The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28

 onstrated that ships could not coal at sea. He also said that if he returned to Key West he would. be coursmaI uaisu. s,. !. It was after this that ne nanue9 me .ne orders which l read After reading them ! .scommodore. se.u; Isthink you must return to Santiago. even if you do not stay 'nsvyih .syyhere were you when Commodore schlev said that If he returned to Key West he would be courtmartialedY
 II was in the cabin of the Brooklyn. The inseryisw lasted: tSsr Resnaps cesne % in fre1 quentIy or rematned the whole ume; But Sears came in once" sDid you hear any reports or remarks conversational or otherwtse?
 While was there the flag lieutenant, I think, came in twice to report signals One was regarding the amount or coaI on each of the ships. The other was q report to the effect that the Merflmac had 390O tons of coal.
 was anything further said on the sub iect of going to SantiagoY
 T don't remember that anything was said then in reply to my suggesTT1Sn., TS.s Shortly afterward the Admiral said: 'Tnls is a matter shall have to decide myself, and you may return to your ship. Captain McCalla said no enort i,aa hau ! been made while he was with the iiying squadron off Cienfuegos to prevent Lne Spaniards from continuing the construc- ton of earthworks which he had peen Ar0aTHd could @ have gone within range of their works and that he had been told py Cuban pilot that the water WaS eegg eig under the bluffs Captain McCana s IHa,s, satS that the squadron had not proceeaeu "ieAl all dispatch to Santiago. r,..
 After telling of the cruise from Glen feugos to Santiago, of the arrival OH that city and of s, the fsa tness wss asked the Marblehead could have coaleo oh the afternoon and evening of May 5th. when the flying squadron arrived on san. tiago He replied in the afnTmauve, pus M said he had not considered the vessel Tn need of coal. He also said in reply 70 questions that he had not been at any time anxious or apprehensive concsrnnns Il 5 2 had. he said, coaled on the night of the 27th at first by boats with bags, but aIter daylight on the 2Sth his vessel hao gone this had not been done in the beginning he said was that he had been apprenen- siye of injuring the guns or the MaIple Ma!.s- head in the dark, the weather condltlons having nothing to do With the preeas- tions. ,s Al
 Captain McCalla said he had told Az mirsl Schley he could coal without dlI- ficulty at Cape Haytien, In reply to an explicit question the witness sald tnat with a collier present he would have not had any difficulty in remaining OH san tiago for a considerable time. Tn res ponse to questions he next & reia.eu on or,e a
 
 When asked what had been iert unoone to accomplish the destruction or tnaL vss- sel he said that Admiral Sthley had fallea 10 use his entire force in making the attack.
 At D. m. the court adjourned.
 Sampson Wants Representation
 During the afternoon session of the court while Admiral Sampsons reiae'on ; to the campaign was under uiscusslon. .s s.t connection with magazine article ny tne admiral w. H. Stayten, attorney ~ l@". of New York City. sent to the court note from Admiral Sampson reduSsunS that Messrs Stayton and CampDeil pc a' lowed to appear before the court aS
 xddressing the court, the Judge Advo- cate said. If the court please. the prs. s. cent in the third clause from the pottop' says: Rear Admiral Schley has oeen lh formed of his right to be present tnsre In person or by counsel durlhg tne .,os .s a y,d tigation to cross examine witnesses ah9 ai9 10 offer evidence before the court snouao s,. he desire. The court may at any lins tl,ns grant to others interested and ehuueo thereto these privileges. not
 'I have only to say that haNS ,no1 n considered and still tninK thds .lai. fnnnirV Sampson is not a party to tnls lnqu.anLy; lqe.n5,, The matter Is one within the discretion of the court " .... .u,, ,,~t
 Admiral Dewey resnonded: '"rhe court decides that they cannot appear. .....
 After the court adjourned MT. ,,as.2 Seay is h,s reouest to be allowed to appear n AuHli. n1lo roi Sampsons s behalf He added that tle continued references to AuinlIa oa'p son were offensive and should pc props erly met He further stated that ne ua3 not regard favorabiy efforts on the patl of the fudge advocate to prevent eHploit- ation of Admiral Sampson's part Tn the