The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-10

AtAANAAg DtEAL gEcNHANtiF anu iii aANF
witnesses were introduced. They were
Rear Admiral Henry G. Taylor, who as
captain corun1anded the battleship IN
diana during the war with SPAIN
Lieutenant Commander r ". Potts,
who was navigator of the battleship
Massachusetts during that period. and
Lieutenant Edward r. Leiper. who was
on the New Orleans during the war.
1he last named beng still on the stand
when the court adjourned for the day.
Ad=trsl Taylor related incidents OF
ths battle off Santiago, July 3. includ-
ing the Brooklyns famous turn. he
said that none of the Spanish ships
had made any effort to ram the Amer
Jean vessels when they came out of the
harbor at Santiago.
Commander Potts testimony dealt
especially with the bonbardment of
tn Colon. Answering a question from
Judge Advocate Lemly as TO the con-
duct OF Commodore Schley during that
engagement. he said Il was that OF n
ma. iaborirg under great mental ex-
element and OF a man who was anx-
fous to discharge as soon as possible
disagreeable duty.
Lieutenant Lieper expressed the
opinion that the Spanish shore bat
teries at Santiago had not been at any
time formidable.
Orders Given to Schley.
During Commander Potts examina-
zion Mr.. RaynOr secured permission
from the court to introduce as evil
dence the order of Secretary Long 10
Admiral Sampson, dated April 6. in
Wnich he was admOnished against the
exposure Of the American vessels 10
the fire OF strongly fortified ports. The
paragraph i'm that order which he
pecially wished to have considered
reads as follows:
The department does not wish the
vessels OF your squadron to pc exposed
10 the fire Of the batteries at Havana.
Santiago de Cuba. or osher strongly
fortified ports in Cuba, unless the more
formidable Spanish vessels should take
refuge within those hdrbOrs. even in
this ease the department would sug-
Fest that a rigid blockade and employ
Inent of our torpedo boats might ac-
compiished the desired object, viz: the
destruction OF the enemy's vessels,
without subjecting unnecessarily our
own men-of-war to the fire of the land
batteries"
This dispatch also contains the fol-
loving order THE department fur
Their desires that IN case OF war you
will ms'ntsin a strict blockade OF
Cuba. Particularly at the ports OF Ha-
vana Matarzas and, if possible. Of
Santiago de Cuba, Manzarillo and
Cienfuegos.'
Accuracy of Stadimeter.
The formal proceedings of the day
began with the Introduction OF Lieu
tenant N. l. Bristol. formerly watch
officer on the Texas. as witness. IL
was under cross-eyaminatiOn ,-hen II.
court adjourned last night. Mr.. Ray
nor began his examination of Lieuten-
ant Bristol with questions concerning
the accuracy of the stSdimeter for the
measurement of distances at sea He
asked If he would rather trust his own
visal observation for a 4,000-yard range
than the instrument.
The witness stated that the stadi-
meter was more accurate FOR distances
below 5000 than above that distance.
At that distance he would make sew
era observations for confirmation of
visual observation. The error. he said,
becomes greater the greater the dis
"CouId you give me-" asked Mr.. Ray
nor. poi-s from which it is entirely
rellable2"
yes was the reply. at zero it is
The witness considered the scxtant
much more reliable in measuring the
dist . between ships. He had. he
As1<r taNu several observations with
t~S stadiN1cter just before the fleet
cam. to the harbOr. and had checked
thcs- with Me sextant. He found the
distance froR the MORO to be 5,1CO
Lieutenant Sristol was also qaes-
sioncd bv Mr.. Nsaynor concerning the
distance out OF Nhe biockadlng ships at
C!enfugsvs, hut Ne declined 20 change
from eisht TO ten miles distant from
The l1rhor.
Commodore SChlby's report as TO the
blockade cff cienftegos. He says:
schley's heport on Blockade.
a line cf blockade was established
about four --gii les of shore and at night
am inshore- iinc was maintained. CON
sisting vasIousiy Of the Scorpion. DU-
oont ARD ,astiue. the last named yes
~ arriving on the 23rd conveying the
- Merfimar.
ri yor -a- ght. he stated what
- not ~ trcd when he says "A line
QctAlie t1s established about four
.fTN\ 17rt IN C.enfuegos.' That
co statement of the com
thol no and whstST beNeve to be right.
do not question other Peoples words. .
No' refresh your rSconectiOn with
en- oiilci1l report. The STATEMENT you
have made is that during the day
time the squadron lay of Cienfuegos
from four o., six % ten miles. and dur
ing the night from eight 10 ten miles.
Without questioning either Commodore
Scnley or yourself. when 1 read you
BIS oincial relNrt. do you still stand
on yogT stntenASnt about six TO tep
II have TO staAl 10y my statement"
Speaking OF the\Yeather during the
cruise of the LYNN squadron from
Cienfuegos 60 Santiago. she witness
H,iil there were fresh NlreeZcs. and that
there was q Iu0dera& sea A email
boat could. ne said. haNe been lowered
at a7y time during the\voyage-
Spanish Shore Batteries.
Mr. Baynor also interrogated Lieu
tenant Bristol concerning his estimate
made soon after the arrival of the fleet
of Santiago. that the Spanisf shore
batteries amounted to but little He
had said yesterday tina, the elevation
of these batteries was from $50 10 2O0
feet. FIR. Raynor produced a chart "a
show shat the Morn battery was 22C
feet above the water line and the
ZOcaQa battery 230 feet.
Vow. then" asked Mr.. Rayuor.
care you as positive about the dis
y tance vuu Eave here as in other cases
3n which you have given distances2"
Captain Lenly objected to the 9orr,
oi the question. saying that counsel
Mes putting language he had not used
IN the mouth Of witness.
AT Raynor then made objcc.fan ID
80 interruption and after stating this
afctlons easG - the witness.
=. you are not positive 1 shall sub
p any correction"
- AdNngafo- Tho witness has no