The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-10-25
.TESTIFIES IN
HIS OWN BEHALF
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Admiral SchIey's Version Of the
Santiago Fight.
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OUTLINES PLAN or BATTLE
Tells Of the lnIiruellOns Ne Had Glysn Com.
msndnE 0iilesn Before Leaving
Hampton Roads lnsIdsub
Oi SlEsbsss VISIT
OUTLINES PLAN OF BATTLE

WASHINGTON. Or, 2i-AImlrh
Schley 'pJk the stand today In his own
bohaif In the court u inquiry, ana when
rour, adjourned be- apparently had on
ly gotten well under way IN the tes-
!mlny
Thrr- was no demonstration 0f anv
k.ni during the admrll's recital only
once was here STIR In the room which
indicated any feeling on TIC part of
.hr listeners THAT Was when the ad-
mlrai detailing he conversation with
sampson az Key Wet tUll how he
hat assured the cDmmanlcr-in-rhicf of
his fcRtly tp h.m when clur. adjourn.
ri many spsclt,1rs shook The admir-
ais hand Sohley plunged into the
campaign by outlining he plan which
hc hal indicated 10 the commanding
officers bcforr leaving Hampton Roads.
saying
4 explained 20 all the commanding
officers ma, the general plan u the
squadron would bc 60 cruise IN the l.nc
u battle and tu general principle would
b. - attack the head and leading YES.
sells. concentrating tac.r n-t upon them
In their order d.d ihat for the rea-
son tia. tho older plans of battle had
been all 90 attack the center and rear
resulting ln csclpe o.. part of each
squa iron"
Sch.cy continuing ,1ld oi the arriy-
at % ghr dying squadron az Key West.
u his conference with sampson. on
which occasion hc assured the latter
II bis soou,c loyalty % the cause
they both represented
on the subject ~ coalug N C.cn-
furgos srh.ry said.
After w. got hold ot colhrrs nted
60 rss,, the shock as well as 30 de-
| llv.r coal npdy and with the later
vNpsrienre W the war mlglt have
raal,l 90 Inys with E,r,, weather. W.
had a good many accidents about which
no mention has been made One u he
coli'c's hal &, 40 tp New York abso.
luicly smashed ln Their, was "A, cen
rucgo' rolling swell. and vessels with
projecting spnns1ns or guns were al
ways n danger, one ol the six-p1und-
rr guns VI the Brooklyn was bent at
an angl, VI so degrees by coming into
collision With a collier The problem
presented to me at C.entucgos 60 Solve
shat af coalng has disturbed the ma
vlcs Of The world ,or 90 years, think
We accomplished this reasonably well,
under the circumstances"
Schley related the inc,den, of Captain
Slgsbcc coming aboard the Brooklyn
from the ST. Paul on Santiago. and
proceeded TO give the information which
slgsbce had brought
II said 20 him;
Captain have You so, the Dons
hcrr?'
He said; No. they are not in here.
have been In very close
Referring In a general way to slgs-
bees visi,, schley said;
My habit OF He, not only in point
of command of the squadron, but also
IN command OF the ship, was 10 assume
the responsibility and danger OF CEN
sure Of any movement that might be
made 20 justify il, but was never will
ing. under any circumstances. TO be
participant In glories would not di-
vide, That was the general principle
upon which acted In this matter
III any of US made mistakes during
he campaign of Santiago or elsewhere,
u was In supposng the Splniards would
ever do right at the right time, l have
often been surprised that Cerverl did
not leave Santiago when | LEFT Glen
furgos, found out afterwards why he
did not 10 it-slmply because he could
no,-and therefore We dld not suffcr
any"
Schley discussed his dispatch to the
navy department regarding disobey-
ance " orders He said that as trans
lated the message was escenially d.f-
tercnt from he dispatch rs he had
framed It, He contended that there
had been no disobediance; that he had
compiled with the orders IN returning
to Santiago and held that the proper
construction of his dispatch would re-
"a.
court adjourned,