The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-01

testmong The language OF the court was
as loloWs' .Ihc court has considered fhp
matter which WIS before II before recess
and decides as follows:
Admiral Schley requested the depart
| ultht 70 take Suth action as maN hriug in
der discussion aud review OF his brothers
~ arms certain criticisms natc up1u him.
ms request Indicated that nc desired the
department. 10 order q court ~ inquiry To
investigate the portions OF the naval ca
recr TO which such criticisms referred.
In pursuance Of this request The de
| par!ment ordered court Of Inquiry 10
| thoroughly investigate into an the cir
cumSthnccs bearing on the subject Of In
Nestlgation, directed tho attention Of the
court to certain important points aud or
dercd the court to report ali the pertinent
| iacts which VI may deem established. The
| court Is therefore required 10 examine all
| witnesses who may have any knowledge of
the matters brought to it's attention and
lS not hound by any technical liNNs re-
Iuilng evidence or procedure ana 90 this
or they may be recalled 60 make cOrrec-
ions or additions In the nature OF correc-
ions 10 their testimony that the facts nC
me case may, II possible, be placed clearly
! petore the court. but no witnesses snail
/ retterate statements"
The latter part OF this decision was read
! ~ captain l.emly 70 the Witness in order
/ that he might coniine his answers In ac-
| cordance herewith.
Cqptnin Lemly then asked him to pro-
| coed to make such corrections Of his les,
timony or such additions in the nature OF
correction he might desire.
! corrections to make
Captain Lcmy You will find you are priv
4 lleged at this time TO make additions in the
nature OF corrections to your testimony
ms ] say. not for the purnose OF suggest
| ing anything, but merely Tor the purpose
| of giving YOU the opportunity which the
| court intends You should have.
desire TO state that | Informed Com
inoaore Schlcy on the occasion Of my visit
| 70 him on the 18th, first, that | thought
| that the st Paul had hcen chased hy a
torpedo boat on the night Of her arrival
ana on the subsequent night. Second that
detailed to him the communication be-
tween Goodrich of the ST Louis and my
| sell on board the St Paul as we passed
each other when / was bound from Cane
LlnEtien to Santiago and the st. Louis was
bound from Santiago to Cape Hayticn"
The witness said that since he was ON
the stand he recalled that he did see the
press boat Somers \. Smith on May Is
and he also recalled THAT he said tina. on
Ihat evening he had seen the press boat
Premier and had warned those aboard Of
the danger of being attacked by torpedo
boat destroyers.
Continuing he said that in his interview
with Commodore Schlcy on board the
Brooklyn he was told by the commodore
that tile st. Paul tSgsbee's boat was TO
go with the flying squadron to Key West
and on the following day was to take the
Texas in tow.
time on the part of the commodore. l vol
unteered almost everything that ] said
about santiago and the Spanish deet"
tlon was on the subject of coal. and moth
Ing but coal. and far ms | could judge
he already had made pp his mind TO re-
gong 10 Key West
Testimony as to Photographer Hare IS
statements and also that Of the Associated
Press correspondent, Graham, WAS ruled
out of order.
Captain sigsbee said he would ike to
make a statement TO show that Mr. Ora
ham was mistaken. bur Admlial Dewey
On cross examination Mr.; Iaynor ASKED
about the statement that the Premier had
been warned against tie torpedo boat de-
stroyers. and the witness said that he had
given this warning because he believed
from his information from the navy de-
partment that the Spaniards were in the
haIhor.
standing that on the 10Th you thought, as !
you have heretofore testified that they |
were going in there Is that correctY'
quite SO. ] thought. 1t possible they |
might not have gone in.
Mr.. Raynor--Let me get that report-you
thought ON the 18th that they might be-
approaching that portY'
That Is quite 50 They might have been |
OUT or they might have been in. | was
prepared for either event"
Captain Sigsbeo said that If permitted to 4
go into greater detail he thought he could
show chat Mr.. Graham. the Associated
Press correspondent, had been mistaken In /
his statement rs to his (Sgsbee'sD CONVEX
SSation with Commodore Schley on the .
Mr. Raynor however declined to ques-
tion on this point
IN response 10 Mr.. Hanna's questions Gap, |
tain Sigsbee said he carried an Associated /
lress dispatch handed him by Commodore /
Schley which he was asked TO send from
the Mole That dispatch stated that during
na Tnn
ment Commodore Schley had acted on his .
Information and judgment This dispatch /
dld not state the Spanish fleet was not in
the harboll Of Santiago
Former Machnist Alfred B Claxton,
who served in the engine room of the
Texas on the day Of the battle of san
tiago, testified that he adhered to his for
mer statement that the engines of the
Texas were reversed on that day. hut
added; 81 Will state that there is posslbll-
~ Of my being mistaken, but ! think
was correct making the statement l did,
Licutcnait John i Rows. a watch and
division officer on board the Eagle during
the war told of the Eagles meeting the
Gala aud said that there had been no
communication between the Eagle and
Brooklyn on that occason-that the Eagle
had not been nearer than mile or n
mile and a half to the southwark of The
Brooklyn and that she did not go under
her quarter. He also stated that he had
/
testified to was made from the Eagle On
that occasion. that there. was no news
from the Spaniards.
Lieutenant Roys also testified that when
the Eagle had returned TO Clenfuegos the
Brooklyn had slgnallcd TO her 10 come
within hail 1t was then he said that the
conversation between Commodore Schley
and Commander Switzerland of the Eagle
occurred relative to sending the Eagle
TO Port Antonio.
Lieutenant Rows said that Commodore
Schley had asked Commander Southernnd
how much coal he had and had added
that as he did not have enough he would
have to send her to Antonio for fuel
The witness said Commander Switzerland
had replied: 81 should like very much to
remain with the squadron. ! could coal
from the collier and could take enough TO
last several days"
The commodore, however, dispatched the
Eagle to Port Antonio.
WAS anything said about the Eagle
being dangerously short OF coalY' said
Captain Lemly
II am quite positive that nothing Of the
kind was said In view Of the fact that we
had twenty-seven tons aboard" replied the