The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-11-07

talking on the subject Of coal and
since he mentions it I recall the fact
that his statement was that he was
commanding vessel that was one
tenth of mile long and that she could
not turn her engines over under $50
tons OF coal a day; also that he
could not remain there very long; that
he would have to go to Key West"
Had you, as matter of fact, made
up your mind at that time to go to Key
West?"
81 had not"
Bombardment Of Fortificatons.
Admiral Schley then referred to his
conversation with Admiral Sampson
regarding his instructions about not
bombarding Notifications as follows:
81 ought to mention, in connection
with the talk 1 had with the admiral
in relation to his instructions about
not bombarding Notifications, that I
recall the fact that he and were talk
ing about the guns that probably were
! there and I asked him whether he
knew if they were Honotoria or Krupp
guns. He said probably both,' and
that recalls the circumstances to me.
And again, in relation to the testimony
of Lieutenant Roys-"
Judge Advocate Lemly objected to
this line of testimony but the court did
not sustain the objection and Admiral
Schley continued:
81 merely wanted to say in connec-
ton with Lieutenant Roys' testimony
that I heard nothing of the protest
which he speaks of-of the desire of
Lieutenant Switzerland to coal. I am
quite sure he Is mistaken about that,
because it would have been impossible
that day for the ship to COAL"
Admiral Schley was then finally ex
cused and Captain Lemly offered
large number of documents as evil
dence.
Before taking the usual recess for
luncheon Mr.. ,Rayner offered in evil
dence the commission of Admiral
Schley and when asked if he had any
objection to it going in Captain Lemly
answered, "None at ALL"
In reply to a question by Admiral
Dewey Captain Lemly said:
"It is signed by the president. 1t
was a recess appointment, but the
court will remember that none of these
ad interim appointments were confirm
ed by the senate"
Admiral Dewey-"It is valueless as
it is not confirmed by the senate. 1t
can go in, but it has no value, of
course"
Mr.. Hanna Opens the Argument.
At the afternoon session the argu-
ment in the case began E. P. Hanna,
assistant to Judge Advocate Lemly,
opening for the government. Mr..
Hanna began his presentation of the
case by saying that in what he would
say in his proposed summary he would
like to accomplish two objects. The
first of these would be to make his
address brief and terse and the second
to present careful and exhaustive
citation of the evidence adduced.
These two purposes, he confessed,
were somewhat conflicting, neverthe
less he would do his best to accom-
plish them. He would. he said, take
up the clauses of the precept and pre-
sent the testimony bearing on them in
the order in which they appear in the
precept
squadron from Key West to Cienfue
COS Mr.. Hanna asserted it was not
made as eXpeditiously as possible.
Schley and Captain McCalla the speak
err said it was the duty of the senior
officer to question the junior in regard
to any information he might have.
Mr.. Hanna then read the order of Ad
miral Sampson to Commodore Schley,
dated May 10, 1898, directing the lat
ter to take steps to prevent the enc
my from continuing work on the new
Hoo Of
not appear" continued Mr.. Hanna,
chat any steps were taken to prevent
work on these new Notifications. In
fact, this order was not, so far as the
testimony shows, in any way re-
garded."
Mr. Hanna then quoted the order d.
recting Commodore Schley to leave
Cienfuegos before daylight of May 23d
and said that as this order had direct
ed that if possible the squadron should
leave before daylight of that day it
should be construed as a message of
urgency. Nevertheless the commodore
had not sailed until the evening of the
next day.
Respecting the order that the flying
squadron on leaving Cienfuegos should
mask it's movements Mr.. Hanna said
that this order was not carried out.
Mr.. Hanna then took up the third
specification of the precept concerning
the cruise from Cienfuegos to Santa
go. He admitted that the Eagle had
delayed the progress of the squadron.
but said that this was not due to the
weather but to water in her compart-
ments. The testimony was, he said,
uniform to the effect that the run was
a slow one and that it did not proceed