The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-27
HELD SHORT SESSION
sCHLEY COURT ADJOURNED To
ATTEND THE FUNERAL OF
JUDGE WILSON
TESTIMONY ON SAME LINE
Judge Advocate EndeavOrs to Prove
That SchIey Knew of Cervera's
Presence in Santiago on
May 27.

WASHINGTON, Sept. <26-The Schley
court of inquiry was in session for only
an hour and three-quarters today ad-
journing at 12:45 in order to permit its
members and others engaged there to at
tend the funeral of Judge Wilson, late
chief counsel for Admiral Schley Capt
Wise concluded his testimony, Admiral
Cotton made a brief statement on recall,
and Lieut. Spencer S.. Wood, who com
manded the dispatch boat Dupont during
the Spanish war began his testimony.
Machinist Gray, who was in charge OF
the starboard engines of the Texas on
the day of the battle off Santiago, also
testified briefly. He said that on the day
of the battle the starboard engines were.
stopped and the machinery reversed.
Capt. Wise was questioned at consider
able length as to what he had done be-
fore the arrival of the flying squadron
off Santiago towards locating Cervera g
fleet in the harbor.
He said. that while he had satisfied
himself of the presence of the Spanish
fleet, he had been content to communi-
cate his knowledge to Admiral Schley
through Capt. Sigsbee, not considering it
necessary to make direct communication
with the ommander-in-c chief
Lieut.. Wood gave the particulars of
his delivery of dispatches from Admiral
Sampson to Admiral Schley on the 22nd,
of May, while the admiral lay off Glen
fuegos. He said that Schley seemed very
nervous and especially anxious to know
what SIMPSONS intentions were He had
not concluded his testimony when the
court adjourned for the day
EVIDENCE IN DETAIL.
Capt Wise, who commanded the scout
ship Yale during the Spanish war con-
tinued his narration of the retrograte
movement of the flying squadron toward
Key West on May 27. He first told of
how the Yale had taken the Merrimac
in tow under direction of Admiral Schley.
He said that the admiral had signalled
upon starting to ask if there was coal
enough to carry him to Key West to
which he had responded in the atfirma-
tive. The next day he had reported in
response to an inquiry that he had coal
sufficient for two days of full steamIng
and for four days of moderate steam
ing. He was then dispatched to Newport
News, reportingsto to Admiral Sampson on
the way, He had told Admiral Samp-
son, he said, that the flying squadron was
about thirty miles west of Santiago. In
response to question of the admiral
he had said he did not know what if
westward toward Key West the witness
told~of the breaking of the Ya1e,s hawser
on the Merrimac. He said this had
caused delay.
What was the difficulty?'' asked Capt
Lemly:
Improper securing of hawser on the
Merrimac.''
WAS it due to tempestuous weatber ~.
not?"
"NOt at all
Mr.. Hanna read the following extract
from Admiral Schley's message of s,eh.
18. beginning: After being informed bx,
the scouts commanded by such officers
as Sigsbee, Jewell and Wise that al
though they all had been off Santiago de
Cuba for week they had seen moth
ing Of it (the Spanish fieeD and knew
nothing of its moveme nts or it's where1
abouts, ETC." He then asked Cant Wise
if he had made such a communicative, ~
the admiral
II did not was the response,
Did you give Admiral Schley any in
formation regarding the Spanish
squadron"
NOTIFIED sIGSBEE.
"Only through Capt. Sigsbee. did
not go on board the Brooklyn at all r
gave Capt. Sigsbee all the information I
had"
Had you been off Santiago for n
Week?'
- was there from the morning of the
22d till the evening of the 26th when
the flying squadron arrived"
Capt. Wise was cross-examined on +bis
point by Mr.. Rayner. He asked: '.Fron,
the morning of the 22d until the arrival
of the flying squdron on the evening of
the 26th, you were trying to get in touch
Continued ON Third pa.--.