The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-31
SAMPSON WANTED TO BE
REPORTED AS PRESENT
Why He Rejected SchIey's First Account of the
Naval Battle of Santiago.
Accused Admiral Says He Fully Approved the Famous Loop
Characterization Ended

Washington. oct. 3O.--The long or
deal to which Admiral schley has been
subjected since Monday morning ended
this afternoon. when his cross-exaIn-
fnation was concluded and he was al
lowed to leave the witness stand. When
the judge advocate finished the cross
examination shortl5 after 3 O'Clock. the
court prOpounded to the ImiraI thir-
ty-four questions prepared by the
members of the court Theie cues
tons touched many points of the cam
paign Of the flying squadron, but main
~ centered about the difficulties en-
countered in coaling and the reasons
Tor the retrograde movement Not one
OF them related to the battle of Santf-
ago The judge advocates cruss-ex-
animation today covered the retrogra,.e
movement. the reconnaissance Of May
81. the loop of the Brooklyn and the
alleged colloquy with Lieutenant Hodg-
son about the Texas.
sebley's Report Rejected.
one of the most interesting features
OF the day was the development of the
tact that the report OF the battle writ
ten by Admiral ScLley July 6, 1898. was
not the original report. The original
report never has been published. and
in accordance with previous decision.
the court today declined to permit il
70 go into the record. Admiral SchIey
" % dAloWtu TO explain. however. that
= dmlrdl Sampson declined to receive
the first report because it did not men
ton the presence OF the New York
I felt that the victory at that time"
said Admiral Schley. in explaining the
matter. was big enough for all. and
4 made this condition out of generosity
and because 1 knew that if the New
York had been present she would have
doae as good work as anybody else"
Captain Thomas Borden of the ma
fHnan
lyn. VIII be the last witness called for
Adm raj Schley. After he testifes D
morrow morning the advocate general
viii put on the stand the witnesses
To- rehGttal. of whom there are I'M
c@rStOOl 20 be about fifteen and il is
expected that Admiral Schley's coun-
Sc viii have several witnesses in sur
reb-.tal
Meeting With Captain Evans.
The first question Captain Lemley
asked today was whether the Iowa
waa with the flying squadron at Hamp-
toL Roads when he gave the raptains
o. the ships the verbal orders as TO
attacking the enemy's fleet. Admiral
Schiey replied that she was not.
IN response to Questions, re said that
ne first fell in with the Iowa off Glen
tGegos. Captain Evans was then ~
and Commodore Rogers was in SOM
mend. He did not recOlIect whether az,
had communicated the verbal orders
10 the latter lie first saw Captain
Lcans on May 18th.
He was men questioned as tc his
conversation with Captain FOlger when
the latter suggested a circular block
ade such as existed at Wei Hal Wei
Witness said he thought the fleet was
larger than his at Wei Hal Wei. He
= as asked whether he did not con-
sioer a circular blockade with the yes
selS pointing in as mobile. as the bet
Ter form. in that the ships could move
either way by turning with the helm.
The admiral replied that he thought I
a circular blockade. where all the
vessels. charged to the center would
produce confusion and inevitably lead l
TO a different arrangement, according !
az the enemy moved east or west The /
outcome" said he. "could only be more !
or less confusion, such as did actually
occur later"
The sdsl,iraTs attention was called /
10 Captain olger's statement that the /.
latter had advised him to go in closer ]
at Santiago, and his own statement in 1
chief tina, on the next day Captair /
Foiger had signalled him that they i
We're within range of the batteries. The /
admiral in rerly changed the date of /
the signal to a day later. He read 7
Folger's signal. Il think the forts may
open at this range" He said when /
FOlger made this signsi the squadron /
was IN practically the samt position 4
as on the day FOlge~ testified ne had
Blockade Was Effective.
Witness attention was then called /
60 his statement that. neither at Glen /
fuegos nor Santiago. had any vessel /
entered or departed, and he was asked /
how he knew this He replied that he /
only knew it because he never heard 1
OF any snip getting in. On the North !
Cuba blockade, when "A Frenchman
succeeded in getting through the block
Gding line into Havana, the fact had
been widely advertised as a great &C
Complishment. His e~uslusion there
fore. was that none had entered.
Corning 70 the reconnaissance Of May
81 st. when the Spanish ship Colon WAS
hombarded as il lay in the harbOr at
Santiago captain Lenly asked Admir-
al S-hle.r VIXEN he first received
notice that the commando fn- chief {
would - at Santiago The witness
replied that ftS notice had come in I
the dispatch fought 60 him by Cap
tain Cotton. which was dated May 29th
This telegram was. he Said. not re-
ceived until May 3tst. Possibly. too
the New Orleans might have brought (
Information of the coming Of Admiral
Sampson
Why did you wait two days after
the discovery Of the presencc Of the
feet ina the harbor before undertaking.
your reconnaissance"
"Fcr the reason I had used those
two GAYS for coating the vessels Of
the enemy should come ou'."
Bono srdment CT Colon.
Relating the occurrences of the 4
bonlbardnient he said he recalled that
Captain diggins0n had asked after
he (Schiey) vert aboard the Massa-
chus-tts. thaC the bom5ardment be
postponed until after dinner. g'has
he warned some people to get Of the ,
turrets. and that Lieutenant Com
mander Potts he'd given notice that
they were ON the range. 2 did not
recall he said he signal not to 20
in closer. but it was possible that such
a signal had been sent and Il had not
been recorded. IL might be that Il
was with this as with other signals
which had not been recorded. because
the wrssing Of them was always done /.
the 3ext day. L
mo man." he said, except press cor =
=, Bfents. who brave al dangers. can
The jn1ave paper and pencil at hand :
citation a{tie is in PROCESS. and as a
address there is failure 10 re-