The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-10-12

ish shore batteries had not given the American
ships much trouble on that occasion:
None from the Colon came near, he said,
but two three shots from the batteries fell
about the Massachusetts, at the time. one pass
what conclusion did you arrive at as to the
calber of the shore guns?"
II did not think they were of very large cali
Marblehead Officer Testifes.
Lieutenant Francis Boughter, who was a
watch and division officer on board the Mar
blehead during Commodore Schleys 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 blockade, the Marblehead being
stationed three miles from the shore and to
the westward six miles from the MORO. He
would not attempt to say how far outside the
after nightfall.
The court asked:
night while on picket duty off Santiago that
the enemys vessels would have been seen had
thTg e fs TO The Mnud depend on
a great many circumstances-the state of the
weather the course they took and their sue
cess in keeping their ships dark and quiet
Admiral Dewey-The Marblehead on
picket duty. Could she have seen the enemy
IF the enemy kept too close to the shore
and we were three miles off during most of the
time We could not have seen them; If the enc
my 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
Mr.. Raynor-What was the purpose of the
picket boats being theresif they could not see
the enemy?
They were supposed to be there. I pre-
sumo. for that purpose.
Then, if they were there for that purpose,
what was it that would have prevented them
from accomplishing this object?"
THE fact that they could not see a vessel
miles off at night
At the afternoon session of the court Lieu
tenant Boughter said he had received no gen.
orders distance n
tiago harbor for the Marblehead, the captain
OF the vessel fixing the distance from time to
Lieutenant Ernest Bennett, flag lieutenant
on the New York in 1885, was called. He said
rived off Santiago they found the flying squad
ron there. Captain Lemly then said that he
had called Lieutenant Bennett not only for
his direct examination, but for full cross-ex-
animation in accordance with the precept. Mr.
Raynor stated, however, that he had ques-
being succeeded by Lieutenant Charles G..
Marsh. who flag secretary to Admiral
Sampson during the Spanish war.
Lieutenant Marsh testified concerning the for
warding of dispatches by the Dupont and the
Iowa from Key West on May 20. These mes
sages were from Admiral Sampson to Commo-
dore Schley. and of them the menu
orandum by Captain McCalla concerning the
insurgents at Cienfuegos Questioned as to
said that his mind was refreshed by the rec
ords of the commandment chief as to his cor
respondence. Every letter was, he said press
considered the order in which the letters were
copied a certain record of what had tran
spired in the way of letter-writing. Other rec
ords were produced which, he said, were cor
roborative of this. From these records he
found that the Dear Schley'' letter had been
sent the Dupont May 90. He also found
from the record that a dispatch of May p
saying the Spanish squadron probably
at Santiago had been forwarded by the Mar
blehead. This is the dispatch dated at Key
West in which Admiral Sampson said to Com
modore Schley: "If you are satisfied that they
dhe enemy are not at Cienfuegos, proceed to
Santiago" etc. He also identified a dispatch
of May 81 dated at Havana, and urging the
commodore to get away from Cienfuegos be-
fore daylight of May %. the Spanish would
proba bly, be still at Santiago" The latter dis
patch he said, had been written after the dis
patch from Key West of the same date.
That "Dear Schley" Letter.
Mr. Hanna-would it have been possible that
the Dear Schley'' letter could have been sent
on an earlier date than this letter of May 49,
transmitting the McCalla memorandum?
Il should say not; the McCalla memorandum
being press-coped in the book on prior page.
In cross-examining the witness, Mr. Raynor
said that counsel for Admiral Schley would
admit the receipt of one copy of the McCalla
memoranda but that there dispute to
the other copies. He tried to get the witness
to say that the Iowa had carried a duplicate