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ADMIRAL TAYLOR ouhsiioSp
Rear Admiral Henry {. Taylor, the lndi-
ana's commander In the war with Spain,
was recalled 20 CORRECT his testimony, ana
while he was on the stand ne was aues,ioiIicu Ie'
on an important and Interesting point
Admiral schieys counsel have endesvoted
unsuccessfully 20 Introduce as evidence
signals between Admiral sampson ana
Admiral Then oap'ainl lay,or on tne
according 10 tbese signals. asked 'apt
| Taylor To accompany him To Siboney,
hut Capt. Taylor asked To be excused on
account Of some business ON board the
Indiana 20 which he had to attend. The
idea Of introducing ihe-e signals was 10
show that Sampson had made an attempt
on the very morning OF the taitle To WITH
draw the Indiana aud still 1urthe weaken
| the American beet and that Taylor dechned
Ia 81 becau-e he believed that the SPANISH
fect was getting ready 70 c>ih" Ou, ~ tsu .
been iniinated al-o by, Admiral schley's
counsel IN questions asked wnh|s--s 'ha,
on the evening oi July SchIey sen, NoLu
| to sampson oy thc vixen ,hst nluch snr'Ne Nc
arising from Santiago harbor made hlm
bellevo That SsrNefa wac ge,'hg ready to
essAIe ana 'lAt Sahl'-oh ,,hu S,n. t.i'
ni3itllauon py the '.Aeil '" H., III W, 80 r,
would Of co,,r,-. 10 n serious r.6~~tior on
Admiral Samnspn N h couIJ be shown that
l.. went tn Sihonov In a.. know ledge that
| ~. snanish a..t was prenaring 10 leave
| Santiago harlor The commander Of the
| Vixen Tieu,anant 4 Commander sharp has
| ,estiHed that he did not have any r-col-
| la,,inr y, I..i,y -ent law Schley 20 Sampson
and NV samp,nn 10 ~. several American
| shir- Nth the warning In the know ledge
| 81 tbo-e onntentions or intimations Of Ad-
| mlral Schley's counsel the Testimony of
| Admiral Taylor this morning was psrticu-
.i d..ire to ask the Admiral one aues,io n
| ,.,ars b., lsa 90 tl.. stand said the Juds.
| Adyoca,. after Admiral Taylor had crr-
| ,ified TO the report Of his evidence did
you have from any souro, information
| ~, H. snani.h A., uas going 10 MAKE
. - sor,i. on he "A of Juiy,
sNon. whateysr.s ansvered Admiral
| T.,,lor
| Nv Mr. Rayner-Admiral YOU did not
,., n n,es.a .. from the Wren then as 20
| any smoke risins from the harbor1 A.
| None.
| By Capt Parker admiral Schley's junior
counsel You dld not get a message from
| Admiral AnTnINOn OF AutnlFal RCnfN'
| n None:
y. Did not anybody on your vessel ob:
| serve that smoke and report u 10 yoo'
A. don't remember.
tSACcrRAcY op THE srApIANErEH
| While whiting for the n.xt witness Capt
| I.n,ly mn, In evidence n report from Capt
| NOV R.,r kdmiran Merrill Miller of tbs
| cruiser Ralsiph In regard 20 the accuracy
| OF the stadiamater for measuring DISTANCES
| Lieut. BRISTOL OF the Texas had asserted
| ON the witness stand that the BROOKLYN
was A great deal further from the mouth
| OF Santiago harbor in the battle Of July
| 4 than had be-nn claimed by her na visator
and that she Was about 4. 40 wards. and not
| / 400 wards only from the Spanish ship
as Naviga,or UodgSon claimed when
| she nade IN. loon Lieut.. Bristol con.
| tended IN giving his testimony that the
| stadiametcr was inaccurate in determin-
ing long distances and he had not depended
! ON II entirely Ia ascertaining the relstivt
| pn@itlOus OF the American anu STAfll~t
| ship- I'M the battle To corroborste hi.
| testimony about tho inaccuracies of tbs
| instrument. Capt Iemly to-day presented
| Can't Nill.rs report, which showed that
| th,. siadianeter was accurate up to M
wards. hut tina; a. 90 yards an error OF
| avo wards Wa found TO exist
rHs BLoCkADE or ctESruEoos.
| lieut. Ad.lbert Althous., L \. y, eta.
| ,ioued on the Constellation at New port
/ Was sworn and examined by the Judg,
| Advocate
| q Describe what the Flying Squadron
did off Genfuegoy in the nature Of block ad
ing that port 10y day and 10y night. A
During the ?2d 81 Nav the ships remained
| siN or seven mi les out until about O'Clock
| " h.n they steamed in passing east opposit,
| tin, entrance a distance os between ? .Oc
and 5000 vards, at very slow speed, I her
they headed out again about o'clocl
| and steamed 20 the south for aw hile and het
| 20 the southw ard and westward The,
| stopuel abou, s9O o'clock. and durin,
that might they held post ,on IN column
| lying aimo-t dead In the water
| u Al what distance from the mouti
| Of the harbor7 A. B-tween eight ant
nine miles, possibly tan. Next morning
| tho ?al, ths ships steamed IN four or hV'
| mile~. aud during that dav they Law arount
| AT about that distance That evening
| the squadron again formed In column
| and st.aIn,-i to the south a very shor
| distanc. They remained about six o
| rtr.