The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-15

Lieutenant Francis Boughter said the
Aiarblehead n Vixen were on picket
DUTY between the shore line at Santa
go and the line OF the blockade, the
Marolehead being stationed three miles
from tbs shore and to the westward. six
miles from n MORO. He could not
see the ships after night fall.
The court asked: WAS the Marbie-
head in such position at night while on
picket duty of Santiago that the enc
mys vessels would have been seer had
they attempted TO leave the harbor?"
The witness replied: That would
depend on a great many circumstances
the state OF the weather. the course
they took, and their success in keeping
their ships dark and quiet"
Admiral Dewey: The Marbleheadl
was on picket duty. Could she have
seen the enemy coming out?"
If the enemy kept close 10 shore and
we were three miles of during most OF
the time, we could not have seen them:
II the enemy had stood south from the
entrance which would have placed them
o four miles of we could not have
seen them. provided they kept reasona-I
biy dark and quiet"
Mr. Rayner: What was the purposeI
OF the picket boats being there II thew
could not see the enemy"
hey were supposed 10 be there n
) presumed. for that ~urpose."
t IL they were there for that
purpose what was II that would have
prevented them from accomplishing this
object?" ~
The fact that they could not see Al
vessel If 1t ran at a distance of from
two to two and a half miles of M
night" "
LIEUTENANT BENNETT.
Lieutenant f. L. Bennett said that
Mnen lhe North Atiantic squadron ar
rived OH Santiago they found the
nSlns squadron there. They stoppadl
ABOUT seven miles directly south of thei
harbor and h witness said he h.SI
seen the Colon in the harbor. He said
also That almost Immediately afterwordI
the vessel moved to the westwar I'd
back OF Cay Smith. This last state
Ihent. however, was stricken from tbel
recoru on the ground that such testi-l
mohy had previously been excluded
Inc witness said the flying ~suuadronl
was at that time in irregular formationl
CAPTAIN CHADWICK.
captain French E. Chadwick was
questioned by Mr.. Hanna concernino
.ne code OF signals arranged by Captainl
nccHUSaIla OF the Marblehead with thoI
lnsurgent Cubans near C~ienfueeos ~
He replied: Captain McCaIIs or
rived off ther reefs of Key West ar noon
on the 18th day of MAY. He came on
poard ana went down in the cabin and
vas Inere some little time with Adj
nllral sampson and myself. After
coming on deck he spoke to mo ord
said he had made an arrangement v-i+h
the Cuban off C~ienfuegos by who'll
tney could communicate with the shins
he said he did not care to have anv.
Lhlns SAID about it as he was going
PACK the next Gay and his would pro.
oaDly be the first ship there. He was
~accioentl delayed at Key West by his
INABILITY to get coal and water untiIl
the next day. SO that instead OF leav-
ing on the goth he left on the 21st."
was TINS system Of signals reduced
to writing-'
No"
,What was said, if anything, about
reducing them to writing?"
He was anxious about them. HeI
dld not want the code to get out pub-
ncly. He seemed to have some idea
tnat the ~SpanlardS might get hold of
them and get the Cubans into trouble
thereby"
ITO whom, if you recollect, did you'll
communicate this system of signals or
respecting it?"
My memory is entirely at fault re-
sardlnS that. / cannot say positivelyI
that | communicated it to anybody"
Did you communicate it to Commo-
dore Schley? If not, why not?"
me signals were not communicated
to Commodore Schley because CaptainI
McCalla said he was going back the
next day and would give them to all
the ships off Cienfuegos himself"
wa Commodore SchIey then in Key
West?"
H had left on the morning of the
18th for Ci%enfuegos."
Some hours before McCalla arrived
With this system of signals? q"
About three hours before" |
DO you remember communicated
this system yourself to Captain
Evans?"
Il have no recollection of it,"
Captain Chadwick said Schley was
on board the New York on May 18TH
and had said to Sampson that he was
very pleased to be under Sampson'sl
command, and that he could be assur.I
ed that he should be entirely loyal in
al Ibis conduct"
WAS there anything said with re-
gard to the feasibility of conducting
a blockade of Santiago?"
Yes. I remember Commodore Schley
spoke in my presence and 1 think to
myself as he was leaving the ship.
saying: You canot blockade those
ships in there if they want to come
out 1 remember that
Judge Advocate: Did you have any
information whatever from any source
= ii1II cS SolL6 ~ ~ mt
a sortie from the harbor of Santiago on
July 3rd?"
None whatever within my r~ecollec
ton"
CHADWICK CROSS EXAMINED.
Taking the witness for cross exami-
nation, Mr.. Rayner asked: DO you
recollect the dispatch which will be
found in the official report Of Admiral
Sampson. dated May 18th. in which he
congratulated Commodore Schley upon
his success? 1 will read the dispatch:
Congratulate you on success. Main
tain close blockade at all hazards.
| ETC."
Il remember that very well, because
[ protested against his congratulations.
L K him Why he persisted and he
said: i want 10 encourage him."
You recollect that becaus you pro-
tested against putting that in the dis
patch?"
Il said that under the circumstances
! thought il was improper"
Captain Evans has testified here hat