in the vicinity of Cienfue-
;One Sunday afternoon, I'm quite sure it
was. Commodore Schley formed his squad
ron in columns and stood in to a range of
about a mile and a half from shore, made
a turn and stood out again. That is the
only thing L know"
WAS any attack made upon the enemy
or by the enemy at hat timer
breastworks and looked at us. we steamed
out again. There was no firing on either
side"
Were you then within range of the bat
teries in the vicinity OF C~ienfuegos with the
heavier guns of your ship"
I did not see any batteries. There was
a work they were completing there"
Were you within range of this?'
quite easy range, yes
The battery of the Iowa consisted of
WHAT"
-Four twelve-inch. eight eight-inch and
twelve four-inch guns"
Were there embryo batteries within
range Of your eight-inch guns when you
steamed in2'
They were within easy range"
"Were they within range of the four-inch
guns"
Il should think so. yes"
Did the Iowa coal ship while i'm Cienfue-
gOs, and If so, how much did she take?"
we took in 30 tons of coal on the 23d.