The sun., 1901-10-12


schaey" Letter was Delivered 20 MIN
On May N. sna mat ths Orsser 70
Precced % asnuass wnh An Psssibie
Despatch neached Him the Next Day
Evidence Also Preduced That the
McCana Memorandum was Delivered
70 schiey at ths eans Time ~ ths
Dear schley'' Letter-Lieuts. Att
heuse and Dewey, Nephew of tho Ad-
uirai. Describe schley's block adcs and
the Attack ON the Colou schiey Or
dered the PSrsng sn the Csien ~ J 600
Yards Range. the Attacking ships
te 40 at Speed a 10 knoss.
WASHINGTON, Oct. ii-Ofidh docu-
pentary evidence that tho communication
designated by ths Navy Department as
No. 7. but better known a. the Dear schlcy'
lsttcr. had been sent by Admiral Sampson
60 Commodore Schley by the torpedo boat
Dupont on May 70. isns. Vas produced
at the Schley Court of Inquiry to-day.
IL has already been proved that all the
dispatches carried by the Dupont on that
trip were delivered 10 Commodore Schley
st Oenfuegos on the morning of May %.
This documentary proof that the Dear
Sohlsy- letter went by the Dupont IL one
Of the most important points made by
Judge Advocate Lenly In his conduct
OF the inquiry. just how vital II is TO tho
ofhcer under investig alton has been ex-
planned several times In these despstches,
hut q repetition In the present instance
viii serve 10 give clearer understanding q
Of the marked bearing IL has IN tho case
Admiral Schlsy's reputation for veracity
and the validity OF his reasons for not
promptly obeying orders 90 proceed from
Cienfuegos 20 Santiago and there blockade
the Spanish feet are involved in tho question
OF the time the 'near Schley" letter was
received by him This communication
was written by Admiral Sampson at Key
West on May 20. isps. and sent 10 Admiral
then Commodorel Schley at Cienfuegos.
IL told Commodore Schley that Sampson
believed the Spa nish feet was al Cenfuegos.
where Schley's Flying Squadron was sta
toned. and that he had decided TO keep
Schley there. despite a despatch from tho
Navy Department. which was enclosed
strongly advising that Sohley he sent TO
Santiago, where they believed Ceryera 90 he
In his defence TO the Senate Schley said
that this letter was delivered TO him by the
Hawk on the morning OF May n. and that
with II wore the orders OF later date than the
letter, telling him that the Spanish squad
ron was probably st Santiago and II he
were satisfied that IL was not al Genfuego-
TO proceed 20 Santiago with all despatch.
but cautiously Appended 10 the later
despatch was a memorandum from Samp-
son, which practically told Schley 20 60 TO
Santiago just as soon as he received IL, and
TO be there on NAV -. The import ance Of
the time receipt OF the Dear Schley' letter
by Schley lies in his statement TO the Senate
that as Il came on the morning OF the 2Sd
with the orders and the memorandum men
toned IL CONFUSED the situation and threw
grave doubts over the location OF the Span
ish feet Evidence. therefore. that Schley
received the Dear Schley' letter on May
n would not only show that his statement
90 the Senate was not true. but would indi-
cate that il could not have confused Schley
In his Interpretation OF orders 20 go to
Santiago, which were not received until
the following day,
The evidence that the Dear Schley
letter was sent by the Dupont was found
In tho Official journal kept on board the
flagship New York by order OF the Navy
Department Lieut. Marsh. Admiral Samp-
sons hag secretary In the Spanish war.
was placed on the stand, and on being
Furnished with the records sent 90 the
Navy Departm men, from the New York
traced the Dear Schley- letter through
the several volumes and finally found
an entry showing that II had been sent
TO Schley by the Dupont ON NAV 20 There
n no doubt. as II has been proved by docu-
inentary and verbal evidence, that tho
Dupont reached Genfuegos on the morn
ing OF Nav 22 and that al about o'clock
her commander, Lieut. Wood, delivered
all the dispatches from sampson TO Com
modore schley.
During Lieut. Marsh's Testimony II was
shown also that a memorandum prepared
by Capt. McCalls, giving Information in
dicating how news might be obtained from
the insurgents about matters In ,ienfuegos.
had gone To Schlcy by the Dupont on that
same trip =" effort was made 10y Schley.
however, TO communicate With the inSur-
gonts TO ascertain whether the Spanish
feet was in Cenf,l-go- He did moi hnd out
that they we've not there until Capt McCslla
arrived two davs after the Dupont and
communicated with the insurgents
Much other interesting testimony was
given before the Court OF Inquiry to-day
Two officers of tho Massachusetts. li.u's
Ahhous- and Dewey. testified that in tho
attack on the Colon on Nav 81. isss. their
ship. from which Commodore Schlcy di-
r~c,ed the operations. fired At ranges 81
fsom s,soo TO 10000 yards, and these fell
short Ten thousand yards is nearly five
nautical miles and moro than five and a
half statute miles. In one official report
Commodore Schley gave the range as 7.oD
yards, but did not mention any distance
In another report.
In the-e rtport, he called the AFFAIR a
.rcoourais>ancc Roth officers testified
that they werc told 20 fire az the Colon
and one of them said Commodore Schlev
cirr~ted him ~ trv 10 destroy h"r. T-sti-
ruony damaging ~ Commodore Schley
with reference 10 his blockade ~ Cien-
tueso- and Santiago was given by th"s.
of,~erS and Lieut.. Pought-r 81 th" Msr'
blchesld.
Rear Admiral Taylor, who commanded
th. Indiana. A. again on the stand to-day
and with reference 20 the intimation oi
Admiral Schl-y's counsel that Ssmps,-
had warned his captains, on tho evening Of
July 2, "a be- on their guard xainst an at
tempt Of Cervefa TO escape, he said that
he had rrcciv~d no such warning and