Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-10-04
NEWS TN GENERAL
scnLEY COURT OF INQUIRY

Captain McCalla, of the Marblehead,
concluded his testimony which was
begun yesterday, and the court heard
the testimony of Lieut.. Commander
w. H. II. Sutherland, who commanded
the Eagle during the Spanish war;
and also that of Lieut.. Cassus b.
Barnes.
The latter is a cipher expert in
the navy department, and his evil
dence was devoted to showing that
the dispatch from Commodore Schley
to the navy department of May 2S,
1898, saying that he could not, much
to his regret, obey the orders of the
| department., as printed in the official
reports, was a correct translation of
the message as forwarded from the
Harvard at Kingston.
Commander Sutherland explained
the condition of the Eagle during the
campaign and told of the part that
vessel played. He said the slow
progress made in the cruise to San
tiago was due to the fact that the
vessel was one-third full of water.
He also told of signalling the \Scor-
pion to inform Commander Schley
that the Spanish squadron was not
in the harbor at Cienfuegos.
Captain McCalla said that he had
suggested to schley after the bat
tie off Santiago that there was glory
| enough in the victory for all.
Washington, Oct. l.-Rear Admiral
Evans, who, as captain, commanded
the battleship Iowa during the San
| tiago campaign, was a witness be-
fore the Schley naval court of inquiry
yesterday. His testimony covered
the entire period from the time the
Iowa left the port of Key West on
the goth of May, 1898, until the 5th
| of July, when Admiral Evans testified
he had a conversation with Admiral
schiey concerning the battle of the
Sd. He described in detail the prln-
cipal battle off Santiago, and also
gave particulars concerning the bonn
bardment of the Colon on the 31st of
May.
Other witnesses of the day were
Capt. Theodore F. Jewell, who was
commander of the cruiser Minneapo-
lis during the Spanish war, and Com
mander James NJ. Miller, who was in
command of the collier Merrimac,
until that vessel was turned over to
Lieutenant Hobson to be sunk in the
mouth of the harbor at Santiago.
Admiral Evans had not concluded his
| testimony when the court adjourned
lOI the udS
Washington, Oct. 2.-The Schley
court of inquiry made good Roadway
again yesterday, concluding with Adj
miral Evans and hearing three new
witnesses, although the testimony
of one of them was not concluded
| when the court adjourned for the
day. Admiral Evans testimony was
along the same general lines as was
his statement of Monday, but some
points We're presented in greater de-
tail in response to questions by Mr..
| Rayner. The new witnesses were
Captain Sigsbee, VINO commanded the
scout ST. Paul during the Santiago
campaign, Mr.. Thomas NJ. Dienaide,
newspaper correspondent who was
on the Texas during the battle of
July 3, and Chief Woman Gustave f.
Becker, who was clerk to Admiral
Sampson during the war.
Captain Sigsbee's testimony covered
/ his communications to Commodore
Schley upon the latter's arrival off
Santiago, May 26, 1898, and at subse-
| quent dates, and dealt with the state
of the weather at that period. He
! was asked great number Of Ques-
tons by the court.
Mr.. Dienaide described the loop of
the Brooklyn, as seen from the Tex
as. Mr.. Becker testified as to dis
patches sent by Admiral Sampson
to Commodore Schley.
| Washington, Oct. 3.-An interesting
turn was given in the Schley court
OF inquiry yesterday by the introduce
ton of the first witness in Admiral
| Schley's behalf. This was Lieut..
James ). Boyle, who was a watch
officer on board the flagship Brook
lyn during the war with Spain. The
fact that Lieutenant Doyle was put
on the stand does not mean that the
navy department has concluded the
| presentation of it's side Of the case
Mr.. Doyle was called by the depart
ment, but as it also has been the pur-
| pose of Admiral Schley to summon
| him, advantage was taken of his pres
| ence on the stand to question him as
an original witness for "the appli-
can't" He was under examination
| by Mr.. Rayner in the interest of the
admiral when the court adjourned
for the day.
Before undergoing examination at
Mr.. Rayner's hands, Lieutenant Doyle
| at Captain Lemly's request explained
his part in the battle of July and
his original entry in the ships log
| concerning the famous loop and his
alteration of that entry because he
| subsequently discovered that his first
| entry had been erroneous
| Lieutenant Commander Sharp, who
commanded the Vixen during the
| Spanish war. also gave his testimony
| during the day, giving especial atten-
ton to notes of the battle of July g.
made by Lieutenant Harlow of his
| ship. Admiral Evans, Captain Sigsbee
| and Correspondent Dienaide we're all
| recalled for the purpose of correct
| ing their testimony as given the day
before and all made additional state
| ments. just before the adjournment
| for the day the court announced its
| decisions not to allow any questions
J concerning the blockade of Santiago
| after, July 1, when COMMANDMENTS
| Chief Admiral Sampson arrived there