The Monticellonian., 1901-11-01
SCALEY'S STORY ENDED.|
Rear-Admiral Schley Concludes His Direct Testimony Before the
 Court of Inquiry.
IS NOW IN HANDS OF CROSS-ExAMIkERS
Can't. LemIy and Mir. Hannn Will Try Their Hand. nt Getting the Admiral and His Dates Mixed The Give and Take of the RrooI<Iyn in the Battle in Eyi- dence.

Schley court of inquiry resumed it's | Admiral Schley took the stand and after being reminded by | Admiral Dewey that he was sstiIlunder | oath. continued his testimony. When | he left the stand on Friday his exam had been almost con cluded, and when he resumed It was the understanding that after com d few questions had been asked by Mr. Rayner he would be placed in the hands of Judge Advo- cate Lemly and Mr. Hanna for cross examination. Mr. Rayner's questions were again directed toward throwing light upon disputed points in the and most of them con cerned conversations which various witnesses for the navy department had reported as having had with the admiral Before the adjournment on Friday, he had asked him about the majority of these conversations, and the principal ones left were those which were reported to have taken place between Admiral Schley and Admiral (then captain) Evans, of the Iowa. and Commander Sharpe, of the Vixen. The admiral's version of these interviews differed considerably from that of the other parties to them. The cross-examination is evidently calculated to cover quite an extended period of time The attendance was large, as it had been every day since A i, Ga1 hn St
 Previous to Admiral Schley taking the stand, Lieutenant-Commander Harlow was called to correct his tes- timong. This occupied but few min utes, and Admiral Schley took the stand about 11.10 o'clock. Mir. Ray ner's first question related to an incl dent testified r. by Lieut.. Grant on melee the ships got into on the way from Cienfuegos to Santiago when they met a sailing vessel. The admiral re- piled that he had an indistinct recol. lection of the incident. He said that whenever the squadron stopped it was always in conformity with signalspre- viously made. If there was any miX-up, as testified to- he said, it
 
 carelessness of the officer of the deck in not carrying out the signals from the flagship
 Reverting to May 31, the day of the reconnaissance, Mr. Rayner asked the witness if he reeollected any signal from the Massachusetts to the squad ron not to go in any closer.
 A.I -S, II replied Admiral Schley. Tt would have been, of course, unnecessary in view af the fact that no vessel could have left the line without permis sion of the flag or of the commander in-chief"
 Mir. Eayner then asked Admiral Schley regarding alleged conversa- tions with Admiral (then captain) Evans on July or 5.
 .'I did have a conversation with him." replied the witness, but l dc not remember whether it was on the 4th or 5th. I would say of Capt. Evans. as l have said of all the oth- CTS, l do not believe he would willing ly misstate. l think his recollection is at fault. He did have a conversa- tion with me in relation to shooting the bow off of one of the torpedo boats, and the stern off another, and putting lis helm a-starboard and rall- ing one ship, and then a-port and rak- ing another. My recollection now is that preliminarily he said to me: Did you see Jack Philip start to run awaE.' and l said: 'No;' that he was mistaken. It was the Brooklyn that made the turn, and l asked him if he did not see the tactical necessity for it."
 Mir. Rayner then called Admiral Schley's attention to the testimony commanded the battleship Indiana dur ing the battle off Santiago, and Capt. Dawson, who commanded the marines on that vessel, to the effect that the Brooklyn, when she made the loop, went southward a mile or mile and half
 .'I think they are entirely and ab- solutely mistaken" replied the wit ness. The Brooklyn did not pass to the southward of the line except the distance perhaps of her tactical diam eter, which surely was not greater than GOO yards, and from that time she steered course parallel to the Spaniards, and l do not think we were over 2,3o0 or 9,40o yards at any time from the Spanish line. l say, emphatically, that the Brooklyn did not run south, and any statement to the contrary is mista le'
 The witness stated in reply to a question from Mr. Rayner that when he started to the westward from Santiago, he left the St. Paul at the latter place.
 Admiral Schley then told of how his papers were boxed up by his sec retary for transmission to the depart ment, as the regulations require. About this time he went to Porto Rico as member of the Porto Rican commission, and this box was put on the steamer, together with his bag. gage. The box finally reached Wash ington, and was then opened for the first time, the witness desiring to see