The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-31
Telegram to pepartment.

nation there was placed in evidence
the telegram sent by Admiral Schley
TO the department July 10th, saying in
substance that he did not desire TO as
sumo entire credit for the victory of
July 3rd. and that the victory be-
longed to the fleet under the command
OF Admiral Sampson. In reply TO
question from Captain Parker, he said
he had taken this dispatch TO Admiral
| Sampson who stated that he was
verv glad that 1 had sent IL, and
thought it was very generous.
who was generous?"
| -. of course"
The first of the courts questions re-
ferred TO the blockade of Cienfuegos
and was as follows.
while off Cienfuegos could you see
the shore to the westward so distinctly
as to form an idea of the feasibility
of making a landing there?"
The witness answered this question
in the affirmative and in reply to the
next question said he had seen NJ
fishermen or fishing boats on shore
with whom he could have communi-
Gated
Also. replying to a question of the
court he said he could not recollect all
the conversation by himself with
Lieutenant Hood, to which the latter
had testified.
Had Admiral Cervera's fleet left
Santiago and gone TO the westward at
the same time that you left Cienfue-
gos could it not have passed between
your fleet and the shore without being
seen by you2'
AT night it might possibly have done
so, but I think not in the daytime"
Looking For Spaniards
why, on May 26th. did you make
your stopping point twenty miles south
of Santiago instead of the mouth of
the harbor?
I laid my course for that point.
! thinking that if the Spanish fleet
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southwark, and that point would give
me a wider horizon for observing their
movements"
Was it not possible to begin your
blockade of Santiago May 26 and main
tain it for a few days. and still have
coal enough to enable you to reach
Key West?"
Yes. if I had known that the Span
ish fleet was there"
was not the situation at Santiago
on May &c such as to warrant you in
taking risk in coaling the ships?"
Il think the risks would have been
very great. too great. in my judgment.
. We might have lost a collier"
Did not Captain Cotton inform you
that the Harvard had coaled at Mole
st. Nicholas and that one large shir
at a time could coal there in ordinary
weather."
7 don't recall that. His information
to me referred mainly to small yes
sells. as recollect it,"
) Nothing about coaling the Har-
yard?' broke in Admiral Ramsay.
Did the report of the Merrirnac's
injury lead you to believe she was
! hopelessly disabled?"
Practically so. Her intermediate
valve was broken"
. Develops the Batteries.
|, What was your object in seeking to
! develop the batteries at SantiagO2"
II desired TO know what was in front
! of us in the possibility of our being
! Obliged to force the entrance
Did you not risk the loss of a shiT
May 312"
IT thought such a possibility remote
in view of the range given.
, How did you know the prevailing
l winds at Cape Cruz were west and
southwest2'
You stated that the movement
: westward was based upon military
: principles. Why, then, did you go back
l to Santiago2'
For the reason have stated. After
the coal supply was equalized. as we
| were not far away, we would not lose
: much time in going back and deter
; ! mining definitely whether the enemy
! I was in port"
IF the scouts were independent. why
did you worry about their coal sup
piy?"
AS senior, when they Joined me- I
was. of course. responsible"
: why did the Brooklyn leave Key
West short of coaI?"
' Because of the orders of the COM
: mander-in-chief.
Shortage of Coal.
Was there any shortage of coal at
Q Key West?"
I Not to my knowiwedge."
'As you were ordered to Cienfuegos.
o was it not your duty to communicate
f1sa arafr eff
r there?''
v IF he had important information, I
think it was his duty to communicate
it to me-"
y Did the flying squadron ever steam
I in at Cienfuegos between s p. m. and
. 4 a. M"
J. We tried to keep farther in IT night
: than in the day"
What effort did you make at or
II near CienfueGos before the arrival OF
!. the Adula TO discover whether or no,
: Cervera's squadron was in that port ??
y Il did not make any, because 1 was
n led tc infer that the coast was Occu-
l. pied. McCana. in his cable cutting
: expedition had lost quite a number OF
men, and 1 supposed that the coast
= was occupied.
Did any of your light vessels scout
. between the flying squadron and thu
8 south coast OF Cuba with a view OF
d discovering the Spanish fleet in the
II event of its having leF Santiago fol
le Cienfuegos?"
= No" s.r
l. Did you consider Captain Sigsbee':
Ie report that he did not see the Spanish
| ! squadron. and the pilot Nunez's state
n ment that the Spanish ships were too
Vi large to enter the harbor of Santiago
l. proof that the information given L
I. you by Captain McCalla on May "a
5. that the Spanish force under Cervers
had been reported authoritatively iT
t Santiago on May 10. and that thes
II were stu reported there on the after
T, noon of May 21, was erroDeous2'
n 4 do not recollect that he gave ms
that Information"
Motives For Retrograde Movement
y If you We're governed in making tbs
retTOgrade movement by the motives
/, you have stated, why did you send L
At the department the dispatch of MAJ
D. q. 1898, which you gave TO Captain
N Cotton to send in cipher from Kings
TONI
q THAT is a very difficult question t
~ answer
le Admiral Ramsay-You gave four mo
tives for the retrograde movement
e These motives do not appear clear Il
ie me-
Il telecraD hed mainly reara riding I'll,