The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-22
HARDER AND HiGGfNS0N
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rmander -in-cilief had addressed him lat. -er. telling him to "Starboard the helm, adding. .And jet us get out of this. the order tfsat it was already being exc cuted. From which he had inferred that the order had already been given to the Captain of the ship: smodore Schiey frst came aboard he had said that it was his Intention to take the bcnibarding ships by slowly and to aSs ss .hs dss9 coion ss ses osrinss This intention had not been carried out he said. as the ships had passed the mouth of the harbor at the rate of ten knots possible to gst good poiutinss. HssS sgi Judge Wflsen cross-examined Com Tn reply to his questions the witness said that he had seen what appeared to be signal lights from the shore at Cien- fuegos, but that he had no idea of what they meant. and that so far as he was sanmsn; them sntl nc Captain I | MccaIis arPived on the Marblehead. .
 The witness recalled that the fleet did not leave Cienfuegos until after night emy getting the direction of it's course.
 The weather on the trip, he said. was somewhat boister01s for one night, so down for the small vessels, but 90 far as the battIeships were concerned 1t was all smooth weather. Commander Schroed- ey said that during the blockade of San six or seven miles out. there were small ships inside of the line and one of them, the Vixen. fired upon railroad train
 At this point the name of Admiral Sampson was mentioned for the first time since the opening of the inquiry. and 1t wss here that Judge Wilson, or counsel for Admiral Schley, indicated a faiir n the ,1rda. of thO two naval commanders. Addressing the witness he asked him if the character T the blockade of Santiago had not been changed after Admiral Sampsons arriv. al. Commander Schroeder reE,lied that t had heen, and that then the blockade be- came stationary. Sampson having more
 .Ss Kew s about % Tow, W far: out was the Sampson blockade from the entrance to
 The reply was: My recollection was as the day time and closer In little at night, later on we were all close in day and night, and there was batflsshtp statiened atout a; mile from nuh the Sh. sh- Iowa, Massachusetts and the oregon took two hours on and four of searchlight watch ct the entrance all through the
 Mr Hanna-If the court please, should slii.e to ask the purpose of these inquiries >as to the conduct of the block
 Judge Wilscn--well, want to show. as a matter 6f course. that when gou are complaining abciit the %blockak'!e th.'t was mode, day or two after; wnsn Sar1t son came up and brought ald' . ticnal ships the distance. out was just about the same as these others were that were cruising hack and forward.
 Mir. Hanna--It that is the purpose. may co any comparative state emcnts of this blockade, with any other blockade instt- tuted at any other time and place. We have avoided introduf ing compariso ons. Judge Wilson-Well, for the present, :! withdraw the question. Hereafter 1t will become a vtry material question. and l do not want to take the time of the court new i'll discussing it.
 Commander Schroeder said that during the Schiey Blockade his vessel did not get off g miles from shore at night.
 Judge Wilson questioned the witness Schroeder said he had heard nothing con- corning an oi der not to expose ships to the fire of land batteries. He made the same reply to an inquiry concerning the orders to the flying squadron" with reference to what should be done if they fcund the Spanish. fleet In port. He then read the order of Admiral Sampson Of May ds ships and three torpedo boat de- stroyers. If you are satisfied that they are not at Cfenfnegos: proceed with all QlSDdLCu, put CdudOuoiys tl 0dHtiN6O OS Cuba and if the enemy is there blockade
 : The witness declared he knew nothing at, all about this order at the time or until he saw it in the omclai report or
 ."sThere would be no way of knowing '' he said. there was no communication with the hagship.''
 MT. Wilson then returned to Commander Shoroeder,s statement concerning the bombardment of the Colon and secured from, him the statement that the only suggestion he had to make in connection with the event is that the vessel should have gone in closer and fired more
 On redirect examination Mfr. Hanna. speaking of the departure form Glen feugos for Santiago asked: "Presuming then that the Admiral was satisfied that the Spanish squadron was not In that hpF,s did you proceed with all dispatch to Santiago de cuba?"
 When you left .Cienfuegos was it day light or, was 1t after dark
 When we left Cienfuegos it was after
 Mr' r's6sayner-'.You said you did not pro- ceed with all dispatch to Santiago" That is what said, sir"
 CT and the sea between Cienfuegos and Santiago that prevented you from pro ceeding faster than you did, if it did
 '"r do not think there was anything in | the weather to prevent the big ships | going One of the small ships was de | laye1 and that may be the cause of the | other ships slowing down."
 How about the Merrimac? What was | her condition between Cienfuegos and Santiago"
 q suspect her condition was very bad. ' Do you recall that she was badly out l of repair and that the Brooklyn was send
 ing carpenters and people to repair her | all the timer"
 She was said to have been somewhat ! deranged, but what the extent or the nature of 1t was do not know" Judge Wilson-In what respect did you | say she had not proceeded with all pos l sible dispatch2 Did you mean she did | not start with sufficient alacerity or did you mean that they did not go fast enough in passing from one place to the
 SI would not undertake to criticize the | time of our starting ,as I did not know l anything about the orders, but my recol- l lection Is that our speed was nothing like | as great as it could have been." Judge Wilson-"And keep the fleet
 How about the Merrimac? Did you keep her with your"
 "She probably could not have kept up."
 Then you would have gone of with | out collier?"
 She would have caught up with us." | "When?"
 Probably next day."
 l If you could steam faster, how could | you expect her to catch up?"
 l We expected to stop of Santiago" | Have you any other criticisms as tC