The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-12
SCHLEY PROMISED TO
BE LOYAL TO SAMPSON
Captain Chadwick Gives Some Interesting TeSt
mony Before Court of Inquiry.
Message of cOngatuatiOn From Which Wit
Objected To.

have seen the enemy coming out il such
had been the case2''
owing to darkness and the distance
from the harDor. For instance, when
we were at the western end of the line
the ships could have come out and stood
/ 10 the eastward without our being any
/ the wiser unless they showed lights"
How about the reverse of that
proposition"
Il think it would have been the same
in either case"
Captain Lemly then asked. Did you
have any conversation with the COM
handing officer of the flying squadron
| or in his presence relating to the force
on the Colon or Otherwise?"
Lieutenant Dewey replied: Il was
told shortly before we started into the
entrance that the commodore wished to
see the turret officers in the pilot house
/ wen. to the pilot house and the COM
/ mOdore said that he intended TO 90 IN
( a few moments and have a try at the
/ Colon. and that he wished we would |
sink her. Asked what speed we would
make. and was told about ten knots.
! I remarked at the time that ] thought I
/ that was giving US very little chance
/ at the Colon. as she would be in sight
/ between the head lines only couple or
[ minutes and that the smoke from the
I guns would probably make out fire
very slow. To the best of my reconec-
| ton. the commodore stated we would
/ have to do the best we could; that the
| speed would be ten knots
Shots From the Enemy.
He said in reply to questions that the
I Spanish sore batteries had not given
the American ships much trouble on
/ that occasion. None from the Colon
came near" he said. but two or three
| shots from the batteries fell about the
| Massachusetts at the time, one passing
over it,"
What conclusion did you arrive at as
I To ne 10 Of shore
Il did not think they were over large
caliber, not over siX-inch-"
/ Lieutenant Francis Boughton, who
l was a watch and division officer on
/ board the Narblehead during COmmo-
dOre Schley's blockade of Santiago, was
then called. He said that during that
time the Marblehead and the Vixen
| were on picket duty between the shore
line and the line of the blockade, the
AIarbIehead being stationed three miles
from the shore and 10 the westward.
six miles from the MORO. He would
not attempt to say how far outside
the squadron was, but he could not see
the ships after nightfall.
Admiral Dewey-The Marblehead
was on picket duty. Could she have
seen the enemy coming?
IF the enemy kept too close to shore
and we went some miles during most OF
the time. we could not have seen them:
if the enemy had stood south from the
/ entrance, which would have placed
them about four miles off, we could not
have seen them, provided they kept
reasonably dark and quiet
Messages From Sampson to Schley.
Lieutenant Charles c. Marsh. who
, was flag secretary to Admiral Samp
son during the Spanish war, was
called. Lieutenant Marsh testified con-
. corning the forwarding of dispatches
by the Dupont and the Iowa from Key
West on May 20. These messages were
: from Admiral Sampson to Commodore
Schley and one of then. was the mem
orandum by Captain McCalla concern
ing the insurgents a, CienfuegOs.
, ] Questioned as to the correctness of
his memory. the witness said that his
mind was refreshed by the records of
! the commander in chief as to his cor
respOndence. Every letter was. he
said, press copied as soon - written,
and he therefore, considered the order
in which letters We're copied as a GER
tain record of what had traBspired in
the way OF letter writing Other rec
ords were produced. which. he said.
. were corrooorative of this. From these
/, records he found that the Dear
: | Schley" letter had been sent on the
/ dupont on May 20. He also found
| from the record that a dispatch of May
: | Il saying the Spanish squadron was
/ probably at Santiago" had been for
. | warded by the Marblehead. This is the
dispatch dated at Key West in which
: Admiral Sampson said 70 Commodore
Q
: IF you are satisfied that they Cthe
enemy ar not at CienfuegOs, proceed
to Santiago" etc.
q Urged to Go to Santiago.
e He also identified a dispatch Of May
= q dated at Havana, and urging the
= commodore TO get away from Cienfue-
COS before daylight on May %, as the
spanish would probably be still at
Santiago The latter dispatch. ne
said had hoo, -,-rftto-, &C. ~, 5is
= patch from Key West of the same date.
: Mr. Hanna asked Would il have
: been POSSIBLE that the Dear SchIey'
y letter could have been sent on an ear
: iier date than this letter Of May 10.
transmitting the McCalla nemoran-
DUNE"
Il should say not. the McCaua mem
. orancum being press copied in the book
e on prior page
In cross exar1inrae- the witness Mr.
Raynor said that counsel for Admiral
- Schley would admit the recent of one
I copy of the McCalla memorandum. but
/ that there was dispute as 10 the other
{ copies. lie tried to get the witness tc
say that the Iowa had carried a dupli-
cate Of the Dear Schley" letter. but
ne would not do so. He held. however
:, 10 the statement that the MoCaua
E, memorandum had been carried in du-
= Iowa.
= Mr.. Raynor questioned the wines,
!, az some length. saving: Il want t.
i eaAl your attention to this: Dispatch
It 10 ; was received on Nay 23 by the
Hawk. It is in evidence here that The
II Hawk carried No. 70 Conmodore
f. Sfhiey and this letter commences. II
le reply 10 your letter No. 1 would
e state, and so on. Then it says. re.
> gardirg enclosed Information from Nc.
he Gaia Now, don't that refresh youl
le nie-s0ry upon the point that when h,
M received No. 8 from the Hawk he re
l. ceiVed with II the enclosed informal for
+ from Captain McCana, which is tn,
q memorandum -
He probably did. He might bav,
received IL half a dozen times. Tba
n was not the first time It was sent
II Lieutenant Marsh was then excused
n The last witness of the day wa,
he Captain Frencl. z. Chadwick. at pres
ent in command Of the Newport nava
m station. he went on the stand at 33
10 and had not concluded mis- TESTIMONY
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