The Washington times., 1901-10-11

10y the Court of witnesses since the testi-
u1uny of Lieutenant Commander Hodgson'
showed that the Court is paying rarticu--
l!r. ~ tt@ptton To Mr.. Hedgspn statement
hat when the Brooklyn was steaming in
toward the. escaping Spanish ships, as
they were coming out of Santtago mar,
Dor on July ,. Commodore Schley caliTu
tu the Rrooklyn's captain: Look out
Cook, they re going to ram YOU
Lieutenant Commander a. " Grant
now mt the Naval Academy. followed MI
Schuetzc In the Spanish war he served
as senior watch officer Of the hattieshlp
Massachusetts He said in answer to
Questions by the judge advocate that ne
didAt hear any firing from the alrectloIi
of CienfueSos when the Flying Squadron
was approaching that port; th3t a :
TcloCl on Sunday. May y. 1898. tthe hour
liked by Admiral Schiey as the time ne
heard tlf4 firing. which he interpreted as
a salute to the Spanish feet and helped
make him certain that Ccrvera was at
Cienfutgos) he and Commander Schroeder
had made careful calculations TO deter
mine the location Of tnc Iowa ana hau
qaccrtajned that she was sixty miles
southwest Of the port, that he had seen
gauhworks at Cienfuegos, and that nom IN.
in~ had been done to destroy them by the
ships under SGh.ey'S command.
Position of the ships.
OF Schleys blockade of Santiago the
Witness said the ships lay Off the harbor
anywhere from six TO nine or ten miles
day and night. In patroliing in front Of
the entrance at night the ships went five
miles to each side of the entrance, max
ing a line ten miles long.
The witness was asked if he remcm-
hercd a signal from the Brooklyn to the
other ships on May % saying: While off
Santiago the general meeting place Will
be twenty-five miles south OF that place ~
He said he did remember it.
Grant told of Commodore Sc1lpN
coming On board the Massachusetts TO
direct the firing against the Colon oe
The Judge Advocate-Tell the Court any
conversation that you may have had with
the commanding officer of the FlyinS
Squadron or with anyone else in his
presence.
Mr.. Grant, had no conversation with
the commanding officer. At l o'clock we
cleared the ship for action and went
to general quarters. We We're then to
the south and west of Santiago. l saw
Commodore Schley with members of his
staff and officers of our ship on the for
ward 13-inch turret after / had reported
the battery ready. We were then several
/ saw the fan of the first three shots of
the Massachusetts; they all fell short of
the Colon- After these shots were fired
and the action was on. / went down be
low between the matches to let the men
know what WAS going on. When | came
back ! found the ship turning to the
southwest, and | saw the last shot from
our forward I2-inch gun. All Of those
shots fell short. They were excellent line
shots.
Q-Have you stated all that you think
was said within your hearing as to that
battle?
Al was only in Commodore Schleys
presence once. That was when he went
over from the Massachusetts, hen the
firing was over. He stated q heard his
wurdS) that the reconnaissance had de-
veloped the batteries and was satisfac-
tory, or words to that effect
Mr.. Grant said. in answer to a question,
that the fighting ships blockading San
tiago did not withdraw at night although
he thought the Golfers Merrimac and
Sterling did So
In his cross-examination Mr.. Rayner
recalled to the mind of the witness a sig
nal from the Brooklyn off Cienfuegos on
May "a.
I'm case of separation rendezvous at
Gonaives Bay and another on the fore
noon of May 2s from the Brooklyn: Rem
devious at Gonaives Bay
Air. Rayner got the witness to read
the log of the Massachusetts for May 25.
and EeceiEed a negative answe- TO ques-
tion whether there was anything in IT to
show that the Massachusetts had backed
to avoid collision with the Brooklyn when
the flagship turned in sighting a suspi-
cious sail during the. run to Santiago.
The witness said he had related all the
circumstances of the backing on the part
of the Massachusetts in an official report
to Captain HigginsOn.
To, other questions he said the Flying
Squadron went a mile and half or two
miles past Aguadores in patrolling in front
of the harbor
Lieut.. 0unior grade) ]. A Holden, who
was naval cadet and later an ensign on
board the Scorpion in the war with Spain,
was placed on the stand and read at the
Judge advocates request. the order dated
May % from Commodore Schley TO the
Scorpions commander to take messages
.fHie Tfaes
Scorpion left Cienfuegos that night. and
on Nay "A reached Santiago and delivered
the dispatches to Captain Cotton tIhe
judge advocate expects to show later that
the dispatches carried by the Scorpion on
May p were based on the Dear Schley
letter from Sampson which Commodore
Schey claimed in his defence TO the s. n
ate had nos been received by him until
May 25)
Captain LemIy's Suggestion.
When Lieutenant Holden had told this
much Captain Lemly turned 10 Mr. Ray
ner and said that the witness IS the Of
fcer who wrote the entry in the Scor-
pion's log on May Is in rega d to a mes
sage from Lieutenant Con nander South
erand, of the Ea2.e r. Switzerland
had testified that this message was given
TO the Scorpion by megaphone for com
to Commodore Schley and
that it was to the effect that insurgents
reported that Cervera's ships were not
at Cienfuegos on May l6 and that news
of what Was going on at Cienfuegos
could be obtained from Cubans at a camp
thirteen miles west OF the harbor at a
point named by him. The log OF the
contained an eutry 5f the mes
sage, but omitted the part IN regard TO
the Cuban camp, saying mer=ly that the
Eagle reported no news"
Mr.. Rayner said he was much obliged
for Captain Lemly.s suggestion, and
asked if there was any written evidence
of such message as that to which Mr..
Switzerland had referred. Captain Lemiy
said he believed that Mr.. SoUtheriand was
right In saying that he had delivered the
but there was discrepancy be
tween his statement and the log Of the
Scorpion. He had not, however. been able
to show that the message was delivered to
Commodore Schley. Then Captain Lemly
stated that ne had every reason to be
lieve and would admit that if the com
ma nder Of the Scorpion Adolph Mark.
now at Manila were summoned, he would
not state that communication OF the en-
tire megaph0uc message had been made
TO Commodore Schley. Mr. kayner asked
the judge advocate whether he was able
to state that Mark would testify If he
were before the Court. The judge advo-
cate said he had a cablegram and letter
on the subject, and Mr.. Rayner offered
to allow them 20 be put in evidence. The
Judge advocate thcrcupon read the tele-
grams between the NAVY department diiu
Admiral Rcmey at Manila, and a deposit
ton OF Commander Mark sent by mail.
The deposition, which gave more fully
the information contained in the cable
gram was as follows:
..Cavite. p. J.. August u. 1901
Commander Adolph Mark. United
States Navy. depOses as follows:
- The message communicated by
commanding onlcer Of Eagle May 19
was from Captain McCalla 10 Commo-
he eff al
McCaila tof the Marbleheadl had left
Cienfuegos with his ships and he did