The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-22

Chart upon which there were notations
regarding the sounding taken in the
vicinity of Santiago barber and the
strength of the batteries there this in
formation being given as of date April 5,
1898
The rotations were as follows:
Armament in forts in 1891: Moro
castle, old guns, Is and "a Founders 10 in
all; Estrella, old guns, in all; Santa
Catalina, partly in ruins; Blanco IS and
u Founders guns smooth bore One
small rifle two small mortars; cable land
at Blanco battery, back of Cay Smith
preparing to mount new guns back of
Moro"
CAUTIONARY ORDER.
Now give me the date the navy de-
partment issued the order which has
been referred to in this case about not
Gripping ships by the shore batteries
asked Mr.. Rayner
April 6, 1885, was the response
Mr.. Rayner asked witness if he had
any other information in reference to the
batteries at Santiago except that given
on the map referred to. He stated the
commodore had received a memorandum
OF information from the bureau of naval
Intelligence, embodying about the same
facts as contained on the chart
Mr.. Rayner-Am I right in saying that
you perhaps saw more or as much of
Commodore Schley during the whole of
came in contact with him as much as
anybody?"
L saw him daily and all through each
day, generally speaking"
Did you see him during the time of
the reconnaissance on May 3?''
YES SIR
did you see him frequently during
the day of the battle of July g.
mo, sir. l only saw him through the
chase of the Colon
Did you see him during any of the
commandments? %
Il saw him during one of them. Exact
ly which one l cannot distinctly recol-
lect"
What was his general bearing, con-
duct and manner on any day in which
there was battle or any other timer"
SO far as my observation went he was
THOROUGHLY FEARLESS
and self-possessed on all occasions"
WAS he at any time wilnln your
knowledge laboring under any mental eX-
citement?''
mo, sir.
Mr.. Hanna cross examined the witness
lie told of the meeting of the flying
squadron and the Marblehead while the
former was en- route to Cienfuegos and
the signals that had been exchanged
Respecting the correspondence while the
flying squadron was at Cienfuegos, wit
ness said the letters, as received were
briefed, stamped and filed.
Mr.. Hanna exhibited to witness letter
dated May 30, 1898, and written by Com
modore Schley, which contained a refer
ence to the dispatches that had been
brought by the Dupont and sought by it
to show that the No. Z dispatch,
known as the dear Schley'' letter, was
received on the 22d of May and and not
the 3d.
Witness said: 1.-THE conjunction of this
letter and the contained lead pencil in
dorsement on the back of the dispatches,
would seem to indicate that the dispatch
might have been received on the 22nd''
After the examination had proceeded
along this line for some time, Mr.. Rayner
addresses the court as follows.
May it please the court, we admit we
got the No. dispatch by Du-
pont (Which joined the flying squadron
on May 22) and we admit that we got
No. by the Hawk and the Marblehead.
Now the trouble is about the other No. Z.
Where did the duplicoae of No. Z
go? We cannot admit we got it by the
Iowa, but we agreed upon three PROPOSE
lions. The Dupont carried No. Z, and the
Marblehead No. 8. We admit the receipt
of this memorandum from Capt. McCana
by the Hawk, but what we have not been
able to find out and cannot admit is that
the Iowa carried No. II
Mr. Rayner turned to Admiral Schley
and asked: You admit that don't you
admiral?"
Admiral Schley replied: Certainly, we
admit that.
Lieut. Wells was still under cross-ex-
animation when court took it's usual re-
cess for luncheon
When court met at o'clock Mr.. Hanna
continued his examination of Lieut.
Wells, chiefly regarding the
RECEIPT OF LETTERS.
In reply to questions, witness said that
he remembered absolutely nothing what
ever of the receipt of dispatch No. 8
from Admiral Sampson to Commodore
Schley, saying that the fleet probably was
at Santiago, except what was revealing
by the receiving stamp Endorsements. He
said that on this dispatch as on the
Dear Schley' letter, there had at first
been an Endorsement showing its receipt
on May "a and subsequently another writ
ten over the first, indicating it's receipt
on the 23d of that month.
Mr. Hanna then put in as testimony
dispatches No and 6, both from Ad-
miral Schley, directing a strict blockade
at Cienfuegos and the latter enclosing the
McCalla memorandum. Witness was
again questioned concerning the receipt
of more than one copy of the McCana
remembered only one copy, at the same
time admitting the possibility of the re-
celpt of another copy.
Asked when he had first seen the dis
patch introduced by Capt. Cotton, witness
said he did not remember to have ever
seen it. This is the dispatch sent to the
Harvard, saying that the Spaniards prob
ably were at Santiago and the one which
Admiral Cotton said he had delivered to
Commodore Schley, May q. In this con-
nection, Mr.. Hanna said that he had not
been able to find the original of this
dispatch among Admiral Schley's papers.
He also remarked incidentally that there
were others of Admiral Schley's papers
missing.
Going back to the arrival of the Dupont
and Iowa on May o. witness said it was
possible that they brought dispatches
and also possible that they brought the
McCalla memorandum Still he thought
if there had been duplicate copies they
would have been found among Admiral
Schley's papers.
sCHLEY's PAPERS.
Mr.. Hanna then questioned Lieut.. Wells
closely about Admiral Schley's papers, but
he repeated that since he had boxed them
up and turned them over to Admiral
Schley, in 1885, he had not seen them
until he saw them eecently at the navy
department.
81 saw them very much spread about at
the navy department since l have been
here he said.
Under what circumstances did you ex-
anime them at the Department.
81 examined them to make copies of
certain papers. I applied to different Of