Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-10-12
CHILLED |NANY WITNESSES
Half q Dozen New Witnesses on the
Stand il the schley Court Of
Inquiry Yesterday
Il Blockade Of Santiago and Bombard-
ment Of Colon Principa Points
Covered il Case.
Captain Chadwick Says Admiral schley
was Not Informed Of the IN
surgent Code. !. S. a5ss

70 y
was Not Informed Of the In
surgent Code. s5ss5
Washington, Oct i The SchIey
court of Inquiry resumed at i'll a. M
Among the witnesses called for the
purpose Of correcting their testimony
4 was Admiral q. q. Taylor. While he
was on the stand he was question
as TO whether he had received sinfor-
nation that the Spaniards were com
Ing out of the harbor Of Santiago be-
fore they made their appearance on
the morning Of July: 8. The question
was asked by Captain Lemly and the
answer was: Il Nh
S lone whatever. .sssS:l .s5:&
III Mr. Rayn er-------''..Yo x ou did not get a
message from th q Vixen il reference
to smoke coming out Of the harbo Or 2 ~
None" ss e. s5
Captain Park Your attention
was not called to smoke? .ssS5:
8 Not at all, sir.,''is1 SIR 5sg n. "
8S !" Do you remember anybody on your
vessel who did observe smoke and re-;
ported 1t to you ??''5ts. .3 n ss
n do not remembe z M
Captain Lemly read report from
Captain Merrill Miller, formerly ofEthes
Raleigh, concerning the accuracy Of
the stadimeter. This report was dated
In 1896 and stated that the stadimeter
had been found to give accurate re-
fsI1 IN n, 80 {, !, ~. =, 10 o on
yards, but not SO when the distance;
was greater. In one case the writer
noticed an error of 200 yards in a.
q 1900 yards easurement. s55 zss
Lieutenant Adelbert Althouse, for
ymerly watch and division officer On
the battIeship Massaehu was
then called. He detailed the move
ments OF d that vessel in connection
with the ing, squad ron. He said that
at Cienfuegos the vessels lay six to
ten miles out at night, going nearer III
/ the day time.
Bomb rdnnent 81 the Colon. ssss
Lieutenant Althouse said that On the
day of the bomb mbardment Of the Gris-
tobal Colon he had been in charge Of
the 8-inch turret OF the Massachu-
sets. M He said that the ship had not
been to exceed three minutes IN pass
ing the entrance to the harbor on the
\ first passage and that only two shots
were then fred The ms truct ions
were to make the range /, 900 yards,
but the shots fell sh ort and the range
4 was Increased ON the return trip to
$500 and then to 10, 900 yards. Asked
! WhatSWass deveIope as to the strength
OF the land batteries BY this reconnois-
sanee he said that to- mis- mind lit was
shown they were very weak. In reply
to a question as to whether he had
made any notes concerning the en-
gagement, he replied sS q j 4sss5 s.5S5
81 Z. & N we went In der Instructions
to sink the Colon. n
His orders had been to- direct his
II sfires at that vessel.
When Lieutenant Althouse was ex-
cused Captain "A Lemly introduced as
evidence the reports mad by Commo-
I Sdore Schley 10 the secretary Of the
navy OF the engagement OF May 81.
InFone Of these. dated June 8, Commo-
dore Schley said y#5;
sReconnoissance was Intended prin-
cipally to IN jure and destroy Colon.
1 The fire was returned without delay
by the heavy batteries to the east and
to the west entrance, large calibre,
long range; Reconnaissance develop
s Ing satisfacto torily the presence Of the
Spanish squa dron lying behind island
8 near inner fort ais they fred over hill
at random. Quite satisfied the Span
h ish fleet is there. s'5$E
5ssB Lieutenant r. as. Dewey, nepheW8of
Admiral Dewey, who Was a watch Of
ficer on the { Massachuse etts, WIS the
B next witness, He placed the distance
I 3of the bloekading 4 line under Com
modore SehIey from the mouth of San
d tiag0 harhcr from i've to eight miles,
Z the distance being about the same, day
and night There was, he said, no par.
tic,Ilar formation of the vessels. The
examina tion On this point was as fcl.
Il lows:
Describes the Santiago Bloc ckade.
Captain 4emI hen you were at
a the western end of the blockade with
y y the leading vessels MAXI the turn,
what orders were there for attacking
+ II you saw the enemy coming out of
I the entrance q,
y do not believe We could have seen
the enemy coming ont. There were mo
orders have any knowledge off
do you think YOU would not
have seen the enemy coming out II
4 sueh had been the case r., q? tss
Owing to the ID darkness and the dis.
lance from tIe haGbor For Instance,
when We were at theS westward end
of the line the ship could have come
I out and stood 10 the eastward without
our being any the riser until they
! showed lights.
How about the reverse oi that
@ pibpositi Ion r,
sI think 1t would have been the
s same fn either case
Captain isenly then asked Did
sou hare any conVa ION with the
commanding Ger of the flying
sa,iaarun Oh any one in bis nreaence II