Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-10-01
ave No Willing Testimony That
Could Be Construed as Favor
able to Admiral Schley Or His
Methods Of Campaign.


West is $50 miles. Mr.. Rayner asked:
I'm view of what you said Just now,
will you explain the signals read:
$3.50 p. m. May 26th, Flagship to the
Minneapolis: Have you enough coal
20 go to Key West?'"
Minneapolis to Flagship Just
enough How do you explain that?
81 am giving my recollection at the
time. AS l said my coal supply was
reduced and was concerned.
There is an error here of about 500
to 600 miles 500 and 1900 or 1,400 are
very different"
Il estimated the distance | could
steam. | arrived in Key West with
less than 100 tons of coal on board"
Captain Jewell was then excused.
When the court convened for the af-
ternoon session Rear Admiral Robley
D. Evans, who as Captain commanded
the battleship Iowa. during the battle
off Santiago was called to the witness
stand. He stated that he had first
Joined the Flying Squadron off Glen
fuegos, on May 22nd at l p. m, when
he took dispatches from Admiral
Sampson to Commodore Schley.
These dispatches he had sent to Com
modore Schley by his executive Off
GER, Commander Rogers, he not seeing
the Commodore himself AS the dis
patches were sealed he did not know
their contents.
Judge Advoeate-"Please state what
IL any thing was done while the squad
ron was off Cienfuegos toward develop
ing the fact as to whether the Spanish
squadron under Admiral Cervera, was
or was not in the harbor of Cienfue-
gos?"
There was nothing done SO far as
l know"
What IL anything within your know
ledge was done toward destroying or
preventing the further completion Of
the enemy's batteries in the vicinity of
Cienfuegos?"
ION Sunday afternoon, I am quite
sure it was Commodore Schley form
ed his squadron columns and stood in
to a range of about mile and half
from shore, made turn and stood out
again. That is the only thing know"
'Was any attack made upon the en-
envy or by the enemy at that time?"
mo. They all got UP ana stood on
the breastworks and looked at us.
We steamed out again, There was no
firing on either side"
Were you then within range of the
batteries in the vicinity of Cienfuegos
with the heavier guns of your ship"
81 did not see any batteries. There
was a work they were completing
there"
"Were you within range of this?"
"Quite easy range, yes"
"Did the Iowa coal ship while In
Cienfuegos and if SO how did she
take?"
1--WE took in $50 tons of coal on the
23rd. We began about seven in the
morning and stopped at six in the aft
ernoon. We took coal from a collier
alongside the Merrimac, think
Speaking of the condition of the
weather made by the Iowa on
May gath and 25th, the wit
ness said that on the evening of the
oath it was squally; that on the morn
ing Of the 25th the sky was overcast
and that the weather was again squat
ly; on the afternoon it was worse,
there being a good deal of rain with a
long sea.
He said that after leaving Cienfuegos
the vessel had steamed to a point
about 80 miles south Of Santiago ar
irving there on the evening of the 26th,
and at that time the squadron was
heading to the east. The weather at
that time, he said, was not such as to
prevent the coaling of ships at that
date. The Iowa at that time
aboard or sufficient for steaming 5000
miles. On blockade the ship used
about 80 or 40 tons of coal a day"
why was the retrograde movement
made?" asked Judge Advocate Lemly.
It do not know" was the reply.
The witness said he could have coal
/ ed at sea on the 9th, as the sea was
| smooth.
"Was any effort made by the flying
squadron on May 2sth, 29th and Both,
] to communicate with the insurgents on
! shore near Santiago?"
"None to. my knowledge"
Testifying that he had first seen the
Colon on May 2sth. Admiral Evans said
that vessel was not inside the harbor
at all, but was about $500 yards inside
| the Moro.
| He then detailed the particulars Of