Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-10-05
Admiral Chilled.
Counsel Rayner Desires that Admiral
Sampson BE Put on stand as
Witness. .s3
Statistics c iven as to Amount of Coal
on Board the 3 Battleships On
BIockade
The Brooklyn Gun Fire Looms up
With Hits Amounting 10 81
Per Cent.

Per Cent.
ashington, Oct the Schley
court during the afternoon the ques-
ton as TO whether the sword Id the
Dear Schley etter should be San
tiago or Cienfuegos again came up on
p sta atement by CAPTAIN Lemly. who
said he would cont tinue to hold to the
Santiago version Rayner then
said il this was the case he would be.
compelled to summon Admiral SSamp-
son, the author Of the dispatch, as e
witness. sg B 81 s%5
ashington, Oct, 5.--,rhe Schley
court OF inquiry began proc edings by
calling witnesses OF the previous
day to allow verbal correctio ions III the
Off cial estimony.
S5 Captain Dawson Of the marine corps
was the first witness called He said
that while he had not seen the Brook
.lyn swing with star BOARD helm, he said
he was sure she did swing.
Lieutenant Dyson, who was on the:
stand when court adj journed was then
recalled He had added to- his coal
history OF the feet informant as to
how long the supply Of coal on hand:
May 526 would have held out under.
forced draft. The information was
contained ina chart which was read
by Judge Advocate Lemly The wit
ness also read the same information
from a tabular statement. The chart
covered the period from May is to.
June 1t showed that on May U S the;
Brooklyn's IS supp ply Of coal was 9525
tons, the IoWa's "a tons, the Texas
S408 tons and the blehead' s 1222255
tons.
He said that on May "a the Brooklyn
had coal enough aboard to have re-
mained on blockade duty off Santiago.
harbor for 25 days and then to have.
returned to Key West; the Massaclu-.
setts enough TO remain I7 days and
then gosto Key West, the Iowa enough.
for il days, Texas q days and the Mar.
blehead i day. his was assuming
that they would have gone by the u
catan channel. He also gave an esti-
mate of the length of time they could
have remained and gone to Gonaives'
channel Cape Cruz Mole st. Nicholas.
Kingston, Port ntonio, jamaica
Guantanamo Bay. the time remaining
on blockade being Increased as the:
distance to the various points dimin-
ished
cross-Examined by r sayner.
5ss ". Rayner brough out the informa,5
ton concerning the time the coal aon
each Sof the vessels would have lasted;
on forced draft In chasing the enemy's
SVesse taking the amount of coal Ion
eachEon May 26. and leaving sufficient
coal to return toS Key West. Mr.: Ray
ner read the inf fornat tion from Mr. Dy.
sons tabulated statement showing
that the Iowa would have consumed
24S tons OF coal q day, the Texas 100
tons. day and the Marblehead 77
tons That estimate would !, he said,
give the Brooklyn 2.3 day s chase. re-
turning by way OF the Yucatan chan
mel and 2.35 day s. chase! returning by
The WindWard passage. The Iowa a
chase OF |. "a days The Texas would
have q chase OF three -fourths Of a day
and returning BY way OF the Wind
ward passage, nine-tenths of a day.
!. The Marbl blehead would have a chase
of tWo-tenths OF d day by the Yncatan
channel and four-tenths by the Wind
ward passage he statement showed
that the Massaeh ehusetts could not have
steamed more thar 15 knots an hour
and that ID doing 80 she would have
consumed 18O tons per da tnis
rate she could have chased the enemy
s for I IS days, returning via Yucatan
#channel, on for two days returning via
n the WindWard passage
he Witness said In reply to llles-
tions that his statement contemplate
average condit itions of weather and oft
B the vessels.
MI. Rayner ss1Yy Z ou have taken as a
base for coaling a number of ports.
You took Gonaives, the Mole and King
/ aton These are ports that have Just
been given you from which TO make
{ The caloulat tions RE ??ss,1S
8 hese ports were just mentioned to-
me here. Il
S7E ou, of course, know nothing about
4 our right to coal ait these ports q
..II do moi. q
Commander Rodgers Testifies.
lieutenant Dyson was followed on
4 the Sfana py ssGpIH ndnusT sss1hHytnoLus1 s b b
Rodgers, who was executive officer OF
{ the batt1eship Iowa during the sums
uler of 1888. He testi fed to leaving
Key West on May 20 TOR Cienfuegosl
rs ioin the flying squadron, Before,
leaving he had as a represents tive Oft
SCaptain Evans he said 3 conference
with Commander tn-S shief Sampson
which Captains Isay ior and Chadwick
we're preserlt. AT that time he was
: Told by Admiral Sampson that he had
received information from the depart
4 YYser,t at washing gton ttisl at the Spanish
\ feet under Cervera probabi was in
& fhe barbor at Santiagp He had. how
4 ever not been informed of any secret
/ eide with the Cuban insnrgents near