Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-11-01

He denied firmly the testimony or
Lieutenant Wood that he (Schley)
spoke disrespectfully of Sampson. On
the arrival of Captain McCalla on May
"a communication was held with the
insurgents and it was learned that the
Spanish fleet was not in the harbor.
The flying squadron then left for San
tiago, reaching there on the after
noon Of May 26. Admiral Schley :hen
related the meeting With Captain Sigs-
bee, who told him that the Spaniards
were certainly not at Santiago. Re-
ferring to the retrograde movement,
he had, he said, found it impossible to
coal at sea. The admiral maintained
that there was no disobedience of or
ders in his act, even If he had orig
inally intended to go to Key West, as
circumstances changed and he again
turned towards Santiago. The court
then adjourned for the day.
Washington, Oct 26.-In the court
of inquiry Friday Admiral Schley was
on the stand nearly the entire day and
had not completed his testimony when
the court adjourned until Monday. In
beginning his testimony he referred
briefly to the retrograde movement to
Key West for coal and said he did not
consider it a disobedience Of orders.
The most Of the day was occupied in
a description of the battle of July 8.
Admiral Schley told the story of this
historical occurrence in plain words
and in unaffected style, but the nara
tive was straightforward and to the
iv% ind Fovoo MI witt u
all the phases of that event. He said
that the Brooklyn had for a time sus-
tanned the fire of all four of the Span
ish ships and also the fire of the Span
ish land batteries. Explaining the his
torical turn of>his own flagship, the
Brooklyn, he said she had not ap-
preached to within less than 600 yards
of the Texas, and that he never had
considered that vessel in the least
danger. He also stated, in response
to an Interrogation from Mr.. Rayner,
that he had never during the battle
engaged in any colloquy with Lieu
tenant Hodgson, and he had not used
the expression attributed to him by
H dgson. This refers to the alleged
colloquy in which the admiral is
charged with having said, Damn the
Texas" Admiral Schley also gave the
details of the reconnaissance of May
81, when the Spanish ship Cristobal
Colon was bombarded. In this con
nection he denied the statements at
tributed to him by Commander Potts
of the battleship Massachusetts,.
Washington, Oct. 29.LAdmiral
Schley was under cross-examiEatiOn in
the court of inquiry nearly all day
Monday. Captain Lemly's examina,
ton was very searching. Admiral
Schley, however, appeared to be un.
ruft1ed throughout the examination,
frankly admitting on several occasions
that he could net, remember, little de,
tails after the lapse of three years.
One line of inquiry in which the Judge
advocate tried to show that Admiral
Schley did not proceed with dispatch
from Key West to Cienfuegos, by at:
tempting to contrast the speed made
between Charleston: and Key West
with the time between Key West and
Cienfuegos, was curtailed by a deci
sion Of the court, which confined the
questions to the time subsequent to
MAY. 49,. the day on, which the flying
Esquadron left Key West. The Judge
fadVocate dwelt upon the interview be
dore Schley at Key West before the
which the latter testified that. Admiral
sampson instructed him not To- expose
hts ships TO shore batteries antdl the
Ispanfsh feet had been destroyed; o1
the fact that Admiral ScAley issued II
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