Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-10-29
pers except the document he had turn
ed over to the court, namely Il copy of

ed over to the court namely copy OF
the number : dispatch.
The admiral then. by the permission
OF the. tour,, reverted TO his narrative
| Of FRIDAY ana spoke ol the hits on ;.in
| Spanish suuadtun. The brooklyn. III.
testified. Mas the only Sh!p carrying
| iivc-inch guns. A record Of the hits tr
c.ived by the enemy showed that Sc per
cent. OF the hits scored H. the -Nmeri-
| ear, tIp.t came from thoSc guns on the
/ Bfcokiyn The Rro"klyn received - Of
the A. hits from tl- SpanisA tect. o.
! about - per ctm.
| With this stateMo nj Admiral. ScHlcE
! concluded his direct testimony ana the
| judge advocate then began th2 cross
| eXamina don lie was asked first ab0ut
I the consultation with the commanders
at Hampton Roads before the hNing
/ squadron sailed To the southWlrd. In
reply. Admiral Schley said that cap
tains Higginson. Jewell Sands. Cook
and Mark were present. Nv explained
| that they had discussed tn. order Of
battle in case the Spanish fleet WAS
met and also the question of the plac,
below for ,he war heads ~ ne cl"r-
|
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! "l"'io'' W t"e "'"'N''''' ana 'h' n'''hod
| of attack in case We met the Spanish
| fleet"
Was there any prescribed urd.r OF
battle in writing" Il did no; consider
, il necessary. We would fight the ships
! ' n.-''''
""S 'ne'" 'iii'' !" p!.'e th' "rl''
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| Adni,,, S,bI.y Ill ~ i.,,;. III
the ,uban. Who had ,rfn-,r.,, ~, =,
| Hamnton Roads that ,b. ,,or,i,,, ~, ,,,,
| island of ruba zr.., ~ tt.,.o,,, .,,,
| Cienfr4po. Nas v.u b.,1 IN. 49, Gov,
jsb soldiers ~. rarI;ad ~. IL .n,,,,
no; civa ~. ran,ns that ,,a,. ,,-a
ruhans VI, h,a con,a j tir, j. ,.n,
m,ndar ~ ~. r,.ir,. ,',,.ara,, Iii,
him ,ba, ;,,,,,o,;n,, ~, ',,
closely Questioned .s - who y,a., ,,r.s
.n- in The cabin of tho Now yorr, -
| Key W.s. whom bo .o,i,o, .,,.a ~
carnaiyn ,.itb A,l,,,irof c,,r,,,..,,r,
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time.
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'.,'''' i''''' u''''''''S from 'l- secretary
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Admiral Schlcy SAID he ANA Admiral
Sampson talked OF many things. 1t
was Il rather lon% conference and he
reiterated that hr eoul1 NOR ,...,lI
whether Captain chadwirk Ma; r~rs
ent 1T the timr III. judge advnynt.
then jumped IA tn. ,on,nuni,.,,in,,
frorn ia Nr,rIah.., : '''i'
Schley through the EarI.. WIN. NV ~.
ing SQUADRON v., .r il. ,..,. ,,;'-,
fu.gos. The aoni,,r .,;.i ,I,.' -,
sag he received No.. ...',
no news ~ rha Sn.ri.1 .,...- III.
adyocata tbpn ..ll.., ,a,,,;., I'M J'','A.y
ha r4g3,.l...l III. ..-,.,t,; 4
nev ot ~. s,,,,,.,,.,., .,.- .''' ,,"'
| to ,,ior,,,a,,o,. i'''' ne! west
! 10 .rt.,,,Iia,, VI '''' INSTRUCTION
a., 'i''' hd''e iHrFr Nth
-, ~ - t'oN94pi'- 'ruisIng as
,l,' m. aI'iilSt Il current.
'a.''i - HoHI'F ftEied lhat u" oid.
Jun dhN u'ate then asked about
- - i-'Ih li'tl 'eSloA |" heT West
3" 'tt'" 'l'dl iht speed from Key West
~. "'" was not :" great He asked
"iE at "''f stage the admiral mad sig
i"i'r" - the MdSsac chuSettS that if she
""'' hlahe y Knots IT would be sufh-
| ''' He a"hllrai replied that after
4 Vas pretty dliicult to
80 My 4 particular signal had
matte NH'h there was nothing
.'', t'iilS 10 IN H.
>, i"ur speed VAS two knots less from
ny west I" tIenfucSos. than from
har!"St"h 70 Key Vest "Apnar-
-htIN,
ny. az - i, NJ. May Il. accord
H| |" N" log. dld You slow to T..
| \I'"t' thlnk 1t was on account
: Il AZ dhod'd Inc Scorpion
| ny "a You STOP at midnight. May
| =, oel"4e Your arrival at CienfurgoS ?'
! - were - Or l. miles from the height
~ ldhd where the mouth of the
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