The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-29

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! ADMIRAL scltlny concludes tomorrow tw,
other witnesses VIII be cnllnd m hlg be-
| hair Admiral Barker aud Capmm rhomn.
| Borden Tho latter was an ofuccr OF tho
mnrluc corps ahohvd the Brooklyn.
The Judge advocate will then call h4 wit
ncsacs In ruhuttal Of whom thcrc ave undpt.
stood TO be moro than fifteen nud Il Is
probnhle that Admiral schlry's counsel viii
cnl witnesses la surrehuttnl
Tho only outbursj today In the court
occurred when MIR Raynor Aluirnl
Schlry'r counsel, objected 80 u line of In.
1ulW Of the Judge advocate. designed to
! ,tluoso Admiral Schluy's alleged nmrc
to formulate plNn OF battle, VITA the
0ocInrndou that as Admiral sampson was
Ia commend his junior had no right to plan
nu order OF battle
captain Lcmlys cross examination wns
vefy eenrchlng Admunl srhlry. however.
appeared to be unrurtrd throughout the
examination, frHlkly admitting uu cal
occasioua tint he could not remember iit.
t'o details after the lupsc OF thtrc years.
Previous To Admiral schlcy tntng tho
Sinnd, Lieutenant Commander Harlow Nus
'uUtd TO correct his testimony Thia op.
| Eupleh put few minutes and Admiral
| Scnloy tool, tho stand
Incident trstlhed To l Lieutenant ,imnt
OF melee the ships got into ON thr way
lr"W Nlchiuogns 10 Santiago, when 1t mot
a Fnl vessel The admiral i'm rcplNIur .tllI
ihat ne had no distinct recollection uf the
lntlduht, lie said that whenever the suunu.
ron stopped II WA in conformity with sin
nais previously made, Asked n there was
any miNup az tcatincd TO on thr stand.
he said 80 II must have been ~ the result
OF the cHtclcssuoss In moi carrying out the
signals from The nngAlp'
a. Ar Ina lao .N,g
ooNuo'sWnce, NJ tarnor asked the Wit
ness " he recollected ans Signals from the
Nassaoh9sclts to the squadron not 60 Ep
Ia any closer,
"a can not recall that signal ut all Pc.
piled the admiral at would have been.
OF course, unnecessary in view of the fntt
thai no vessel could have LEFT the llne vita.
ont permission uf the flagship or tho eOm-
mandcr In chief
Mr. Rayner theu asked Admiral schlcy
| regarding tho alleged conversation with
ndmral then Captain Evans, on July d
or s..
81" dld have conversation with HIM"
rcplicd tho Witness, "but | don't remember
whether II was tho An or ath would
any Of captain Evans M | have said OF an
iho others | dou't believe he would viii
| Wgly mlsStatu I think hls rocolle ton Us
ut fault lie did not have conversation
With mo In relation to the shooting thc bow
on ot ono Of the torpedo honts amt tho
stern on another and putting his holm atnt-
beard aud rhlSing one ahlp md then apori
aud rahlnR Hnothcr, Ny recollection nov
ls that prcllmlnarlN he said TO mr. pN
ye9 see JocE rhi,lp start to run away
was thu lironltlyn th1t madc the unru' and
asked HIN y he ala not ace tine tactical
Mr. Rayuoc ihcn called Admirars schlcy's
attention "a The Testimony ut Admiral lAt
Tor who ne captaiu. commanded the hottlr
ship indiana during the battle on santiago
ana Captain Dawsop, who commanded thu
% ~
tho brooklyn when she made the lpop went
southWArd a mile or mile mud u hale
81 think they arc entirely and absolutely
mistaken" replied the witness. "lhc
brooklyn did not pass TO tho southwark
OF the limo except the distance perhaps M
her tactical diameter. which surely was
not greater than GOO yards aud from mat
time she stored course parallel to tho
SpapiRrds aud | don't think We werc over
2aoo or a4oO yards az any time from TIA
spanish lime J any empbatleely tina, tho
Brooklyn ala not run south aud any state.
ment 90 tho contrary Is mistake"
Tho witness stated In reply to question
from Nh, Raynor that when he started
Is the westward from Santiago he lptt the
Sc Paul az tho latter place,
Admiral Schlcy thea told " how his pa.
Ps MARI S'fS' no &cp es scSie2 ~ %
regulations Require About this time he
went 90 Porto Rico ps mcmher OF the
put on the Steamer with HIS baggage, The
box nualiy reached Washington Rnd was
then opCned for the Arst time the wit.
SS n Turned tbo RSS o, p o}sr w ,S
department about February o.
ne estimated that thls box contained all
Ms papers eNceni the document he hal
turned over 60 the court namely, copy
" the No Z dispatch The admiral turn
spokc OF the hits ON the Spenlsh squadron
The Brcahyn no tostlded, was the only
tao hts received by tho enemy sheW6i maj
go pcr cent ~ the hits scored by the Amor.
iseo ecs' cqlmno {om those sgns on enc
VI The fort .two hits from tue spanish l5et
or shout 20 per cent,
with this statement Admiral ssh,or e5,
cludcd Ais direct testimony ana tbo lraa,,
Hd1coBtc then began the crosscAamtnauan
~ WINS asked hret about fho ronaNltadoi
Win the commanders al Hampton Ruta8
before tho dying squadron smiled ta tho
Houthward Ia rtplN Admiral Nchlct ssld
that Cartains lllrpinsom Jcwclt Sands
COOK aud Mark NcrN prrstnt no Ca
plalncd they hpa discussed he order ar
battle In cRHe she Spanish Deet was mot
Wac there any ether consultation With
YEA on Santiago for the purpose of q,
planting the formation % the blockade ana
spanish hsct"
WAS teero any prescribed order Of bat.
tie In writlngF
= dld not consider n necessary. We
could nght the ships hy slgnal"
Was there time to place the order Of
ee!!y,lS " vr'unsT
no not tho regulations prescribe the
nrlcr ~ battle shall he reduced TO writ.
lnFr
4 do NOT recall"
The iudkc advocate then questioned Al
miral SChley as to the idcEllty OF the ia.
hans who had Informed him AZ Hampton
hoRds that tho portion Of the island "
cuba wont OF Havana aud Cleufuarps was
we'll held by tho spanish soldiers He re
Piled that he could not give the names
that they ware CuhAng who had cama 10
him a. COMMANDER ~ she hying aluadroa
10 eiYo him that Information lie was thea
closely questioned % 70 who waa ppescnt
u tho cabin % the New York Al Key West
when ne talked over tho camnaiEn with
sampson Admiral Schley replied that Can,
the time
when was thisi"
"on May u.s."