The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-27

You sent no one on shore to Try 10 es'a"
| lish communications"
Not at all
isn't the natural condition of the harboz
such that 1t is impossible to see consider
ably up the harbor?'
You can see only a short distance up the
harbor."
"And there was nothing in sight what.
| ever. was there?"
| Nothing at ALL"
The witness had said that Captain Sigs-
bee had taken the dispatch beginning. Get
| in touch with the enemy"
The court through Admiral Dewey. asked
I WAS 1t your duty or Captain Sigsbee's to
convey the information in the dispatch re-
ferred to. to Commodore Schley?'
Il think 1t was Captain Sigsbee's, as he
went Immediately on duty, and was inter-
cepted by orders from the Commodore to
take the Merrimac in tow
Mr.. Hunt: did you receive any inquiry
or did the commanding officer Of the Flying
Squadron ask you for any information at
any time?"
Nothing"
Mr.. Rayner continued his questions. de-
voting himself especially to the signaling
between the Yale and the flagship. The
witness said he was sure that on May 20.
when he hailed the Texas, he had not
passed within hailing distance of the Brook
lyn. being one and one-half miles distant.
May 90. by Admiral Sampson. in which he
stated that Captain Wise had told him that
he believed Santiago Harbor to be strongly
fortified. ''Is that true?" Mr.. Rayner
asked.
1T is" was the response.
OFFERED NO INFORMATION
TO COMMODORE SCHLEY.
Captain Wise said, in reply to questions
by Captain Parker. that he would at any
time. when of Santiago. have been able
to signal any Information he might have
had in regard to the situation. He had seen
the masts OF a vessel, and thought it to be
q small military vessel. He had gone near
enough to observe the land batteries.
In reply TO an inquiry from the court. the
witness said that the land batteries did not
fire upon the Yale while that vessel was
reconnoitering the harbor. He also said
that even though he had been the senior
officer Off Santiago prior to the arrival OF
Captain Cotton, he had not commanded
Captain Sigsbee to give to Commodore
Schley the Information which he CWise) had
given to him (Sigsbee).
The questions by the court and the re-
plies to them were as follows:
did the batteries at or near Santiago
fire upon the Yale while she was reconnoit-
ering?"
mot at all
"who was the senior officer of Santiago
prior to the arrival Of the Flying Squad
ROM"
II was senior officer until Captain Cotton
came on the I'D. He was there until the
24th, and was senior officer on the 25th
and the squadron came there on the 26th.''
Did you direct Captain Sigsbee TO give
Commodore Schley the information you had
received from the Navy Department with
regard to the whereabouts of the Spanish
squadron"
''I did not
SCHLEY HAD INFORMATION
OF CERvERA'S LOCATION.
At this point Captain Wise was excused
and Admiral Cotton was recalled to make
verbal corrections in the testimony previ-
ously given by him. Admiral Cotton was
questioned concerning some points Of the
Santiago campaign. He said that on the
morning Of May 81. after arriving from
Kingston. he had gone aboard the Brook
lyn with dispatches for Admiral Schley.
Asked by Captain Lemly to relate his con-
versation with Admiral Schley on the occa-
sion Of that visit. he said: .'Iie informed me
that it had been ascertained that some. at
least, of the ships OF Admiral Cerveras
squadron were within the harbor of San
tisgo; that they had been seen and were in
sight. and. ns a matter Of fact. one Of them
was then in sight at the entrance to the
harbor. In language as nearly as can re-
member he said: After dinner am going to
hoist my flag on board the Massachusetts,
and take her and go in for pot shot at
those Fellows
Mr.. Lemiy: Anything further?"
There was Of course. some further con-
versation. I cannot recall the words. nor
aside from what have mentioned the par
ticular subjects"
VIM. C, Gray. who was chief machinist
on the Texas during the battle of Santiago
on July 3. testified that on that date be had
been on duty at the throttle Of the star
board engine OF the battleship. He said
that when he went to the engine-room the
vessel was going ahead. THE next signal"
he said was a stop: minute afterwards
to reverse. The engines were then re-
versed.' r:
The witness said that the reversal was
very brief. the revolutions not exceeding 100
and the time being short. He had. he said,