The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-26
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 "He did not. will qualify that to this extent. The vessels, of course, were not at anchor; they were moving about, and there were no directions for movement toward the harbor of Santi- ago."
 Referring to that phrase in the dis patch The department looks to you to ascertain the facts, that the enemy, if therein, does not leave without a decis- i've action what, within your knowl- edge did Commodore Schley do in obe- dience to these instructions?"
 Nothing, to my Knowledge"
 MT. Hanna this afternoon introduced a copy of a dispatch from Admiral Sampson which had been received ny 1 the Harvard and which had not been made public heretofore. It was stated 1 that this message had been written or May 22 A notation in it showed that it had been received on May 20. The dispatch was in cipher and was dlrect- ed to the Harvard at Mole St. Nicho- las. It was translated by Lieutenant Beall and presented read: 'The Spanish squadron at Santiago, | if previous to May 19 scout off San tiago. Communicate with Schley if he (they) moves west. Schley is expected at Santiago from Cienfuegos. Telegraph me from Nicholas Mole to Key West if he (they) move east, and leave letter for Scbley. Then go to Santiago to meet him. I shall be at Gay Francis with squadron. If two scouts are avail able one should keep track of the Span ish squadron. Admiral Cotton, who was testifying, said that the copy which he had read had been retained by him. He added that if he had ever given that dispatch to Admiral Schley it had been on the 27th and not on the 31st of May.
 MT, Rayner here raised the point that the document read was a copy and not the original. He also called attention to the fact that the document had not been printed in the official reports of the navy department. An animated controversy followed in which MT. Rayner commented upon the Gin his opinion) inaccuracy of the department reports. He demanded the original dis- patch and added:
 This is an inquiry and not a prose- cution, and you are here to protect and vindicate Admiral Schley as much as we are"
 He said that Admiral Schley had turned in all his papers and that Ad- miral Sampson's papers should also be available for the purposes of the court. Captain Lemly then produced the orig inal cipher copy of the dispatch. He asked the witness how he had received the message and the latter replied: T received it from the cable office on board the Harvard at St. Nicholas Mole, the dispatch of which this is a trans lation. Lieutenant Beall made the translation"
 'Ts it correct translation of the cipher?"
 II believe it to be-
 Did Beall so state to you or did he hand it to you as a correct transla- tion?''
 He handed that to me as a correct translation of the original dispatch in cipher and believe it correct"
 Now, will ask you whether accord ing to the best of your knowledge and belief and your best recollection of the subject, you delivered on the 27th of May to Commodore Schley this dis patch?"
 ITO the best of my knowledge and belief, I delivered a copy of that dis l patch to Schley on May 27 off Santiago, | Cuba, and that is one of the dispatches | to which I referred having delivered. l To the best of my knowledge I deliv- l cred copy of that dispatch because it 1 -+, ,,,+ i,,fn fo,.h i,,o he was mentioned by name in the dis l patch.'
 Ultimately MT. Rayner consented to accept the copy as correct. This point being settled, counsel for the depart | ment passed to the point concerning l the proposition of Lieutenant Beall to deal with the Cuban insurgents on shore and doing so caused another ob- lection to be raised by Mir Rayner, The question was put by MT. Hanna, who said:
 1T will ask whether you would nave considered that you had discharg- ed your whole duty having knowledge ,f this if you had communicated with Commodore Schley?"
 MT. Raynor indicated an objection, saying:
 You are not pressing questions of hat sort?" To this Admiral Dewey 
 ''The witness shas already stated that yery fact"
 MT. Rayner-"He gave that as req on for verifying his recollection, but he question is asked here whether he ,erformed his duty"
 Adimral Dewey-"As the witness aid that he considered he had done lis whole duty I think he has answer d. I was struck with that very phrase nd I thought how much time we were | wasting asking the same question over gain"
 MT. Hanna was not, however, entirely atisfied with the status of the matter S thus left and said he did not ask 1t , or purpose of repetition. but because he question was very important and ad not been precisely answered. f "We have" said he, an order from he department saying: "The depart lent looks to you to ascertain facts, tc. We wish to know whether this ( ras done or not as part and an , special part of this is the suggestion nat the insurgents could have been with" Here comes the officer of the Harvard ith an offer and ready made means of s