The Monticellonian., 1901-09-27
.LOGS AND GOAL SUPPLY.
The Two Principal Matters Befors the Schley Court of Inquiry
 at Mondays Session.
SCHROEDER C0RRECTS HIS TESTIMONY.
Lieut. ut.-Commander Heilner, NaViga- tor of the Texas, Says No Effort wns Made to Ascertain Whether the spanish Fleet was in the Har- for of Cienfuegos.

Washington, sept. 24.-I ne nanda of the old-fashioned hall clock stand 1 ing back of the seats occupied by the court pointed directly to the hour of Il o'clock when Admiral Dewey with sharp rap of his gayel called the Schley court of inquiry to order. There was at that time a somewhat larger attendance on the part of the general public than there had hereto fore been at the beginning of the sit tings, but there were fewer distin- 1 guished personages occupying the re. 1 served seats.
 Capt. Lemly presented the deck log books of the Brooklyn, Texas, Iowa, Castine, Marblehead, Massachusetts. Minneapolis, New Orleans, Oregon, St. Paul, Scorpion, Yale, Vixen, Eagle, Dupont, Hawk and Merrimae.
 How about the New York;" asked Judge Wilson. 'I want to expedite the proceedings"
 "I have no objection" responded Capt Lemly. "I, too, want to hasten the proceedings as much as possible
 Proceeding, Capt. Eemly said he had suggested such logs as he consid- cred essential, and that he would have printed the points considered pertinent. He then indicated the time that he desired covered by the matter to be printed, but Admiral Schley's counsel objected and asked that the entire logs from the time that the feet left Key West until after the battle off Santiago be made available.
 After some exchanges of opinion on the part of counsel. a ruling was made that such parts of the logs as either side desired could be printed.
 Capt. Lemly also presented the steam logs of the Brooklyn, Texas, Massachusetts, Iowa and the Marble head. Admiral Schley's counsel asked to have the log of the Spanish ship Christobal Colon presented. Very well, if we can find a Spanish scholar to go through it and select the facts wanted" said Captt. Lemly.
 Admiral Sehley is a good Spanish scholar and he can make such selee- tons as we may desire" responded Mr. Ranyner.
 Commander Schroeder was recalled and asked if he desired to make any corrections in the official record of his testimony of Saturday.
 "There is one omission from Ad- miral Schley,s remarks on the Massa- chusctts on the day Of the lombard ment of the Colon which 1 overheard, which I should like to supply" he said. Ut is this. He said when he came aboard that Admiral Sampson would be there on the following day. He made that statement in connec- tion with his remark that he was go- ing in to sink the Colon
 Commander Schroeder was then asked concerning the coal supply of the Massachusetts, and when he re- piled that he had no information on that point, he was asked to read the log to secure this information. Coun- sel for Admiral Sehley objected, but Assistant Judge Advocate Hanna in- sisted, saying that Admiral Schley counsel were merely creating delay by their objections. II propose to de- velop the facts in this case and tech nieal objections will not avail to pre- vent" he said.
 The purpose of this inquiry was to develop what Messrs, Lemly and Han ma considered an error in Admiral Higginsons testimony. He said that the Massachusetts could not have re- mained on blockade for more than 12 days, and then the vessel would be without coal and powerless to pro- seed to coal.
 The objection to the question was not pressed, and upon reading from the log, Commander Schroeder said it showed that the Massachusetts had over 500 tons of coal aboard when 1t arrived at Santiago.
 Mr. Hanna: Assuming that the Massachusetts, on blockade duty, would use 90 to 40 tons of coal per day, how long could the Massachu- setts have remained on blockade be- fore Santiago with that supply of coal?"
 "That would depend entirely upon the nature of the blockade and upon whether We woula have to go some distance to replenish the coal supply. By keeping under way at night, as we did the first of June, of course we used a little more coal than we would have by keeping stationary blockade, as was done afterward. 1 do not re- member the coal consumption per day. My recollection is that during that stationary blockade the noon sig nal was to go to the 25 or 30 tons a day"
 Assuming it, then, to be 30 to 40 tons, how long could the Massachu- sstts have remained on blockade?a
 At 40 tons day, of course, she would remain about 20 days if there was a coal supply at hand so we would not have to go off and get some, and there was coal there at the time on the Merrimac."
 ''Steaming at ten knots, about how much coal would the Massachusetts, consume on & days run?' That l do not remember" Assuming that it was 50 tons a day, that would given her & steam.