The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-12

biity Of conducti-g a blockade OF san
tiaSo?~
Yes. I remember Commodore schlsy
spoke in my presence. ana think 70 my
self. as ne was leaving the ship. saying
'Yeu cannot blockade those shlps in there.
II they want 70 come out 1 remember
that
The judge advocate: did YOU have any
Information whatever from any source
thst Cevera's feet was going 70 make a
sortie from the hsrbor OF Santiago on
July 81"
None whatever within my rscoIec-
ton"
Taking the witness fo. cross-eNamina-
ton Ar. Raynor asked:
DO you reco.lect the dispatch which
win be found in the Official report of Al
miral Sampson. dated Nay g. which con-
grs tulates Commodore Schley upon his
success2 7 win read the dispatch Fol
lowing telegram was sent TO Commodore
schiey 20 both Port Autori0. jamaica
and Mole St Nicholas.
y congratulate YOU on success. Main
tain close blockade AT ali hazarss. es-
peCiaIly at night Very little 20 fear from
torpedo boat destroyers. Coal in opea
sea whenever conditions permit send a
ship TO examine Guantanamo with a view
TO occupying It as a base. coaling heavy
ships one at time Appraise captured
coal use it II desired and afterward send
ship in as prize.
y remember that very wen. because
protested against his atulations
/ asked him why ne persisted and he said.
I want TO encourage him
You rec0ilect thar hecause you pro-
tested putting that in the Dispatch"
Il said taat under the circumstance
] thoGsht il WIS improper
Did you meet Admiral watson az any
time and have a conversation with hiruq''
Admiral Dewey. Il don't think that
has anything To DO with it, You know
what We want We want alI the facts
relating TO these specifications. and we
don't want anything about conversations
with Admiral Watson. Commodorcs OF
anybody else on otner subjects.
Mr.. Rayner: This testimony has all
gone In. 1t should NOT have gone in.
Admiral Dewey. "Of course il ought
not You ought 70 have been watching. Pc
Il did object twice to il, and thea when
/ II was a statement that it was something
T in refrence TO something occurred before
/ did not want 10 disagree with the
court"
Judge advocate: NO objection was
made 70 conversations after June / re-
lating 70 the blockade as maintained
/ prior thereto
Mr.. Rayner: Did you at any time
approve OF the blockade which Commo-
/ doro Schley maintained before June II
I What was your opin.on?'
Judge advocate. "I object"
ADMIRAL Dewey: The court does not
want that opinion
Mr. Hanna. we have not asked Opin-
ions. Of officers commanding ships re-
garding that We have carefully abstain
ed from so doing"
/ Mr. Rayncr. Then I viii ask YOU in
4 reference % the leaving Of those vessels.
( You have stated and IL has been IN tes-
( timony here. that this signal code With
the Cuban insurgents was not made
+ known to Commodore Schley Have you
not fallen into slight error in point ~
time? Did not the fying squadron leave
Key West before McCalla got to key
West. and have you not inadvertently
fallen into error in point of time2 You
could not have given Commidore Schlcy
the information because you did not have
il until Captain McCalla got there. is
not that the reason2
The witness admitted that this was So
Q-Captain Evans has testified here
that he knew IT, Could you give me the
source from which he derived his nfor-
nation
5 Al do not remember speaking ~ it to
. CAPTAIN Evans. nor that 7 tod him 90
f communicate it TO Schley. When Mccaila
came IN IL was expected that bis ship
/ would reach Cienfucgos about the same
time as the Iowa and Dupont and Nc
+ Gala said he would carry the signal back
with him. That signal was really foi
the benefit Of the Cubans and the Mccall
/ Ia memorandum was for Commodor'
/ schlev. That memorandum was fBli and
/ explicit in that regard u 7 may explain
4 II a little further by the aftcrnoon ~ th'
next day after NcCana came in iutorma
tion was received OF the arrival ~ th'
spanish squadron Bra Santiago. So tha'
/ auv question of the ins0raent Cuoans
about Cienfuegos dropped out n sieft
.eYou say that afte- the arrival - Csp'
tain RcCaua Information ~s received
of the arrival of the spanish squadron
ri Santiago WIN you kirely give us th'
Information. and from whence 81 caue-
THE first information we had was bs
telegram from the navy department
Mentioning THAI The Information mas
-.sn 10 correct Next day Lieutenant
/ Commander stanton was in hey Me7'
s-5 he saw CAPTAIN Alien. who aa tiia'
,ha evening before he bad received q
,--,-,orfcatioa from Havara taat tas
( e,,rfsb sauaaron bad gone 500 Haaits
and ne vas only voting pHIt '''
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+ .or came uith chat Information ana
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