The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-29


of the Marblehead continued his tes-
timony, which was begun yesterday.
and the court heard the testimony of
Lieutenant Commander w. H. south
erland, who commanded the gle dur
ing the Spanish war, and also that OF
Lieutenant CaSs1Us 8. Barnes. The
latter is a cipher expert in the navy
department, and his evidence was de-
voted to showing that the dispatch
from Commodore Schley 10 the navy
department OF May Is, 1898, saying that
he could not, much to his regret, obey
the orders Of the department, as printed
in the official reports, was a correct
translation of the message as forwarded
/ from the harvard a Kingston.
Commander Switzerland explained
! the condition Of the Eagle during the
campaign, and told of the part that
/ vessel played. He said the slow prog
ress made in the cruise 20 Santiago was
/ due TO the fact that the vessel was one
/ third full of water He also told of
! signaling the Scorpion to inform Com
/ mander Schley that the Spanish squad
/ ron was not in TIE harbOr al Cienfue-
/ gos- Captain MSCalla said that he had
! suggested to Schley after the battle off
! Santiago that there was glory enough
! in the victory for all.
Mr.. StaytOn did not press his ra0uest
| 10 be allowed to appear as counsel for
AonlraI Sampson, as he had announced
tnat he wouiu do. He wrote a second
| letter 10 the court renewing his appIf-
/ cauon and recounting the times that
! Admiral SIMPSONS name had been
brought INTO the case, but he left the
| city later in me day, requesting the
court 20 hold I'D the matter for the
! present.
Mr.. Hanna Explains.
Mr. Hanna made brief explanation
ol ms use OF the term accused in yes
! ISIuay proceedings as applied to Ad-
| nllraI Schley. He said:
I should like TO say word in expIa-
! nauon OF one word which 1 understand
appeared in the records learned n
my surprise from an examination of the
| records that used the word accused
In referring to the distinguished officer
/ VINO mas asked for the court of INQUIRY
l wish to state that I was not aware
| that 1 had used that expression until
this morning. It was used in the randi
lty OF debate and simply for the reason
that in the course of long years of
experience it is the word generally en-
ployed in such cases.
Before this court of inquiry began
the judge advocate and myself cousid-
cred what we should call the gentleman
/ who had requested it, and desiring to
extend to him the utmost courtesy in
| the matter we selected a term which
/ is not often used, the term of 'appIi-
can't and I believe have used that
n term many times in the course of these
proceedings.
Il Il wish to add only my sincere and
earnest and most cordial expressions of
regret that by inadvertency or accident
I have employed word that would i'm
ply any such reflection"
When Captain MCCalla took the wit
ness stand Mr.. Hanna asked him:
Were any ships assigned to the duty
Of engaging the batteries on the morn
ing of May 81. 1898, or during that day
or to the duty Of enhlading the bat
teries?"
None that.I know Of
Were there any shoals or other OBJ
stacIes of any kind to prevent the
battleships from approaching the
mouth of the harbor of Santiago suf1-
GENTLY close to have been within easy
range of the Colon?"
Captain Parker objected to the Ques-
ton, but the court refused to sustain
the objection and the question was re-
Deated.
Were no Obstacles.
Captain McCaIla replied: None that
I know of. The only shoal I knew Of
was the shoal on the west side of the
channel, opposite the Moro"
i Did the battleships go within range
Of the Colon?'
Not Of my observation"
Were volY-so situated as TO observe
the fall of shots>iffronp the fieet?s'
Il was"
Where did they faH?''
''I think I saw every shot fired. They
all fell short that I saw. One very
nearly reached the Colon.
The witness said that the American
ships engaged in the Colon lombard
ment steamed in a distance Of about
two miles.
Captain McCaUa testified at some
! n he HpT nd he
sea on Nav % and %. He said there
| was no difficulty in cOaling on the 9th.
/ as the sea was smooth.
The witness said that he had been
present during a conference of COM
handing officers on the Brooklyn while
the fleet was off Santiago on May "a.
Describing what took place he said;
1.-The commanding officers were or
dered on board the Brooklyn on May %.
1t was with regard to the work of
blockade. In can only remember one
, : specific thing which took place at the
, close. and that was that Captain Evans
asked Commodore Schley If the Span
ish ships came out if he was going in
for them. He said Certainly and then
arranged for a substitute division OF
fire from the ships under his command
- on the ships should they come out
Mr. Hanna-Prior TO that conference
I : of Nav % had you at any time received
definite instructions respecting the or
der Of battle or the mode of procedure
which the fleet should follow in case the
Spanish vessels should suddenly ap-
pearl
ct do not remember
/ Did Won have anv further CONVEX
sation with Commodore Schley?'
Feared a Controversy.
81 had a conversation with him in
his cabin after the battle of Santiago.
! about July >. in Guantanamo bay. [
went on board making an official call
to pay my respects and during the visit
Commodore Schley read me whnt I I'M
} derstood to be part of HIS official re-
port of the battle. After he nad fiE-
ished. I said:
Commodore. YOU remember that af-
ter the battle Of Lake Erie there was
an unfortunate controversy, and I hope
there win be none after the battle of
Santiago, because there was glory
enough for everybody.
Captain McCalla said that when the
flying squadron encountered the scout
ships to the south of SANTIAGO on Nav