The age-herald., 1901-10-31
Closely Questioned by Judge Advocate LenIy as to the
 BrOOEIyns Loop
QUESTIONS ASKED BY COURT
Admiral Dewey Asks Witness About Retrograde Movement and Coal ing Difficulties, But Not a
 Question About Battle.

Washington, October 30-The long or deal to which Admiral Sehley has been subjected since Monday morning ended this afternoon when his cross examina- ton was concluded. When the judge ad- vocate finished the cross examination shortly after 3 o'clock, the court pro- pounded to the admiral a number of questions prepared by the members Of the court. These questions touched many points of the campaign of the fyirg squadron, but mainly centered about the difficulties encountered in coaling and the reasons for the retrograde movement. Not one of them related to the battle on Santiago. The judge advocates cross examination today covered the retro grade movement tho reconnaissance of May sl, the loop of the Brooklyn and Hodgson about the Texas.
 One of the most interesting features of the day was the development of the fact that the report of the battle written by Admiral Schley July G. 1s9S was not the original report The original report never has been published and in accordance with a previous decision the court today declined to allow 1t to go into the records. Admiral Schley was allowed to explain. however, that Admiral Sampson declined to receive the first report because it did not mention the presence of the New York. 'I felt that the victory at that time,' said Admiral Schley in explain ing the matter" was big enough for all and I made this change out of gene rosity and because knew if the New York had been present she would havs done as good work as anybody else''
 Captain Thomas Borden of the marine corps. who was aboard the Brooklyn will be the last witness called for Adn1iral Schley. After he testifies tomorrow the Judge advocate will put on the stand the witnesses in rebuttal of whom thera are understood to be about fourteen and it is probable that Admiral Schley's coun- sel will call several witnesses in sur- rebuttal.
 News of Sampson's Arrival.
 Coming to the reconnaissance of May 31, when the Spanish ship Colon was bonn barded as 1t lay in the harbor at Santi- 
 when he first received notice that the commander-in-chief would be at Eanti- ago. The witness replied that the notice had come in the dispatch brought to him by Captain Cotton, which was dated May 29. This telegram was, he said. not received until May al. Possibly, too. the New Orleans might have brought infor- nation of the coming of Admiral Samp- son.
 Why did you wait two days after the discovery of the presence of the fleet in the harbor before undertaking your re- connoissance?'
 For the reason that had used those two days for coaling the fleet so as to be prepared In case the enemy should come out"
 Relating the occurrences of the. bona- bardment. he said that he recalled shar Captain Higginson had asked after he (Schley) went aboard the Massachusetts that the bombardment be postponed un- til after dinner That he warned some people to get off the turrets and that Lieutenant Commander Potts had given notice that they were on the range. He did not recall he said the signal not to go in closer. but 1t was possible that such signal had been sent and it had not been recorded. It might be that it was with this as with the other signals which had not been recorded because the writ ing of them was always deferred until the next day.
 No man. he said. except the press correspondents, who brave all dangers, can always have paper and pencil at hand while the battle is in progress, and as a consequence there is a failure to re- cord many occurrences that should be re- corded"
 Bombardment of Colon.
 Tn xntsr If Inn tA tto A-- partment concerning the reconnaissance, you did not mention any purpose to sink or destroy the Colon?"
 T did not
 But in your telegraphic report you said that your purpose was to destroy the Colon?"
 Incidentally. yes"
 The judge advocate then asked the ad- miral to tell exactly what was his pur- pose on that occasion and whot instruc- tions he had given. Replying that he had testified on this subject before, he than said that the signals made instructed tbe ships to use their heavy guns against the Colon. The New Orleans. with her light CT battery. was directed to fire at the shore batteries. The instruction was to go in 1000 yards and he thought until sev- eral days afterwards that the Spaniards had gone into that distance. q directed the ships to follow the flag; to operate against the Colon and fire at the forts to develop them, and I think the recon noissance, so far as it went, was emil ncntly successful. The batteries were de- veloped and the fact was demonstrated that the enemy was in port with a squad ron of only five or six ships. I believed that only the strongest military necessity would have justified me in risking tho loss of a vessel that might have reduced our squadron to numerical inferiority with the enemy. If one or two of our ships had been crippled the enemy might have come out and engaged us with dis astrous results
 ''The development of the facts as to the batteries and ships was. in my opin- ion, sufficient. The enemys ships could not get away and they did not get away.''
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 "why did you not steam more slowly as you passed the mouth of the harbor?''
 The witness replied in a deliberate man. ner: ''Well. that is a technical error that might have been remedicd if some ona else had been in command. Possibly the firing would have been more effective if