The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-05
SAMPSON TO BE SUMMONED
DEMAND MADE BYSCHLEY,S COUN-
 SEE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
Difference in the ConstructfoM of n Sentence in Sampson's Dear SchIey Letter'' Which MT. Rayner Wishes Cleared Up-Commander Hodgson, Who Was Navigator of tho Brooklyn, Testifles.

Washington, Oct. 4.--In the Schley
 naval court of inquiry MT Rayner
 chief of counsel for Admiral Schley,
 late this afternoon asked Judge Advo-
 cate Lemly to summon Admiral Samp- son as a witness in the case. The re-
 quest grew out of difference in the construction of sentence in Admiral
 Sampson's letter to- Commodore Schley,
 written from Key West May 20, whife
 Commodore Schley with the flying
 squadron lay off Cienfuegos. This is known as The dear Schley letter" and
 in 1t, as printed in the navy depart
 ment documents supplied to the senate,
 the admiral said, after expressing his opinion that notwithstanding the re- port that the Spanish squadron was in Santiago, it was better to continue to blockade Cienfuegos and Havana: We shall continue to hold Havana and San tiago until we receive more positive in- formation"
 During the examination of Command CT Raymond P. Rodgers this dispatch was under consideration, when MT. Rayner expressed the opinion that the word Santiago had been inadvertently used by the commander chief, as- suming that he meant to use the word Cienfuegos as better corresponding with the context. As the document was printed, there was paranthetical note, to which Admiral Schley's initials were attached, saying that evidently the wrong city had been mentioned. MT. Rayner asked Judge Advocate Lemly to make this concession, but the latter declined to do so, saying that he would produce the original of Admiral Samp- sons dispatch to prove that he had said Santiago.
 Then MT, Rayner said: 'I cannot take that word Santiago to mean anything but Cienfuegos. It is an fmputation upon Commodore Schley and I cannot permit 1t to rest without summoning the author of that dispatch" to which Captain Lemly responded: "I have told you once before you can summon any one you please"
 Then" retorted MT. Rayner, sum mon Admiral Sampson" This occurred only short time be- fore the adjournment of the court for the day, and was the subject of more 1 pr less conversation of an animated character after the days work was con- cluded MT. Rayner would only say that he would insist upon the admiraps | being summoned unless the correction was conceded.
 The witnesses for the day were Lieu- tenant c. w. Dyson, of the bureau of | steam engineering, concerning the coal supply of the flying squadron; Con- nander Raymond P. Rodgers, who was second in command of the hattleship owa during the Spanish war and car jed Admiral Sampsons dispatches of Iay 20 to Commodore Schley, and Com nander A. C. Hodgson, who was the navigator of the flagship Brooklyn. While Commander Rodgers was on the tand Mir Rayner submitted compu alton of shells from the American fleet which had struck the wrecked vessels f Cervera's squadron, showing that at east 34 per cent. of them were fired by he Brooklyn This computation, MT. sayner said had been prepared by Ad- liral Schley upon the bases of re- ort made by a board of survey of yhich the witness was the senior mem CT. Commander Hodgson gave a raphic description of the battle off antiago describing the part taken in by the Brooklyn and explaining the { hanee in the entry of that vessels log.
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