The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-10-05

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| REPt'gI.rr SPECIAL.
| Washington. oct 4-'rhe feature OF th'
| Schley inquiry to-day WAS the testimony or
Lieutenant Hodgson In regard to remark:
made by SchIey during the making Of tn,
famous loop at the battle Of Santiago.
| Leu;enant Hodgson was navigating officer
of the Itooklyn. In the newspapers. after
| the battle OF Santiago. he quoted a.
| having cautioned Srhley that III. Brooklyn
| was in danger Of ramming the raXas. tC
| which. it was said. Schiey replied: 'D--r
! the Texas let her look out for herself
! SchIey requested Iodgson tD deny having
| made such "A statement. Hoigson compiled
| with some reluctance. He intended his de-
| NAL. he said. Ia relieve Schley's cmharrass-
Hent and 10 mean only that Schlev did no,
use exactly the language quoted.
The matter causei wide discussion. and
the Navy Department ordered an investisa-
| iion. which was made by Captain Chadwick.
| His repor; was made public to-day. together
| with several letters from Schiey- Hodgson
| and Helner. the navigator Of the Texas,
| which have not heretofore been published.
| Schiey denies that the colloquy with
| Hodgson took place. and asserts that the
order which put the Brooklyn into danger
| Gus proximity with the Texas was issued
| hy Captain Cook and not 10y himself, but
that he approved IT,
RAYNER INSISTS THAT
SAMPSON BE SUMMONED.
A spirited controversy arose over the con-
struction Of a sentence in dispatch from
GpIt
| letter Admiral SAMPSON had said that it
were better to continue blockading Havana
and Cienfue2os. In the printed testimony
Santiago appeared. instead OF clenfuegos.
Mr. Rayner said this was an evident error.
and asked Judge Lemly to concede 1t. Judge
L.emly declined TO do so. saying that he
would produce the original OF Admiral
Schley's dispatch to prove that he had said
Santiago.
Then Mr.. Rayner said: Il cannot take
that word Santiago 10 mean anything hut
Cienfuegos IL is an imputation upon Com
modore Schiey and / cannot permit IL 10
rest without sumInonng the author OF that
dispatch" To which Captain Iemly re-
sponded:
II have told you once before you can
summon any one you please.
Then" retor;ed Mr.. Rayner, summon
Admiral Sampson.
This occurred only a short time before the
adjournment Of the court for the DAY, anu
WIS the subject OF more or less conversa-
,ion OF an animated character after IN"
days work was concluded. MI ha!het
would only say that he would insist upon
the Admirars being summoned. unless '"e
correction was conceded.
HAD PLENTY OF COAL
TO KEEP Up BLOCKADE.
Lieutenant Dyson. who was on the Wit
nes, stand yesterday when the court ad-
journed was then recalled. He had added
10 his coal history of the nee; information
as to how long the supply Of coal on hand
MAY 2G would have held out under forced
draft The inform alton was contained in
a chart. which was read by Judge Advo-
cate Ie,niy The witness also read the
same information from tabular state
ment The chart covered the period from
May IS to June !. Ii showed that on Nay
2S the Brooklyns supply of coal was So
ions Iowa's 7s4 tons Texas i0s tons and
the Marblehead l22 tons.
He said that on May n the Brooklyn
had enough coal on board to have reinaiheh
on blockade duty of Santiago for twenty
five days and then 10 have returned 10
Key West: the Massachusetts enough 10
West: the Iowa enough for eleven days.
the Texas seven days and the Marblehead
one DAY. This assuming that they
would have gone by the fucatan thannci.
He also gave estimate OF the iehgln
of time they could have remained and gone
to Gonaives Chanael. Cape Cruz. Mole ST.
Nicholas, Kingston. Port Antonio. Jamaica.
Guantanamo BAY the time of remaining on
blockade being increased as the distance
to the various points diminished.
Mr.. Raynnr brought out the information
concerning the time the coal on each of
the vessels would have lasted on forced
draft in chasing The enemys vessels, tax
ing the amount Of coal on each on May
&c. and eaving sufficient coal TO return TO
Key West Mr. Rayner read the informa-
lion from Mr. Dyson's tabulated statement
showing that the Iowa would have con-
sumed 243 tons OF coal day. That esti-
mate would he said. give the Brooklyn
-; DAYS chase. returning by way of the
Yucatan Channel and 2.3a days chase re-
turning by Windward Passage. The Iowa
a chase OF IL days. The Texas would have
a chase Of thrce-fourths Of a day. and
returning by way Of the Windward Passage
nine-tenths of day. The Marbeheau
would have a chase of two-tenths of
tlav hy the Cucatan Channel and four
tenths of a day by the Windward Passage.
The statement showed that the Massa-
chusetts could not have steamed more than
fiftcer knots an hour. and that In doing so
she would have consumed $50 tons per day
At this rate she could have chased the
enemy for one and eight-tenths days re-
turning via Yucatan Channel or for two
days returning via the Windward Passage.
BORE DISPATCHES FROM
SAMPSON TO SCHLEI.
Lieutenant Dyson was followed on the
stand by Commander Raymond P. Rodgers.
who was executive officer of the battleship
Iowa during the summer of 1898. He testi-
fed to leaving Key West on May 20 for
Cienfuegos. to join the Flying Squadron.
Before leaving he had had. as representa-
tive of Captain Evans he said. conference
with Commander-in-Chief Sampson. at
which Captains Taylor and Chadwick were
present. AT that time he was told by Ad-
miral Sampson that he had received in
formation from the department at Wash
ington that the Spanish fleet, under Ger
vera. was probably in the harbor at San
tiago. He had. however. not been informed
OF any secret code for communication with
the Cuban insurgents near Cienfuegos.
He had. he said, taken dispatches for Com |
lnodore schiey, and while not certain
whether there we're more than one package. |
he was under the impression there were !
more than bat number One Of the dis |
patches carridf at this time was. the wit
ness thought. hat signed by Secretary Long