Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-10-15
BRAVE AND PATRIOTIC
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Capt. Cooke so Spoke of Schley
Ordered the Loop
Himself.
DIDN'T FEAR A COLLISION.
coaled When the sea Pcrnitted---un.
coupling of Engines SIMPSONS
order-Lemly Rested the Case of
the Navy Department.

Washington, D. c., Oct. 15.--fn the
! Schley court of inquiry Judge Advo.
cate Lemly concluded presentation Of
/ testimony for the government and the
first of Admiral Schley's witnesses
was introduced Capt. Francis Al,
Cook, who commanded Admiral tthen
| Commodore) Schley's flagship, the
Brooklyn. during the Santiago CAM
! paisn, and who acted, though unof-
| ficially, in the capacity OF chief-of-
staff for the commodore. was on the
witness. stand. He was followed by
Lieut.. Commander William r. Fullam,
who was senior watch officer on the
New Orleans during the Spanish war.
and former Lieut.. Joseph Beal who. as
an officer on board the Harvard trans
lated the cipher dispatches between
Commodore Schley and the navy de-
partment carried by that vessel.
Among lhese dispatches was that sent
by Commodore Schley May 2S. ex-
pressing regret at not being able to
obey the orders of the department and
explaining the reason why he could
not do SO. There are some verbal dis.
crepanoies between the original draft
I'll ILLS uiSpduGu anu LlG OmCidf pfttlt
Of it. and these Mr.. Beal explained.
Last Government Witness.
Lieut.. Bea1e was the last Of the
government witnesses. although Capt
Lemiy explained that he would re-
serve the right to call others If oc-
casion should demand that he do So
The first witness for Admiral Schley
was called This proved to be the
Cuban pilot. Edwardo Nunez, who
told Schley on May 26, 1898. that he
did not believe the Spanish feet
under Cervera was In the harbor at
Santiago. At one point he said he
declared the ships were too big to go
in there.
Capt. Cooks testimony was re-
view of the entire campaign after Ger.
vera's feet. beginning with the de-
parture of the Aging squadron from
Key West on May 10, and concluding
with the battle off Santiago. July 8.
He said that at first it had been be-
lieved by both Sampson and Schley
that the Spanish fleet was In the har-
Dor at ienfuegos and that no informa-
tion to the contrary had been con
veyed to Commodore Schley until the
arrival Of Capt. McCalla on May "a;
that it was Commodore Schiey's ex-
pectation to meet the Spaniards in the
open sea and his constant care was 10
have coal enough for such emergency.
He gave particulars concerning the
retrograde movement and explained
the Brooklyn loop in connection with
q graphic account Of the engagement
OF July 8. Asked for an opinion as
to Admiral SchIey's bearing as a COM
handing officer. he said:
n always regarded his as an en-
Enthusiastically brave and patriotic Of.
f1cer.. Never In any other way"
The testimony OF Capt. Cook was,
IN part, as follows:
The flying squadron had been sent
Ito sCienfueges tonintereept and meet
the Spanish squadrons
He had understood that the Spanish
feet carried munitions of war for
Havana, and 1t was believed that they
would 90 to Cienfuegos becar sc Of Its
accessibility to Havana
Capt Cook detailed q conversation
between Commodore Schley and Capt.
Chester as to the advisability OF coal
ing on the southern coast OF Cuba.
about Cape Cruz He could not well
see how the largest ships could get
far enough In there SO that the water
would be smooth enought to go
alongside and coal ships.
Capt Cook recalled the meeting of
the sIarblehead with the flying squad
ron en- route to Cienfuegos, but could
recall very indistinctly the fact that
the Scorpion had delivered to the
Brooklyn any information from tho
Eagle at that time. Il did not receive
any information he said, "and did
not. consider the incident important"
Established a Blockade.
Capt. Cook said that upon arriving
off Cienfuegos, on the morning OF
May %, a blockade was Immediately
established, as the firing OF guns was
heard, and it was believed that Ger
vera had arrived, and a fete in honor
of his appearance was on.
Earthworks on the shore also were
seen but they were not fired upon.
because 1t was considered desirable
not to unnecessarily expend ammuni
ton.
Il think between that time and the
arrivaS CT the Adula II was presumed
that the whole beach was occupied.
he sale. We saw cavalry and others
on the beash. The possibility of
boats landing wcs talked OF. The
idea was that we would have To go in
pretty well to the westward and at
night. may have had some CONVEX
saticn with the commodore about it,
but do not recollect. On the arrival
of the Adula. we fully expected to
get all information"
Mi. llama questioned the witness
concerning the arrival Of the Iowa ard
the Dupont off Cienfuegos. Capt Cook
said they he'd Brought dispatches. and
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