The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-05
SAMPSON MAY BE CALLED
BEFORE SCHLEY COURT
Attorney Raynor Declares That Summons Will
be Issued For the Admiral.
Commander Hodgson Gives Graphic Description of the Great
Naval Battle of Santiago.

blockade being increased as the dis
lance to the various points diminished
Mr.. RaynOr brought out the informa-
tion concerning the time the coal on
each vessel would have lasted on forced
draught. in chasing the enemy's yes
sells. taking the amount Of coal on each
on May &c and leaving sufficient coal
to return to Key West Mr.. Raynor
read the information from MI Dy-
sons tabulated statement. showing
that the Iowa would have consumed
PAS tons of coal a day, the Texas 100
tons a day and the Marblehead seven
ty-seven tons.
How Coal Would Have Been Used.
That estimate would. he said. give
the Brooklyn % days chase, returning
by way Of the YuCatan channel. and
go days chase returning by the wind
ward passage; the Iowa a chase of ID
days, the Texas would have a chase
Of three-fourths of day and, return
ing by way of the windward passage,
nine-tenths of a day; the Marblehead
would have q chase Of twO-tenths ot
a day by the Yucatan channel and
four-tenths by the Windward passage.
The statement showed that the Mass
achuSetts could not have steamed more
than fifteen knots an hour and that in
doing so she would have consumed
$50 tons per day. At this rate she
could have chased the enemy for Is
days. returning via Yucatan channel.
or for two days returning via the
! Windward passage The witness said
| in replying to questions that his state
ment contemplated average conditions
/ Of weather and Of the vessels
! Mr.. RaynOr-YOu have taken as
| base for coaling a number Of ports
/ You took GOnaves. the Mole and
/ Kingston. Those are ports that have
I just been given you from which to
make the calculation?
/ These ports were just mentioned to
me here today"
You. of course. know nothing about
our right to coal in those ports?"
| Il do not"
Lieutenant Dyson was followed on
| the stand by Commander Raymond p
! Rodgers. who was executive officer OF
| the battleship Iowa during the sum
| mer of 1898. He testified to leaving
Key West on May 20 for Cienfuegos TO
/ Join the flying squadron. Before leav-
| ing he had, as 9, representative or Cap
tain Evans, he said, had conference
| with Commander in Chief Sampson, at
which CAPTAINS Taylor and Chadwick
were present. At that time he was
told by Admiral Sampson that he had
received information from the depart
ment at Washington that the Spanish
feet under Cervera was possibly in the
harbor at Santiago.
| DID MOT hnOW secret COQE.
He had not. however. been informed
( of any secret code for communicating
with the Cuban insurgents near Glen
fuegOs. He had. he said. taken dis
| patches for Commodore Schley, and
/ while not certain whether there was
more than one package, he was under
the impression there was more than
, that number. One of the dispatches
carried at this time was. the witness
thought, that signed by Secretary Long
and dated Washington, 1890 O'Clock.
May 20. and beginning:
The report of the Spanish feet be
ing at Santiago de Cuba might -
well be correct, so the deDaTuf ent
; strongly advises that you send Ivord
. Immediately by the Iowa to ScJey 10
? proceed off Santiago with hiY whole
command. leaving one small Vessel Of
Cienfuegos."
instances in which the ships of the fly
+ ing squadron were cleareT for actor
! upon signal from the flagship Brook
Iyn before May 81, whe1 vessels werD
! discerned in the distance. In each cas-,
! the vessels proved To be American
! ships Each time the signal was q
= clear for action and make speed Of
/ twelve knots an hoYr.
2 He also told of tie bombar5ment o.
reconnaissance of the Colon on MAY
e 81. in which the Iowa participated H
said the vessels were AL IN 4oItndLAJl
and following the flagship which. Il
s that instance was the Massachusetts,
) The range was at first given as 200
yards for this engagement, but tn
n shots fell so far short that the rang
Be- was increased to 1000 yards. Fhes
o latter shots fell into the channel ii
G which the Colon lay. Some of then
T. must have fallen with $500 yards o
s the Spanish ship
d Decribes the Blockade.
@ Des~ 'Ning Commodore Schley'
:, bIocs of the harbor al Santiago
l. ca Rodgers said that the flee
rpe.u-a ID a position of seven or eigh
"a ,iez ut with the 8Iarblehead and In
> vixen inside the line. He rememDet
7 that the Marblehead was on the IN
3 side from the fact that some OF III
= vessels Of the squadron had nreo q
=, her. He could not say whether IN