The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-22

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 Owing to the character of the coast. 1t was expected that the Brooklyn and Colon would come to close quarters. He was ordered to have this ammunition ready to close with the Colon and give her rapid fire when they got close | together. He then described the rest of the chase and the surrender of the Colon. He said that he had not seen | the Texas when the Brooklyn made her turn. At one time during the battle, he said, the Brooklyn seemed to be alone. l engaging three ships.
 l Mir. Raynor:
 Did any vessel pass the blockade either at Cienfuegos or at Santiago and with the authority of the commodere?
 NO, sir; none with his authority. The l Adula passed with his permission at Cien- | fueeos and at Santiago the British cruiser Indefatigable came to the block l ade and asked permission to go in, which was granted, but she did not avail her self of the opportunity. She then With drew"
 | When Lieutenant Wells had finished his | description of the battle, number or dispatches were shown him and he was asked as to their receipt by Commodore | Schley. One from Secretary Long to the American Consul at Kingston, dated May 8, Washington, saying it must be deliv- l cred to Schley at once, and informing him (Schley) that unless unsafe for his squadron the department wished him to remain off Santiago, and asking if ne could not take possession of Guantanamo as a coaling station; also dispatch from Secretary Long to Captain Cotton of the Harvard, dated Washington, May %. en- closing a dispatch to Commodore Schley, | telling him to hold on at all hazards, that the New York, Oregon and New Orleans 1 were on the way; also two dispatches from Secretary Long to the dispatch boat l Harvard, dated Washington, May 50, one informing him that the commander-fn- chief had started to join him and the other telling him that Sagua, twenty-five miles east of Santiago. had been reported as a good place to land, from which 1t would be easy to reach the heights in the rear of Santiago. The witness said the latter had been received on May S1.
 The Receipt of Orders.
 The cablegram from Secretary Long. dated Washington, May N, to the cable | office at Mole St. Nicholas, Hayti, direct ing that it be delivered to the next Amer lfcan vessel to arrive and informing Com modore Schley that the most absolutely | urgent thing now Is to know positively whether the Spanish division is in San- tiago, etc." was shown the witness He stated that it had been received by Com modore Schley on May 30. The Colon had been discovered in the harbor of Santiago by Commodore Schley May %.
 MT Raynor exhibited a chart with mo- tations regarding soundings taken in the vicinity of Santiago harbor and the strength of the battery there as of date April 5. 1895. Mir Raynor asked the witt ness if he had any other information in reference to the batteries at Santiago ex- cept that given on the map referred to. He stated that the Commodore had re- ceived a memorandum of information from the Bureau of Navigation embody- ing about the same facts as contained on the chart
 schley Was Not Excited.
 Did you see him during any of the bombardments"
 "I saw him during one-exactly which one I cannot recollect.'
 Il Was he at any time within your knowt- 1 edge laboring under any mental excite ment?'
 NO, sir"
 Respecting the correspondence while the | flying squadron was at Cienfuegos, the witness said the lettefs, as received, were briefed stamped and filed. He had no trouble under this system in finding any letter the Commodore wanted.
 The witness also testified that never, to his knowledge was a single paper lost. MT. Hanna exhibited to the witness let ter dated May 2S, 1898, and written by Commodore Schley, which contained a reference to the dispatches that had been brought by the Dupont and giving gen eral account of operations of the flying squadron. He sought by the letter as stated by him to show that the number Eeven dispatch, known as the Dear Schley" letter. was received on the 2d of May, and not on the 23d. The witness said:
 "The conjunction of this letter and the changed Endorsement in lead pencil on the back of the dispatches would seem to indicate that the dispatch might have been received on the 22nd.'
 After the examination had proceeded along this line for some time MT. Raynor said;
 The Famous "Schley Letter."
 May 1t please the court, we admit that we got No. ' by the Dupont (which joined the flying squadron off Cienfuegos on May 22nd, 1898, and we admit that we got No. s, by the Hawk and Marblehead Now, the trouble is about the other No. '. Where did the duplicate No. go? We cannot admit We got it by the Iowa, but we agree upon three propositions:
 The Dupont received No. T. the Hawk No. 8 and the Marblehead No. 8. We ad- init the receipt of this memorandum from Captain McCalla by the Hawk, but what ! We have not been able to ma out ana cannot admit is that the Iowa carried No. 7." :.
 MT. Raynor turned to Admiral schley and asked
 You admit that, don't you, Admiral?" to which the Admiral replied:
 Certainly we admit that"
 Lieutenant Wells was still under cross examination when the court took usual recess for luncheon.
 The Afternoon Session.
 When the court met at ? o'clock. Mir. Hanna continued his examination of Lieu tenant Wells.
 "Hcw do you account specifically for the absence of the receiving stamp im- print on the duplicate to Dear Schlay?' he asked.
 Tt is possible that jotted down that date on them when they were handed to me Of course it was the custom to put the receiving stamps on letters gener- ally"
 "Can it be possible that the Commodore retained them for some time?"
 Tt is possible, but not probable. He sometimes held dispatches in the cabin for time. but he generally sent them down as soon as Ieceived.'
 The witness said he remembered the re- ] ceipt of dispatches from No. &, from Ad- miral Sampson to Commodore Schley, saying that tho Spanish fleet was prob bly, at Santiago. except what was re- vealed by the receiving stamp endorse ments He said that on this dispatch, as on the Dear Schley' letter, there had at first been endorsement showing its re- l rnftl nd CtlhopnHpnfIU a T1-