Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-11-07
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order and reinforcing it had trans
mitted it with directions to sSchley to i
remain off Cienfuegos on the ground
that the. holding OF that port would Of
fer the best chance, of capturing and
destroying the Spanish feet This
modification of the departments or
ders by Admiral Sampson had been
followed by order No. directing him.
If satisfied that the feet was not in
Cienfuegos, to proceed, but cautiously,
to Santiago" ...,> ~. = y. 81 5s
In this connection, Mr.. Rayner dis
cussed the McCalla memorandum
which he said had never been intended
for Commodore Schley but for the
commander-in-chief at Key West. The
memorandum contained not a word
about the means: Of .communica eating
with the Insurgents. Order No. 8 on
which the counsel ON the other side
had laid SO much stress, he said, did
not permit Commodore Schley to leave
until satisfied that the Spaniards were
not in Cienfuegos. If it had reached
Commodore Schley, as Admiral Samp-
son believed it would, by 2 a. m. April
23d, he would have left. That dis
patch reached Commodore SchIey at
8 a. M, April 23d, and on that day the
Adula was sent in, which MI. Rayner
said he regarded as one Of the most
important events Of the campaign
When the Adula did not come out the
next day, as her skipper had agreed
to do, Admiral Schley was still ,furth-
ed confirmed in the belief that Cervera
was in Cienfuegos.
:. Criticises Captain McCalia.
IT want to say right here" continued
Mr.. Rayner, that as brave man as
McCalla is, and as daring and fearless
a soul as he is, he never pretended to-
land any boats on the Cuban coast and
he was around there eight days. This
is not criticism of him, but to show
that you are criticising one man for
not doing what another man never at
tempted to do"
| Concerning the question of coaling
at sea, Mr.. Rayner read the testimony
of several witnesses to prove the great
difficulties such task involved. He
said that all they wanted to prove was
that Admiral Schley was honest when
he informed the department of his in
creased anxiety regarding the coal
supply and that he acted according to
the dictates of his own conscience.
He>said the question was not how long
the fleet could have remained off San
tiago on blockade, but what the fleet
could have done if the Spaniards came
out. He was prepared to prove that
one ship could not have followed the
Spaniards six hours and have had
enough coal left to return to Key
West.
Coming to the reconnaissance of
May 81 Mr.. Rayner contended that it
had been Commodore Schley's chief
intention to develop the Spanish land
batteries and in. this, he said, he had
been eminently successful. He claim
ed that the man who was in command
at such time should be given great
discretion, for he must necessarily
know more of the situation than the
gentlemen who make out battle plans
at home on charts, with compass and
lead pencils, and direct other people,
thousands of miles away, how to fight
battle.
Mr.. Rayner referred sarcastically to
the testimony of Lieutenant Bristol
saying among other things:
"His vision was divine inspiration.
Sextants and stadimeters, compass
| bearings, government measurements
and photographic plates, were all dim
and obscure in comparison with the
miraculous power of his unaided Wis
! ion, which lit up and illuminated the
entire harbors of Cienfuegos and San
| tiago with the unerring precision of
the morning sunbeams.
Government experts with mathe-
! matical accuracy had measured the
| heights of Moro castle and Socapa
battery, but down they went one hun
dred feet when they encountered Bris-
tolls miraculous eye"
Mr.. Rayner next came to the con-
sideration Of Admiral SIMPSONS inter-
view with the commander of the flying
squadron, especially referring to Ad-
| miral Schley's testimony relative to
the directions of Admiral Sampson
with reference to attacks on land bat
teries. He also referred to Captain
Chadwick's testimony in this connec-
tion and said that Admiral Schley's
statement being affirmative was much
more entitled to credence than was
| Captain Chadwick's, which was mega
tive He said that Captain Chadwick
| had given testimony as to only one
| statement thataWas made in that inter-
view, which could have been uttered
| in 80 seconds, while Chadwick himself
| had admitted that the interview lasted
| nearly Is minutes and Admiral Schley
| had placed the time at three-quarters
of an hour.
sampson's Attorney Again Protests.
Washington, Nov. 7.-E. S. Thea1,
acting on behalf Of Stayton g. Camp
bell, who were retained by Admiral
Sampson to look after the latter's in
terest before the court of inquiry, has
sent letter to the court of inquiry
protesting against the insertion in the
record Of certain statements deemed
to reflect upon Admiral Sampson's
conduct at Santiago. The letter is ad-
dressed to Admiral Dewey as presf-
| dent of the court.
Michigan Mine Burning.
Bessemer, Mich, Nov. THE MI
kado mine is afres in the seventh level
Two men who were at work below this
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