The Washington times., 1901-10-11

Lieut. a ". Grant. of the M2SsIghH-
sets, was another witness yesterday. ltt
told OF the rsrIHE fI-Ss.ang uf -dHy Il. sna
also of the blOcnuu, n,torc santiago, bat
nothing new WAS ltE.p p.rgta ifHu MIN.
MIR. ", Il StJytpH, Ds letter, made an
other application Ayst-.-aE To by allow -
10 be present ami have % voice tH tht
proceedings to represent Admiral SaU4-
son. lie sai fvfth eleven reasons why hC
should be granted this pTisli,ge, the sub
stance Of watch was tEat uOglcC han ute1
given by counsel for Schi~y uI AN effort
to deprive Sampson OF his good name ana
honor lie rgf1IrDd L. number OF IN
stances Ia The PROCEEDINGS where Sdfnp-
son had been hCaJght lllp The case ana
said that. while the statements had not
bst n mace in tie name Of The Goy yIu-
e. meat. they had. nevertheless. been given
wide publicly Admiral Dewey r, piled
/" The letter. again declining 70 grant MI.
s'2Ntou request % appear rs counsel for
Sampson and informing MIN that il cir
celasta uc'S Sfrt,iid ssiise duT:pg the near
luE which, in the opIuto!1 Of the cont
would render Il treos sSary for AenIirai
Sampson TO bc represented by counsel
that he would 90 duly advised.
Neither Captain Parker nor Mr.. HaL1a,
assistant. 10 The Judge advocate was
present ;tt the hearing yesterday. Inc AZ
Tendance was quite large, and there were
in the u7loivnee many ladies
Lieutenant Commander Icmphn NJ
Potts. whose testimony Wednesday i'm
piled that Admiral SChIey showed treplla-
ti0n in his attack on tse tu+on on May
81, was the first Witut s. yesterday, but
he was merely asked if the official report
OF his testimony was correct. Admiral
SChley's counsel said they mad no ques-
items to ask him.
Lieut.. Edward +. Leiper, who served on
the New Orleans, told Of Schleys block
adc much as other witnesses have de
sCIihcd il. The shore could not be seen
at night, he said, as the blockadinc YES
sells steamed back and forth in front Of
the haTbor entrance for about two hours
to the west, and then, turning outward
would steam about two hours to the east,
turning inward At the end Of that time
sand past the entrance again.
Differs with FoIger.
Upon cross examination by Mr.. Rayner
the witness said that he did not agree
with the testimony Of the New Orleans
commander, Captain Folger, so far as it
related to the column Of shins going
closer to shore at night but he did
member the New Orleans steaming in at
times to take position on the flagship
while passing in column in front of the
harbor, merely, however, because she had
drifted farther out and this may have
given Captain Folger the impression that
the vessels were nearer in at night than
in the day. The nearest distance of
shore was six miles the witness said. and
the greatest eight miles.
Mr. Rayner called his attention to the
log book of the New Orleans which
showed that on May 30 the squadron was
living four and one-half miles off shore
The witness, however, declined to change
his estimate.
OF the reconnaissance on May 81 the
witness said that it was successful to
the extent Of finding out something about
the Spanish batteries He believed they
were armed with guns Of less than six
inches calibre.
To question by the judge advocate
Lieutenant Leiper said that the column
steamed about eight miles before turning
in passing the harbor entrance at night.
He had no knowledge on May 81 that the
attack made on that day was recon-
noissance and he had no directions to
make observations a to the character Of
the Spanish batteries.
Lieut. Mark l. Bristol. recalled to Ger
THY TO the correctness Of the official re-
port of his testimony. was confronted by
Mr. Rayner with two reports to the Navy
Department in regard to the stadimeter.
which Lieutenant Bristol had said on the
stand was inaccurate in determining dis
tances above ( 900 wards and he had
therefore not wholly depended on IL in
liking distances between tAe hips of the
American feet and the Spanish ships in
making his chart Of the battle of July g.
This chart placed the Brooklyn farther
away from the shore and the Spanish
ships when the loop" was made than
Admiral Schley's counsel admits
One of these reports was from Lieut.
Wainwright Kellog, of the flagship New
york, to Capt Robley D. Evans, then
commanding the vessel saving that -te
stadimeter had worked remarkably. ,ygu.
was very accurate and was necessary
aud valuable instrument in the writer's
opinion. and should be furnished TO every
ship IN the navy. The other report was
from Capt. Henry Glass. then co n na1d-
i ing the cruiser Cincinnati, who sai-i that
the Stadimeter had been in alnos- con-
start use and was accurate in det srmjn-
ing distances within its range
Lieutenant Bristol said in answer to Mr..
Ra*ner that his impression was that the
l1.09o yards.
Captain LeInly then showed that the
ceports were written in 1895. To a Gues-
ton from him. Mr. Bristol said that these
reports did not cause MIN to change his |
mind about the inaccuracy Ct the stadi-
meter at long ranges.
Lieutenant Commander William II
SchuetZe followed Lieutenant Bristol he |
Is now in charge Of compasscs in the
naval bureau Of equipment. In the war !
with Spain he was navigator Of the battle |
ship Iowa and was aTterwarI a r7arnher I
OF the Wainwright board of uayieafors /
winch made the compromise chart fixing
the relative positions Of the American
ana spanish vessels in the battle with |
-Cervera' : fleet.
Signed Under Protest.
Mr. Schuetze said he had signed the re-
port of the board under protest and only
because the senior member of the board
Commander Wainwright-said it was the |
bsst that the board could do. His princi- |
pal objection to the report was that the |
chart was inaccurate as to the position Of |
not have had unless she steamed at a !
speed of eighteen knots instead of nine
or ten. Another Of his objections was to !
the initial position of the Brooklyn when |
the Spanish ships first left the harbor of
santiago He commended that the position /
Of the Brooklyn was too close to the
mouth Of the harbOr He identified a !
chart drawn under his own directions by /
q cadet Of the Iowa. and which, H.. said |
r presented more accurately the position |
OF the Iowa with relation TO the Spanish /
ships.
To other questions Mr. Schuetze said |
that according 10 the Brooklyns log
which he had before him. the Iowa at /
J.. N on May y when the retrograde t
movement Of Schieys squadron toward /
Key West began was about thirty miles /
to the southw ard Of and slightly TO the |
eastward Of the entrance Of Santiago /
haTDor his vas the point where the /
squadron stopped in its progress TO San |
tiagU and then turned around again in
sbtdience to Commodore Schiey's signal !
thai the destination was Key West
Describing the engagement with Ger
vera 5 feet Mr.. Schuetze said that al the
beginning of the action the Brooklyn
WAS on the port beam of the iowa head
inS little TO the eastward % north. Soon
aIier that he saw her heading about due !
east dhe direction opposite to that taken
hs' the Spanish ships, and that was tn /
last he saw of her in the battle. He saw
the Texas also about this time, he said |
ard she was heading to the eastward of /
north. and seen after that she was an ]
partnuy lying dead in the water her 1
head to the westward. He called the at !
tt1.fiOn OF Captain Evans To the Texas |
- ying she was right ia the way of the |
Iowa. and that he didn't know what was |
the matter with her
NE. Rayner cross-eNamined the witness:
Q-You say you signed the report Of |
the board Of navigators under protest; |