The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-29

Signaled to the MASSACHUSETTS, tnat II
| she could make ten knots it would be
sufficient. The admiral replied that after
three years it was practically difficult to
tell just why particular signal had beer
made when there was nothing startling
to fix it.
Your speed was two knots less from
| Key West to Cienfuegos than from
Charleston to Key West?'
Apparently.
"Why, at PAS p. M, May 81, according
to the log, did you slow to four and one
half knots?"
i think it was on account of a fire
aboard the Scorpion
why did you stop at midnight May
q before your arrival at Cienfuegos?"
I'VE We're ten or twelve miles from
the blight in the land where the mouth
of the harbor of Cienfuegos was and we
stopped until daylight. L did not care
to arrive there in the dark"
Admiral Schley was asked why he did
not personally. communicate with Capt.
McCalla when he met the Marblehead
on the way down. He replied that he
saw the auxiliary coming down from the
Marblehead to communicate with him. 1t
was Capt. McCalla's duty if he possessed
important information to communicate it.
WAS it the duty of the senior officer
to-call for a-report or the juniors duty
to volunteer it?"
McCaIIa's Negligence.
The junior officer invariably volun-
teers such information
did Capt Chester inform you that
Capt. McCalla, who came aboard the Gin
cinnati, had lately been at Cienfuegos
in communication with the insurgents? q
Mo-
y
ton with Capt Chester about the meth
DDS of blockade. The conversation dealt
rather with the habits and usages of the
blockade.
did you learn from Capt. Chester or
Capt. McCalla that several gunboats were
reported at Cienfuegos?'
IL heard that in Key West 1t was the
general report there replied witness.
What official information and instruc-
lions did you get at Key West from the
commander-in- chief?' asked Capt. Lemly
His order, of course, to proceNd and
| the conversation / have detailed with
him."
Witness said he thought he could tell
why the department issued its order re-
garding protection of ships from land
batteries, when Capt. Lemly objected
| The court decided that it did not care
for this. The witness said he was on
| remember, at that time from a half to
three-quarters of an hour. Mr.. Hanna
then read two dispatches from the de-
| partment, dated Washington, May 16, re-
! garding the reported presence of the
| Spanish fleet near Curacao. Capt. Lem
! ly asked witness if he was familiar with
| these dispatches when he had his con-
versatiop with Admiral Sampson.
Admiral Sampson merely mentioned
| 70 in1 WIT ho6
not seen Them
Capt Lemly then took up the question
of naval regulations and asked witness
if he was familiar with them.
Yes" replied Admiral Schley.
The Regulations.
Capt Lemly then read a number OF
articles of the regulations, in each case
asking witness if he had complied with
! the terms of the paragraph. The first
paragraph was No 267, and requires the
COMMUNICATIVE chief, when preparing his
fleet or squadron to meet the enemy, to
communicate his general orders, instruc-
lions, private signals and such other in
formation as will enable each, so far as
| possible, to understand his duty when in
action and at all other times.
II think | complied with that" replied
witness.
How and in what manner?" asked
Capt. Lemly.
by issuing general orders for the or
ganization of the squadron, their instrue-
tons and their private Signals
The next article was as follows: "Arti-
Gle 269. He SHALL if possible, before going
into action, communicate to the juniors
in command, his chief of staff and the
| captains, his secret orders, private signals
and other information that will material
ly assist them if called upon to exercise
command"
That l do not remember to have COM
piled WITH said witness.
Capt. Lemly then read Article 27l which
provides that the commander-in-chief
| shall, if possible, before going into ac-
ton, supply every captain with a piar
OF battle, showing thereon the position
each shall occupy.
Yes" replied witness. in reply to
! Capt. Lemly's question if he had com.
piled with the article. 81 do not under
stand that that is necessarily written
think that the order is sufficiently car
red out when a commander-in-chief de-
c1des to place his crews in the form Of
! battle and informs each what he pro.
| poses to do"
DO you think admiral, that you car
supply every captain with plan of bat.
| tie, and do that at an oral conference?'
asked Capt. Lemly
I do not think that is absolutely nee
essary, witness replied. There are
instances where battles have been fought
without doing that. Any plan of battle
mat might be originated is subject It
| change | have never known a battle
that was ever fought on a plan origi
| nany chosen
Mr.. Rayner-Do any of the regulation.
! use the word ''written?''
Capt. Lemly-Do you think you could
supply the captains with plan of bat
tie without writing them?
Mr.. Rayner-I could not but T know
the admiral could.
Continuing his examination, Capt Lem
! ly asked: when at 9:45 a. M. Nav 20
| you sighted man-of- war, as shown b1
the Brooklyn's log, and cleared for ac
ton, what orders had been issued in con
formity with the provisions of the regu
! lations?''
II should not think any instruction:
| would be necessary for a fleet meeting
a single vessel, except to smash her up.
capt. Lemly-Could you tell absolutely
there was only single vessel, although
| you sighted but one?
AS L only saw one smoke I presumed
of course, there was but one vessel. Sub
sequently We raised the Vesuvius, which
was very much lower in the water"
Capt. Lemly-As matter of fact, there
was more than one vessel?
There were two vessels; that was de
| veloped later"
Others might have been developed
in the same way?"
If they had, 1 should have pitied them
If they had been separated they would
have permitted themselves to be knocked
to pieces
AT this point Mr.. Rayner, addressing
himself to Capt. Lemly, said that he dit