The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-10-24
A GAIN FOR SCHLEY.
Witnesses Make Good Points for
Him in Their Stories.

continued HIS udETdblNC VI 'Ah~
of the Cuban campaign of 1898. de
was under REORGANIZATION by
Judge Advocate Lemly, and his as
sistant, Mr.. Hanna, when the court
adjourned Monday, and they contin-
ued their questions Tuesday. Lieut..
Wells was followed by A. V. Mason,
the log writer of the Brooklyn, who
wrote the logs on that vessel during
the Cuban campaign.
Mr.. G. Z. Graham, the correspon-
dent of the Associated Press, who
was on board the Brooklyn with Adj
miraI Schley during the entire cam
paign, was also on the list of Tues
days witnesses.
Lieut.. Wells ON stand.
Following is a brief report of the
days proceedings:
Capt Lemly began his examination OF
Lieut. Wells by asking him whether there
was kept book OF records showing letters
received on the Brooklyn as Lieutenant
Commander Sears had testified there was.
The witness replied that there was no such
book kept, but that there was record OF
letters sent to and received from vessels
of the squadron.
Lieut. Wells also was questioned con-
cernius the department orders concerning
the risking of the American ships to bonn
bardment from the shore batteries the
orders under consideration being those OF
April s, April 26 and two of May ..
The first of the orders of this character
stated that 1.-The department does not wish
the vessels of your squadron to be exposed
to the fire of the batteries a Havana, San"
tiago or other strongly fortified ports In
Cuba" and the others were regarded as
notifications of these. In the last OF these,
dated May 6, the department said: Tine
department is perfectly willing that you
should expose your ships to the heaviest
guns of land batteries If, in your opinion
there are Spanish vessels of sufficient mil
iary importance protected by these guns
to make an attack advisable, your chief
aim for the present being the destruction
of the enemy's principal vessels"
After having read these diHerent dis
patches the witness was asked by Capt.
Lemly: can you separate your knowl-
edge with regard to the conversation with
Commodore SChIey so as to distinguish be-
tween either of the other TWO orders or
both of these orders, and as to whether
or not anything was Sad with regard to
the receipt of Information in relation 10
these letters here which you have before
you at the Interview of May Is in Key
West?"
NO, sir. I do not distinguish between
any Of them. l have given my general re-
me mbranCc. which is that the order was
not to risk the ships
Writer of BrOOkIyn's Log Testiiies.
Lieut. Wells was then excused, ard Mr..
Albert Y. Mason called. He was ques-
toned by Capt Parker, and said that he
had been yeoman Of second class on board
the Brooklyn during the Santiago cam
paIgn and had been the writer Of that ships
log He had made the entry concerning
the battle off Santiago and he produced a
copy of the rough log which he had made
for his own use.
The witness said that as the log giving
an account Of the Brooklyn's turn had been
at first prepared ii read: 1--WE engaged
with port battery al first, hut just as soon
as the enemy stood TO westward we put
our helm slarboard at nrst, then hard
aport, to bring our starboard battery
TO bear and swinging clear of the Texas
fire We stood parallel with and to the en-
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