Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-09-28
NOT IN THE CASE.
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| IN response to a request from the Judge
| advocate, Lieut.. Hood related the CONVEX
sation he had had with Admiral Schley
| after delivering the orders. saying that
| he Uhe witness) had told the admiral
| that ii was Admiral SIMPSONS wish tha,
| the flying squadron should proceed imme-
| diately to Santiago. as his information
| was very positive. His statement was as
| follows:
| Commodore Schley read the dispatch
and then. turning to me, said: Captain.
| Admiral Sampson wishes me to go to San
| tiago l cannot do it
Il told Commodore Schey that the ad-
miral certainly expected the squadron to
! leave the instant l arrived. Commodore
Schley then said, in nearly these words:
| 4 am not at all satisfied that the Span
| iards are not here in Cienfuegos Be
sides, my ships all want coal:' he said
that the Massachusetts. Texas ana
Brooklyn wanted 50 many tons OF coal
| and that the day before Captain Sampson
| had sent him down the Iowa with only
half her coal supply. that she could
| not go anywhere: that it was useless to
send ships down there only half filed
with coal.
| 1
passed a collier conveyed by gunboat
| only a little before daylight that morn
ing and it would certainly be there with
| at least 1900 or 500 tons of coal within
| TWO or three hours. He referred again
! 10 his belief of the Spaniards being in
| C.enfuegos ana stated that he had heard
| some firing about 20 miles from port
| which he took to be welcome to The
| Spanish squadron: he had also seen SOM
| smoke which he conceived to be the span
| ish squadron and he believed they wlrr
| there. | said to Commodore Schley that
| the information which the admiral had
he considered as definite; he had no doubt
but that tie Spanish squadron was al
Santiago.
| Commodore Schey then said to me:
| Captain Sampson does not understand.
| He is not on the spot and cannot judge.
Il also informed Commodore Schley
that they certainly expected the squad
ron to leave Immediately and that | hal
| verbal orders from the Commander-in
| chief which did not appear in my written
| orders to remain with the Hawk alone at
| Cenfucgos after the squadron had left
| and conduct blockade for a day or tw"
rs long as my coal supply lasted
| Describe the commOdorc's manner up
on this OCCASION said Captain Lemly.
| The commodore was sitting in his
| chair at the time | was talking to him,
| very quietly. He seemed to be very much
| perplexed as to what to do.
DO you remember whether there was
ANYTHING said about communication with
| the insurgents?'
| There was something said by me.
| I'm the commodore's presence"
| NO, chief of staff on deck. The com
| modorc was in the cabin.
| Can YOU state whether or not during
the time you wee in Cienfuegos with the
| iIawk any effort was made to communi-
| cate with the insurgent Cubans?'
| There was not.
The witness then testified that the
steamer Adulain passing had reported to
| the Brooklyn that a cable report had
been received at Kingston on May 18TH.
saying that the Spanish squadron was in
! the harbor at Santiago. Admiral Schley's
report of this occurrence was also read,
as was his statement discrcditinE the in
| formation. because he then believed the
souadron to be in CienfueSos harbor. All
these reports have heretofore been pub
I lished.
Mr. Rayner began his cross-cXamina-
,ion a few minutes before L o'clock and
had not proceeded far when the court
took a recess for lunch.
When the court began its afternoon
session, Mr.. Rayner continued his cross
| cxamina ton of Lieut.. Hood. The latter
| said his recollection was that he had
delivered his dispatches to Commodore
| Schley in his (Schley's) cabin. but it
| might be that he had handed them to
Jieut Weiles and had walked down to
the cabin with him. He thought there
| vvae no one in the cabin when the con-
| yersatiou between himself and the
commodore had taken place. Mr. Ray
nar said: Il want to ask you Whetner
| in This conversati ton with Commodore
SchIey upon this occasion he did not
tell YOU that Admiral Sampson mas
instructed him before he left for san
tiaco tn satisfy himself that the Span
ish fleet was not at Cienfuegos:
The reply was: II gathered from his
conversation that he had informa ton
in some Of the dispatches whlch Were
written previously to the dispatch 1
carried him which was of considerably
later date and therefore of course an
nullcd all the others
But this dispatch you carried gave
him that discretion?'
THAT was not the latest dispatch
whose contents ! knew.
Cant. Lemly then asked: Was not
il your understanding that the Adula
in the communication with the BrcoA-
I'm led the officials of the BROOKLYN 10
believe that the Spanish fleet had ar
rived in Santiago one day ana came
out of the harbor the next day. WASH I
that the impression it left on your
mind?'
TIE impression made on my minu
was no impression whatever. lt IS my
recollection that at that date l khe"
tho f,aet was in Santiago
Cant Lemly questioned Mr.. HOOD
Governing the dispatches delivered
by him to Admiral Schley, elicltins
from, him the statement that whlie ne
carried two dispatches from the ad-
\ nirsI from the ommander-in-chiel' ne
,nav that the information contained
! ~ nna Of thcm was later than ttat ~
,ha other. because the one was dateo